Java Architect Hybrid

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We are looking for a backend architect to join the architecture team in charge of our systems. As one of Europe’s top e-commerce sites, our platform serves millions of daily transactions in 40+ countries and has very demanding requirements in terms of performance and maintainability. Reporting to the Chief Architect, you will be expected to provide technical solutions to satisfy our business needs and to collaborate with development teams, business, product and other architects.

Are the topics below in your list of interests? If yes, this might be a good opportunity.

Software architecture? Micro services? Cloud? Systems Design?
Distributed, scalable and resilient in systems with millions of daily transactions? Availability and resilience in 24/7 systems? Performance tuning? Chaos engineering?
Domain-driven design? Hexagonal architectures? Event-driven architectures?
Technologies such as Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Big Table, Elastic Search, Big Query, Redis?
AI applications using both specialised ML models and LLMs?

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• Drive the technical evolution of one or more backend microservices in our platform
• Be the go-to person for lead engineers and senior developers for all questions regarding coding, design and tools
• Collaborate with multiple teams (~30 developers)
• Help business and product in scoping and phasing ideas already in their backlogs
• Contribute ideas to backlogs to help business and product teams with their challenges
• Mentor lead and senior engineers in their technical growth
• Work with other architects in cross-team, company-level technical initiatives

Bring your unique perspective, speak up, and offer disruptive solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow while making a real impact on our team. Here’s what you need to succeed:

• 8+ years of backend development experience in Java
• Software coding, design patterns, architecture and performance engineering
• Communication with both technical and non-technical people
• Assertiveness and influencing: able to get your point across and challenge those of others in a calm and positive manner

• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Experience designing microservices
• Experience in other languages and platforms (e.g., JavaScript, Groovy, Swift)
• Experience with machine learning systems
• Experience in big multi-language/country ecommerce websites
• Experience in the travel sector

• Experience with Applied AI Tools: Demonstrated comfort using practical AI tools such as Git Hub Copilot, ChatGPT, or other AI-powered coding assistants.
• Experimentation Mindset: Curiosity and eagerness to…