Senior Java Engineer (m/f/n)

InPost; Kraków; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

B2B contract

Career growth

Job summary

InPost is hiring Senior Engineers for two teams: InPost Pay and Merchant Portal. This fully remote role focuses on building scalable Java microservices with Spring Boot, and implementing event-driven integrations using Kafka in a cloud-native stack (Docker/Kubernetes on GCP).

You will own features end-to-end and mentor peers. Requirements include 5+ years of Java development, Kafka and PostgreSQL expertise, Docker/Kubernetes, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial Java development.
• Strong distributed systems experience.
• Proficiency in Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud (GCP).
• Fluent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance microservices in Java/Spring Boot.
• Build event-driven integrations with Apache Kafka.
• Own the data layer: PostgreSQL schemas and migrations.
• Operate in a containerised cloud-native environment (Docker, Kubernetes, GCP).
• Mentor teammates and uphold code quality and CI/CD discipline.
• Take end-to-end ownership of features from requirements to production.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

English

Architecture

Testing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Maven/Gradle

JIRA

Confluence

CI/CD

Job description

Company Description

InPost Groupis an innovative European out of home deliveries company, revolutionizing the way parcels are delivered to customers. With operations across several countries, our network of intelligent lockers provides customers with a fast, convenient, and secure delivery option. InPost Group is a publicly traded company, with a market capitalization of about $5 billion as of March 2023. With over10,000 people worldwide, InPost Group is one of the largest out of home delivery providers in Europe, committed to providing sustainable and efficient delivery solutions to meet the evolving needs of customers in today's rapidly changing landscape.

Company Description

InPost Groupis an innovative European out of home deliveries company, revolutionizing the way parcels are delivered to customers. With operations across several countries, our network of intelligent lockers provides customers with a fast, convenient, and secure delivery option. InPost Group is a publicly traded company, with a market capitalization of about $5 billion as of March 2023. With over10,000 people worldwide, InPost Group is one of the largest out of home delivery providers in Europe, committed to providing sustainable and efficient delivery solutions to meet the evolving needs of customers in today's rapidly changing landscape.

We are currently hiring Senior Engineers for two different teams:

• InPost Pay - a comprehensive e-commerce solution offering a unified platform for payment and delivery. InPost Pay allows users to pay and arrange delivery with one button on the product card, transferring the basket and order to the InPost app. It simplifies the shopping experience by consolidating payments, deliveries, and order tracking into a single app, eliminating the need for multiple emails and messages from different stores – Hybrid model: 1 day per week from the office in Warsaw or Kraków, remaining days remote
• Merchant Portal - a new, InPost-owned platform that serves as a central hub for all merchant-facing services. This covers the full merchant journey: onboarding, shipping, and access to other InPost products. The team acts as a core/platform team, meaning they provide shared services and infrastructure consumed by other InPost teams.

Fully remote position

Job Description

Your responsibilities

Engineering

• Design and implement high-performance microservices in Java / Spring Boot
• Build and maintain event-driven integrations using Apache Kafka
• Own the data layer: schema design, query optimisation, migrations (PostgreSQL)
• Work within a containerised cloud-native environment: Docker, Kubernetes, GCP
• Hold the bar on code quality through reviews, testing standards, and CI/CD discipline
• Mentor team members and advocate for a culture of quality and continuous improvement

Ownership & Delivery

• Take full ownership of features end-to-end - from requirements to production and beyond
• Work directly with business stakeholders to challenge assumptions and align on solutions
• You understand your product deeply - the business context, the customer impact, the why behind every feature
• Working across a large organisation with many teams is complex. You navigate that complexity, build bridges, and push things over the finish line
• Write clear technical documentation: System Design docs, RFCs, and ADRs
• Identify and address technical debt proactively - before problems become incidents
• Participate actively in architecture discussions with well-reasoned proposals

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial Java development (Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, Spring Security, JPA/Hibernate)
• Strong experience with distributed systems - microservices, event-driven patterns, inter-service communication
• Deep JVM internals: memory model, GC tuning, concurrency, performance profiling
• Apache Kafka - producers, consumers, consumer groups, offset management, error handling
• PostgreSQL - relational modelling, indexing strategy, query plans, schema migrations
• Docker + Kubernetes - day-to-day production usage
• Maven/Gradle, Git, JIRA, Confluence, Code Reviews, CI/CD
• Proven ability to work with non-technical stakeholders and write design documents others want to read
• English B2+ - team and stakeholder communication
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools and large language models (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to enhance productivity, accelerate development, and solve complex problems.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs and apply them responsibly within professional workflows.

Nice-to-have

• Kotlin development experience
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, Event Sourcing
• gRPC, GraphQL
• GCP: Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, GKE, Cloud Spanner
• MongoDB
• Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Background in e-commerce, logistics, or fintech

Additional Information

Why Join InPost?

• Opportunity to work in a diverse, international, and cross-functional environment, along with leading experts.
• You work and learn from a senior leader and their leadership team, expanding your experience and exposure in the e-commerce and logistics industries.
• InPost is a growing company that offers its people an increasing number of opportunities in several locations in Europe.
• Fulfilling careers with a range of benefits and investing in providing training opportunities for people development.
• You will feel a part of the InPost community that makes an impact on sustainability, convenient deliveries, and the circular economy every day.
• Excellent working environment and flexible hours
• We offer B2B type of Contract