Senior Java Software Engineer

EPAM Systems; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 447,000 - 708,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Relocation opportunities

English classes

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15%

Health insurance

Multisport

Shopping vouchers

Global travel opportunities (up to 60+

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Java Software Engineer to serve as a Technology Lead for a product team delivering investor-facing solutions for a leading asset manager. You will drive full-stack backend development with microservices and APIs on a cloud-native AWS architecture, guiding legacy modernization and architecture adoption.

You will own technology governance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers while ensuring high-quality outcomes in a client-facing setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field; Master’s preferred.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 8+ years designing microservices, REST APIs, and front-end apps.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot backend experience for microservices.
• Cloud-native AWS expertise (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, EKS, etc.).
• Proficient in cloud-native microservices architecture with AWS.
• Excellent English communication; client-facing role.
• Agile experience; hands-on technology leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology solution and team output; ensure quality.
• Provide technology leadership and guide technical decisions.
• Remove obstacles across the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with architects, CTO, and cross-functional teams.
• Understand requirements and build compliant, high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to architecture and design; improve data models and APIs.
• Estimate effort, plan, and manage dependencies.
• Analyze legacy apps and define target-state architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

AWS

Agile

Client communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

DB2

Splunk

Cucumber

Node.js

Python

Job description

EPAM is seeking a Senior Java Software Engineer to serve as a Technology Lead for a product team delivering investor-facing solutions for the world's second-largest asset management company — a global financial services leader managing trillions in assets and serving millions of investors worldwide. The client is driving a major digital transformation focused on agility, innovation, and automation, built on a completely cloud-native AWS architecture with a strong emphasis on serverless and microservices. EPAM operates as a strategic engineering partner with end-to-end product ownership — from ideation through post-production. In this role, you will provide hands-on technology leadership for full-stack backend development, including microservices, APIs, and data store design — while guiding the team through legacy modernization and cloud-native architecture adoption.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and accountability for the technology solution and output delivered by the team
• Provide technology thought leadership and assist the team in making sound technical decisions
• Remove technology-related obstacles throughout the project lifecycle
• Work with architects, CTO organization, and cross-functional teams to ensure technology governance and best practices are followed
• Understand functional, non-functional requirements, and quality attributes — and build solutions accordingly
• Contribute to and improve architecture and design
• Build, review, and ensure quality of data models, API contracts, architecture, frameworks, and code
• Assist in effort estimation, planning, prioritization, and dependency identification
• Manage all technology artifacts
• Analyze legacy applications and define target-state design/architecture

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar (Master's degree preferred)
• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• 8+ years of experience designing and developing microservices, REST APIs, and front-end applications
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for backend microservices development
• Experience with AWS cloud-native services (EC2, S3, Lambda, Kinesis, Firehose, DynamoDB, EKS, CloudWatch)
• Proficiency in cloud-native microservices architecture with strong AWS expertise
• Expertise in API economy with business acumen
• Ability to analyze legacy applications and define target-state architecture
• Experience working in Agile methodology
• Hands-on technology leadership — preferably full-stack development
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills — this is a client-facing role
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to deal with ambiguity
• Attention to detail and team leadership capabilities
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Database, CTO organization, API Economy, etc.)

Nice to have

• Front-end experience with Angular and TypeScript
• Experience with Node.js for backend services
• Familiarity with Python for scripting or data-related tasks
• Experience with databases: DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, or legacy DB2
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Splunk
• Experience with testing frameworks (Cucumber, API testing tools)
• Familiarity with mobile testing tools such as Perfecto
• Background in financial services, asset management, or investor-facing platforms
• Experience with data migration and legacy system decommissioning

We offer

• We gather like-minded people:
  • Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
  • Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture
  • Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
  • Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
  • Business-driven relocation opportunities
• We provide growth opportunities:
  • Career development programs
  • Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
  • Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
  • English classes
• We cover it all:
  • Stable pay
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
  • Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
  • Referral bonuses up to $2,000
  • Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
  • Corporate, social and well-being events
• Please, note:
  • Benefits listed above are available to employees only
  • We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
  • We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI-Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.