Senior Backend (Java/Kotlin) Engineer | Alfred [26k-28k B2B]

Medium; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Backend (Java/Kotlin) Engineer to join a fully remote position in Poland. The successful candidate will contribute to the Alfreð brand products by creating new features and maintaining existing ones. Candidates should have at least 5 years of commercial experience, with 3 years in Java/Kotlin, and a strong understanding of microservices architecture. Competitive salary and flexible working hours are offered.

Benefits

26k‑28k net salary on B2B

30 days of paid vacation

Flexible working hours

Equipment reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial experience as a Back‑End engineer.
• 3 years of experience in Java/Kotlin.
• Experience in building cloud products and testing using TDD.

Responsibilities

• Familiarize with processes, code, and architecture.
• Responsible for creating new features and maintaining existing ones.
• Improve existing solutions to enhance scalability.
• Test and ensure quality code.
• Configure and monitor deployments.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Microservices

Cloud Products

TDD

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Spring

Hibernate

MySQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Who are we?

Hi! We're Bee Talents, an IT recruitment agency that has been helping clients from all around the world in building their technical teams since 2015. Today, we would like to invite you to participate in the recruitment process for Alfreð.

Alfreð, Iceland’s own portal for job-seekers and employers alike, is the largest platform of its kind in the Icelandic employment market. Established in 2013 and with 20 people onboard, Alfreð quickly became one of the most popular labor‑centric solutions in a market that until then had a limited online presence. Their portal and its corresponding app serve as a link between employers and prospective employees by matching new opportunities with the skills of a particular user, making the job hunt efficient and simple for the persons involved.

We’re looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Backend (Java/Kotlin) Engineer with a great understanding of microservices architecture.

What Alfreð can offer you:

💰 Salary: 26k‑28k net on B2B (0% VAT)

⏱ Working hours: flexible (typically between 8:00 and 18:00)

✅ 30 days of paid vacation

📍 Office location(s): (none in Poland) Reykjavík, Iceland and Prague, Czech Republic and others

👩💻 Working mode: fully remote in Poland (or hybrid in Iceland or in Czech Republic) in a small development team

💻 Equipment: you can buy your own (preferably MacBook) and Alfreð will reimburse it (FV 0% VAT) or they can send you theirs

🇬🇧 Speaking language: English as we international working environment

🛠️ Techstack/Skills/Methodology: Java, Kotlin, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform, Microservices, TDD + DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, Scrum. (Front‑end side – not needed here – React.js, TypeScript & Next.js.)

Your tasks from the "0" day will be i.e.:

• familiarizing with processes, code and architecture,
• responsibility for the Alfreð brand products, which includes both creating new features and maintaining the existing ones,
• improving existing solutions in order to make them more scalable,
• testing and focusing on the quality code,
• configuring and monitoring deployments and suggesting and implementing improvements to the setup.

What we expect from you:

• min. 5 years of commercial experience as a Back‑End engineer, in which 3 years in Java/Kotlin,
• proven track record in designing IaaC services and systems that involve multiple microservices,
• experience in implementing and suggesting new solutions in the field of architecture,
• experience in building cloud products (it doesn't matter which one; Alfreð uses GCP) and testing (Alfreð loves Test Driven Development!),
• experience with relational and non‑relational databases (MySQL, Firebase etc.),
• experience with distributed systems,
• experience with Kubernetes is preferred,
• min. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.

Sound interesting? Let's talk!