Java Backend Developer

Sinch; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 526,000 - 657,000; Full time

Job summary

Sinch is seeking a Software Developer for Pricing Engineering to join an agile, cross-functional team, owning end-to-end delivery of a Spring Boot / gRPC pricing platform with a non-trivial persistence layer and strict data-consistency requirements.

You will translate user stories into maintainable code across REST and gRPC APIs, design and evolve JPA entities with correct transaction boundaries and optimistic locking, and work with Liquibase for schema evolution while addressing concurrency and

Qualifications

• Strong Java and Spring/Spring Boot proficiency with gRPC service implementation and REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of Hibernate/JPA internals: entity lifecycle, lazy loading, transactions, optimistic locking, and MySQL with Liquibase.
• Experience with transactional design in a microservice context and event-driven messaging, e.g., Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Responsibilities

• Own deliverables in an agile, cross-functional team and ensure high quality.
• Translate user stories into maintainable, well-tested code for REST and gRPC APIs.
• Design and evolve JPA entity models with proper transaction boundaries and optimistic locking.
• Work with append-only/soft-delete data patterns and schema evolution via Liquibase.
• Address concurrency and caching challenges and promote clean service-layer design.

Skills

Java & Spring Boot

gRPC & REST APIs

Hibernate/JPA

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Sinch is pioneering the way the world communicates. More than 150,000 businesses - including Google, Uber, PayPal, Visa, Tinder, and many others - rely on Sinch’s Customer Communications Cloud to power engaging customer experiences through mobile messaging, voice, and email. Whether you need to verify users or craft omnichannel campaigns, Sinch makes it easy. Our AI-infused Super Network, APIs, and applications ensure you can connect with your customers reliably and securely, at every step of their journey. At Sinch we “Dream Big,” “Win Together,” “Keep it simple,” and “Make it Happen.” These values are our foundation!

DESCRIPTION

Join our Pricing Engineering team as a Software Developer, where you’ll collaborate in an agile, cross-functional environment, owning deliverables end-to-end and ensuring top-notch quality. This is a hands-on backend role focused on designing and maintaining a Spring Boot / gRPC pricing platform with a non-trivial persistence layer and strict data-consistency requirements.

• Collaborate in an agile, cross-functional environment, owning deliverables and ensuring top-notch quality.
• Turn user stories into maintainable, well-tested code across REST and gRPC APIs.
• Design and evolve JPA entity models with correct transaction boundaries, optimistic locking, and Hibernate session/flush behavior in mind.
• Work with append-only/soft-delete data patterns (no in-place mutation of historical or config records) and schema evolution via Liquibase.
• Tackle complex challenges as an enthusiastic problem solver, particularly around data correctness under concurrency and caching.
• Promote good software engineering practices: clean service-layer design, performance-aware code on hot paths, and resilient, self-healing solutions.

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong Java and Spring / Spring Boot proficiency, including gRPC service implementation and REST APIs.
• Solid, hands-on understanding of Hibernate/JPA internals: entity lifecycle, lazy loading, transaction propagation, optimistic locking, N+1 pitfalls, and how these interact with a MySQL schema managed via Liquibase.
• Practical experience with transactional design in a microservice context - knowing when a change belongs in one transaction vs. several.
• Experience with message-driven architectures using Kafka (consumer offset management) and/or RabbitMQ.
• Comfortable with Docker and microservice infrastructure/deployment (Helm/Kubernetes is a plus).
• Experience with automated testing using JUnit 5 and/or Spock; comfortable writing both unit and integration tests.
• Familiarity with functional-style Java libraries (e.g., Vavr), mapping frameworks (e.g., MapStruct), and distributed caching (e.g., Hazelcast) is a plus.
• Our corporate language is English, please submit your application in English.

The annual base salary for this position is between 525600 - 657000 SEK. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

OUR HIRING PROCESS

We are committed to ensuring a recruitment process that is fair, objective, consistent, and inclusive. Our approach includes structured, competency-based interviews designed to evaluate your skills, experience, and qualifications relevant to the role. At times, we may include a data-driven assessment to enhance our hiring success and identify candidates likely to excel. We believe in a two-way process and encourage you to ask questions throughout the journey. If this role isn’t what you’re looking for, please explore the other opportunities listed on our career page: https://www.sinch.com/careers/. No matter who you are, we hope you find an exciting path forward - hopefully with us!