Hybrid Mid-Level Backend Developer

at Winnow

• Job title: Mid-Level Backend Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Java, Jenkins, Kafka, Postgres, Python, SQL, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cluj Napoca, Romania

About the role

• Software engineer at Winnow developing tools for food waste management in the hospitality industry. Contributing to software delivery and project development as part of a hybrid team.

Responsibilities

• Creating technical designs
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Implementing automated tests
• Deploying, monitoring, and maintaining the production system
• Working as part of a best in class product and engineering team, delivering cutting edge software solutions

Requirements

• You should have a good understanding of the Java programming language and developing webservices which you will have gained in your professional working career
• You have a deep understanding and good experience of relational databases and SQL queries (ideally PostgreSQL)
• Your primary focus will be developing our server-side software (mostly Java using Kafka or REST APIs) but able to help out with other technologies (e.g. Python, Go) when necessary
• Understanding of programming (not just using frameworks, extensions and plugins but understanding what they do, how they work and if needed build/extend them)
• Understanding of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Unit and Integration Testing
• Experience working with tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with the development of a major project/product hosted in AWS is a plus
• Having interest to learn and work with other tools and languages, such as Python (preferred) and Go is a plus
• Using Jenkins as the CI tool is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Meal tickets - 40 RON per working day
• 2 Wellness hours per month plus a 274 RON gross monthly wellness allowance or the option to swap the wellness allowance for a 7Card subscription
• 25 days of paid vacation time in addition to national holidays, plus the option to buy a further 5 days annual leave
• Company part-funded private health insurance and eye care allowance
• Life insurance (3 times base salary)
• Company stock options package
• Eligible for discretionary annual bonus
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 helpline for your wellbeing
• Learning and development allowance of 1,730 RON annually
• Hybrid way of working - we’re all in the office on Wednesdays and Thursdays
• Company provided breakfast & snacks on office days
• Early Finish Fridays - log off at 3 PM on a Friday if you have completed your tasks by then
• Our own office space with a great working environment
• You will love what you do – waking up every day solving one of the biggest social problems of our generation - food waste
• Committed team members with broad experience who share a common passion to build a world class business