Software Engineer III

Job Description:

*Note this is a hybrid role onsite in at the Workhuman offices 3 days per week

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Software Engineer III (Backend) to join our team working on a world-class ECommerce platform. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who is comfortable contributing independently to backend systems enjoys solving problems as part of a team and is looking to continue growing their technical depth and impact.

You will join a collaborative agile team focused on building and evolving the backend services that power our ECommerce platform supporting a wide range of merchandise products gift cards and experiences used by our global customer base. Youll work closely with other engineers QA Product Owners and DevOps to deliver reliable scalable solutions while continuing to develop your skills.

Tech stack includes:
Java 17 Spring Web Services/APIs Apache Camel AWS Oracle NoSQL databases PL/SQL Opensearch Terraform JMeter Jenkins Sonar Maven Git Docker/Containerization Apache Kafka Kafka Streams Enterprise Integration Patterns KIE KB Github CoPilot and Syndigo PIM.

You are not expected to be an expert in every technology listed above but you should have proven experience working with Java Spring AWS GIT Kafka and database integrations.

The Value You Will Deliver

As a Software Engineer (Backend) you will:

• Design develop and maintain backend services for our ECommerce platform delivering features enhancements and bug fixes with a good level of independence

• Collaborate with teammates to understand requirements and translate them into well-structured technical solutions

• Write clean maintainable and well-tested code following established engineering standards and best practices

• Participate actively in code reviews providing thoughtful feedback and incorporating feedback from others

• Contribute to agile ceremonies including sprint planning backlog refinement daily stand-ups and retrospectives

• Work with QA and DevOps to ensure changes are tested deployed and monitored effectively

• Help improve system reliability performance and scalability through incremental enhancements

• Build a strong understanding of our ECommerce domain and backend architecture over time

• Share knowledge within the team and support less experienced engineers through collaboration and example

The Skills You Will Bring

Were looking for a solid midlevel backend engineer who brings:

• Minimum of 47 years of professional software development experience

• Strong experience with Java and object-oriented programming principles

• Hands-on experience with Spring and building or maintaining Web Services / APIs

• Practical experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases including writing and optimizing queries

• Proven ability using Git and working with modern development workflows

• Experience of working in an agile development environment

• Experienced in use of CI/CD pipelines and deploying or supporting client facing applications in production environments

• Proven experience using AWS Kafka messaging systems and containerized applications is preferred

• Proven proficiency lead operational efficiency improvements through testing code quality and ease of maintenance

• Excellent communication skills and the proven experience of collaborating effectively with crossfunctional teams and Leadership

• A proactive mindset and a desire to continue learning and improving as an engineer

At Workhuman we value engineers who take pride in their work enjoy collaborating with others and are motivated to build reliable systems that make a real impact. If youre a midlevel backend engineer looking to work on meaningful ECommerce systems while continuing to grow your skills wed love to hear from you.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave increasing with years of service

• Company plan VHI Health Care & Dental cover for employee and dependencies

• A Pension commencing after probation period

• Participation in Workhumans employee recognition programs

• Discounted gift certificates

• Discounted TaxSaver Travel cards/free car parking (subject to availability)

• Income Protection

• Life Assurance

• Access to our Tuition Reimbursement Scheme

• Access to Workhuman University

• Additional perks - Free grab and go breakfast and lunch options fruit tea/coffee fantastic catered events and wellness activities throughout the year throughout the year etc

The Company:

At Workhuman our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you dont think you check every single box above please still consider applying. Were looking for a human who is collaborative innovative with a growth mindset

We love what we do because were shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the worlds leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank talk and celebrate each other creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large-sized workplace category. We were also recognised as the Best Workplace for Women and the Best Workplace in Technology inand 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium-sized workplace category.

• We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as the Best Place to Work in Boston U.S. Best Large Places to Work and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect Determination Innovation and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based solely on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company and we seek to recruit develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.