We at Holycode are currently looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong skills and proven experience who is ready to dive into the neon project team, for a full-time engagement, to join our company of passionate IT professionals.
About Neon:
Neon is a Zurich-based fintech start-up on a mission to disrupt the Swiss banking industry and become Switzerland’s #1 bank account. With over 200,000 customers and small but passionate team, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved—and we’re ready for the next chapter.
How We Work:
- We prioritise beautiful UX/UI alongside data-driven decisions.
- We strive for maximum automation with continuous integration and development.
- We believe in ownership, calculated risks, and always putting the customer first.
- Collaboration, respect, and support are at the heart of our small but mighty tech team.
What You’ll Do:
- Build stable and reliable backend services using technologies like Java 17, Spring Boot 3, REST APIs, and Kubernetes.
- Contribute to our CI/CD processes and work within an agile Kanban setup.
- Use observability tools to ensure system health and performance.
- Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, product owners, and platform experts to enhance our applications.
- Shape processes, best practices, and design decisions through team discussions and retrospectives.
Our Tech Stack:
- Java 17, Angular, Spring Boot 3, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs
- MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Google Cloud, Kubernetes
Key Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience developing Java applications.
- Strong knowledge of SQL, REST APIs, microservices, and networking.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools.
- Ownership of components, features, or systems in past roles.
- Solid understanding of software design and architecture.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
Nice to Have:
- Experience in leadership roles (e.g., staff engineer, tech lead).
- Familiarity with Docker, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes.
- Experience building and maintaining high-availability services.
What We Offer:
- Flat hierarchies, agile team culture, and short decision processes.
- A supportive team spirit that celebrates joint successes.
- Career development aligned with your ambitions and company goals.
- Knowledge sharing, open conversations, and pair programming opportunities.
Why you'll love working here:
- High-growth company in which you can find exciting and trend-setting challenges
- Amazing product to work on
- Familial working atmosphere in an open-minded multinational team
- All necessary equipment – up to you to decide what you prefer
- The budget for professional improvement (courses, conferences, books…)
- Budget for the mastery of the English language during the working hours
- Private health insurance
- Nice office in Belgrade
- Possibility WFH/Hybrid model
- Fully stocked kitchen (tea, coffee, fruits, soft drinks, snacks…)
- Tournaments of table tennis, table soccer, and darts in our office
- Skilled and senior co-workers
- Opportunities to build products that really make a difference
- Opportunities to learn and grow with us
If you are looking for an environment where you can grow professionally, learn from the best in the field, balance work and life habits and have a pleasant and enthusiastic environment, please submit your CV in English.
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What We Do
Holycode is a software development and IT nearshoring company, based in Switzerland, Germany, Serbia (Belgrade & Novi Sad) and Romania (Bucharest). We develop cutting-edge projects for Europes fastest growing startups and brands. Our mission is to offer every software solution from the foundation of the company to the IPO and beyond. Some of our in-house specialisations: - IT Nearshoring : Development teams that work exclusively for you full time. Based with us but fully integrated into your company. - Software Projects : End-to-end development of MVPs/POCs as well as complex software projects with our own teams. - ERP Systems : Specifically Microsoft Dynamics/BC & SAP. We cover everything from process analysis to maintenance. We are really amazing in table tennis, table soccer and dart but also in PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, iOS, Android, JavaScript and co. Our primary goal is to provide great working conditions and a great atmosphere for our team in order to have great results. That’s why we always follow the suggestions and ideas of our employees without whom our company would not be what it is – a place where work becomes fun and the results are amazing!
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