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Clara is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to strategically lead and guide backend development within the Operations team. This role involves overseeing the design and implementation of robust solutions, ensuring optimal system performance, and fostering innovation within the engineering team. The Senior Backend Engineer will collaborate with the development team throughout the product development lifecycle, guide junior developers, and enhance existing software systems.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the development team through the complete lifecycle of product development.
- Guide and train junior developers in software development best practices and procedures.
- Enhance and maintain existing software system applications as needed.
- Implement and enforce software development standards to ensure high-quality code delivery.
- Ensure consistency and maintainability of future changes by designing and implementing unit and integration tests.
- Conduct thorough analysis to develop well-structured solutions before starting the implementation process.
- Actively participate in ideation and problem-solving for existing and new challenges (cross-teams also).
- Generate clear and well-structured documentation for implemented solutions.
- Follow best practices and established code review processes to review and ensure the quality of pull requests (PRs).
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in backend development.
- Proficiency in Java (minimum version 8, preferred version 17) and Spring Boot 3.
- Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
- Experience with Hibernate/JPA development.
- Strong expertise in relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases.
- Experience designing, implementing and managing microservices architectures with best practices.
- Experience with event-driven architecture and message brokers such as Kafka.
- Familiarity with cloud services, preferably AWS (desirable).
- Extensive experience integrating with external providers via APIS (REST, SOAP, etc.)
- Strong knowledge of testing strategies, including unit and integration testing.
- Participation in agile development teams (SCRUM, Kanban)
- Git, Github, CI/CD pipelines
- Docker container creation and configuration
- Advanced level of English with fluency to lead technical meetings, including with providers/suppliers.
What Clara Offers:
- Competitive salary + Stock Options (ESOP) from Day 1
- Flexible hours
- Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English
- Annual learning budget + internal development paths
