Senior Backend Engineer, Remote

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems licence our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year.

The position

Kvarner Digital is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer, Remote to work remotely from Croatia. Backend role focused on API design, data modelling and making slow things fast. We want someone who writes boring, reliable code and leaves good logs behind. Remote, open to candidates across Croatia. Hours are flexible, with one short team call each morning. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

Day to day

• Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups
• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
• Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers

What you'll need

• 7+ years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services
• Clear written communication, including design docs
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs

Desirable

• Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems

Perks and benefits

Rate: €2,900 - €3,600 monthly

• Private medical care
• Extra annual leave days
• Life insurance
• Training budget

Start: Flexible.

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