Backend Software Engineer

Phorest; Ireland; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Private healthcare

Employee Share Purchase Scheme

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Bike to work scheme

Tax saver transport tickets

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Onboarding program

Learning & Development / coaching

Casual dress code

Descripción de la vacante

Phorest is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer in Ireland to design, build and scale backend services powering salons and spas worldwide. You’ll work with Java, RESTful APIs, and modern cloud tech, contributing to a distributed platform and influencing architectural decisions.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to translate business requirements into robust features, maintainable code, and scalable systems while embracing best practices and continuous

Formación

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Java and object-oriented software design.
• You have a good understanding of JavaScript and modern web technologies.
• You have experience designing, building and maintaining backend services in a production environment.
• You understand the principles of scalable, distributed systems and can reason about technical trade-offs.
• You’re proactive, take ownership of your work and look for ways to improve how things are done.
• You care about code quality, testing, maintainability and building software that lasts.
• You’re comfortable working with RESTful APIs, with GraphQL experience being a bonus.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop and maintain scalable, reliable backend services and systems.
• Work closely with engineers, product managers and designers to turn business requirements into well-designed, shippable features.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, making informed decisions about architecture, performance and scalability.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, following engineering best practices.
• Build and improve RESTful APIs and integrations that support our platform.
• Take ownership of features from initial design through to deployment and ongoing improvement.
• Participate in code reviews, share knowledge and support the development of other engineers.
• Identify opportunities to improve our systems, development processes and overall engineering standards.
• Stay curious about emerging technologies and bring a practical approach to introducing new tools and solutions where they add value.

Conocimientos

Java

Object-oriented design

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

JavaScript

Distributed systems

Docker

Serverless

Cloud technologies

Herramientas

Docker

Serverless Framework

Descripción del empleo

• Build reliable, scalable Java services that help salons and spas thrive worldwide. Join a supportive team shaping a distributed platform and take your ideas from design to delivery
• We’re looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Engineering team at Phorest
• You’ll work alongside talented engineers, product managers and designers to build and improve the technology that powers thousands of salons, spas and MedSpas around the world
• This is an opportunity to work on a large-scale, distributed platform, solving interesting technical challenges and building software that makes a real difference to the businesses that use Phorest every day
• Our technology stack includes Java, event-driven architecture and modern cloud technologies such as Docker and Serverless. We value clean code, pragmatic decision-making and continuous improvement, with feature flags and continuous delivery helping us get great work into production quickly
• You’ll join a collaborative, supportive team where you’ll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, share your knowledge and continue developing your skills
• Design, develop and maintain scalable, reliable backend services and systems
• Work closely with engineers, product managers and designers to turn business requirements into well-designed, shippable features
• Contribute to technical design discussions, making informed decisions about architecture, performance and scalability
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, following engineering best practices
• Build and improve RESTful APIs and integrations that support our platform
• Take ownership of features from initial design through to deployment and ongoing improvement
• Participate in code reviews, share knowledge and support the development of other engineers
• Identify opportunities to improve our systems, development processes and overall engineering standards
• Stay curious about emerging technologies and bring a practical approach to introducing new tools and solutions where they add value

Benefits

• Your wellbeing is important to us - We provide private healthcare, and employee assistance program and a free online GP service (WebDoc)
• As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection
• We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets
• We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefits
• We grow our own timber! We provide a great learning environment including an extensive onboarding program
• Career development is important to us. We even have our own in-house Learning and Development/Business coach and many online resources including LinkedIn learning
• We don’t believe in formal dress codes. We prefer causal things

You have a growth mindset, enjoy learning and know when to adopt new technologies and when to keep things simpleYou’re a collaborative team player who enjoys working across disciplines and supporting othersYou’re confident contributing to technical discussions and sharing your ideas and opinionsYou have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Java and object-oriented software designYou have a good understanding of JavaScript and modern web technologiesYou have experience designing, building and maintaining backend services in a production environmentYou understand the principles of scalable, distributed systems and can reason about technical trade-offsYou’re proactive, take ownership of your work and look for ways to improve how things are doneYou care about code quality, testing, maintainability and building software that lastsYou’re comfortable working with RESTful APIs, with GraphQL experience being a bonus