Staff Software Engineer (Java)

• We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer (Java) to join our BUX team based in Amsterdam
• Our engineering team sits at the heart of the company. We have a well-rounded team that cares about building great products that matter
• You’ll be part of a modern fintech company where you can try things, break things, fix them, and learn fast
• Your work is visible, your input matters, and you help shape both the product and how we build it
• In this role, you’ll go beyond writing excellent code; you’ll shape our technical direction, elevate our engineering practices, and mentor engineers across the organisation to help the company deliver the next iterations of our product, the BUX App
• To do this, you will have the help of other very experienced colleagues, the freedom to brainstorm and suggest new ideas, and the time to execute those ideas in a high-quality way
• Take project requirements, design solutions, and document them in RFCs (Request for Comments)
• Follow, learn, apply, and advocate for modern software development practices across the team and organisation
• Analyse technical challenges (e.g., scalability), raise awareness of technical debt, and proactively address system issues before they impact users
• Help grow the technical skills of less experienced colleagues and collaborate across teams on planning and execution of broader impact projects
• Discuss technical solutions with Product Owners, support colleagues with complex problems, and diagnose and resolve live user issues or monitoring alerts in a thought-out, planned, and organised manner
• You will have space to share your ideas and be encouraged to express your voice
• You will be one of the most skilled technical people in the room, with the authority to make the decision
• You will be challenged to work with real-time data and develop APIs that can provide a smooth user experience through high-quality, high-performance code
• You will have the freedom to evaluate new tools that can be used to increase productivity, code readability, and maintainability

Benefits

• Work from anywhere in the world for one month per year
• Unlimited 1-on-1 access to on-demand coaching and mindfulness consultations with psychologists through OpenUp
• A supportive environment that encourages continuous learning and development
• Dedicated training budget for to use towards improving current skills or learning something entirely new
• Celebrations - we make sure to do plenty of fun stuff together, like dinner and drinks or activities like flyboarding, rafting and off-road jeep driving- An Agile mindset and working knowledge of the Scrum framework
• A keen eye for detail while always keeping the big picture in mind
• You regularly use GenAI tools, stay up to date with new ones, and encourage the team to use them to speed up delivery and improve how everyone works
• A solid understanding and working knowledge of GCP (with focus on Kubernetes)
• Excellent knowledge of core system-design concepts and common microservices design trade-offs
• Experience working with transactional Kafka and event-sourcing architectures
• You take initiative and push hard to turn ideas into real results
• Excellent command of Git and collaborative workflows (e.g., GitFlow)
• Ability to own, be responsible and accountable for the success of projects where own direct code contribution is combined with mentoring of less experienced colleagues
• Excellent command of Java, Kotlin and the Spring framework ecosystem- We usually respond within three days