Senior Java Engineer
- Compensation
- PLN 27K–PLN 30K / mo
- Location
- Kraków
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- strong commercial experience with Java / Spring Boot
- solid hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
- experience with distributed or event-driven systems
- practical AWS and Kubernetes experience
- production troubleshooting, performance and reliability mindset
- ability to make architectural decisions and take ownership beyond individual tickets
- strong communication skills and English at C1
Full description
Wynagrodzenie
B2B: 30000 – 35000 PLN / mies. netto
umowa o pracę: 27000 – 30000 PLN / mies. brutto
Senior / Staff Java Engineer | Kafka, AWS, Distributed Systems
Kraków | Hybrid: 3 days/week in the office
Looking for a role where you can stay hands-on with code, but also have real influence on architecture and technical decisions?
We’re hiring a Senior / Staff Backend Engineer for a global product company building a real-time platform connecting physical infrastructure, devices and backend systems.
You’ll join a small engineering team working on event-driven integrations and distributed systems where performance, reliability and production quality genuinely matter.
What makes this role interesting?
- Staff-level IC role - no people management
- real ownership of architecture and technical decisions
- small team with high individual impact
- complex real-time / event-driven systems
- mix of new development, redesign and improving existing production systems
- long-term product development
- equity
Tech stack
Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes
Also: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Helm and Kafka Streams.
What we’re looking for
- strong commercial experience with Java / Spring Boot
- solid hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
- experience with distributed or event-driven systems
- practical AWS and Kubernetes experience
- production troubleshooting, performance and reliability mindset
- ability to make architectural decisions and take ownership beyond individual tickets
- strong communication skills and English at C1
Work model & package
🏢 Hybrid: 3 days/week from the Kraków office
💰 B2B: up to 35,000 PLN + VAT / month
📄 UoP: around 30,000 PLN gross / month
📈 Equity
🏥 Private healthcare
🏋️ Multisport