(Senior) Backend Software Engineer (f/m/d)

About the role

As a (Senior) Backend Software Engineer you will be part of one of our Product Teams, which is responsible for our Cafe Product offering. The Cafe Product ensures the empowerment of café chains with a solution that allows them to make data-driven decisions in order to deliver an economically sustainable and environmentally responsible, high-quality coffee experience at scale. You will not only be responsible for technical implementation, but also aid in design and architecture of our solution, as well as supporting our product managers in discovering the real needs of our customers.

This role provides ample room to grow not only as a technical expert, but to be a more complete software engineer. If you're driven by real-world impact, want to learn more about our vision, and are eager to take ownership of success, this is the role for you.

What you'll do

• Work closely with Product Management and our customers to understand and solve the problems they face.
• Design, discuss, and iterate on your ideas to build and improve our Cafe product. We are looking for people who proactively bring in their own ideas. We provide the context and environment for your success, trusting you to find the technical solutions.
• Write backend code that focuses on performance, testability, and reliability of our platform, following best practices and complying with our coding standards.
• Learn about the specialty coffee industry and have a positive impact on the life of thousands of coffee producers, roasters, and baristas.

Our technology stack

• Backend: Spring Framework, Java 11+
• Database: AWS RDS MySQL Aurora, DynamoDB, Redis (Caching)
• Testing: JUnit, Mockito, Rest Assured
• CI/CD: Docker, AWS
• Monitoring: Datadog

We are looking for someone with

• A proven track record in developing non-trivial applications in a professional setting.
• Several years of professional experience as a backend engineer on a large code base with a JVM-based language like Java, Kotlin, or Scala. You are familiar with using Git in a collaborative setting.
• A deep knowledge and passion for software engineering that goes beyond coding. We are looking for someone who desires to solve real-world problems, writing code that lasts for years, not months.
• The urgent need to take real responsibility, look outside your comfort zone, and do what’s necessary to manifest our vision.
• A team player mindset with great communication skills, allowing you to explain complex technical details to a non-technical audience.

We embrace remote work for engineers who

• Have strong organizational skills and can manage their time and their units of work in harmonization with the team.
• Are pro-active communicators and enjoy being part of a distributed team. At Cropster we discuss and solve problems together around the globe in a hybrid setup. We are looking for people who want to be part of an amazing team and reach out not only when they need help, but are responsive, predictable, and clear in their communication.

At this point, Cropster will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Austria for this opening. For Non-EU applicants: please attach your work permit to your application.

What you can expect

The salary range for this position is € 49K to € 62K gross/year and we look at factors like your experience and individual qualifications to determine our offer, which includes benefits like an educational and wellness budget, remote work possibilities and working from home, flexible working hours, paid time for volunteer work, an endless stream of really great coffee, and much more. We also make our best possible offer upfront—no games.