Senior Backend Engineer

Copenhagen, Capital Region
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Software Development

About the role

Job summary

The role involves enhancing and scaling a messaging and notification platform, ensuring timely and relevant user notifications through various channels. The position focuses on building robust, high-throughput systems that meet strict reliability and performance standards.

Qualifications

  • Over 6 years of backend development experience, particularly with Java 17, Kotlin, and Spring/Spring Boot.
  • At least 4 years of experience in building and managing distributed systems in production.
  • Strong grasp of event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing.
  • Familiarity with high-load SaaS architecture and reliability patterns.
  • Experience with streaming/messaging platforms and notification systems is a plus.
  • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and production observability practices.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable backend services for email and in-app notifications.
  • Develop event-driven, asynchronous pipelines to handle high volumes of events.
  • Produce high-quality technical designs and maintain clean, self-documented code.
  • Ensure correctness and delivery guarantees across notification systems.
  • Optimize system performance and reliability during peak loads.
  • Take ownership of features and subsystems, focusing on production health and evolution.
  • Collaborate with Product and Platform teams to ensure effective user notifications.

Skills

  • Proficiency in backend development and distributed systems.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Familiarity with AI tools for enhancing software development processes.

Education

  • Relevant degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.

Tools

  • Experience with Java, Kotlin, Spring/Spring Boot, AWS, and event-driven architectures.
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