Junior Backend Java Developer
Are you a passionate Junior Backend Java Developer eager to make an impact? Join EPAM’s dynamic engineering team, where you’ll help create, maintain, and enhance the backend of a large-scale application for a global client in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You’ll work with modern technologies and contribute to innovative solutions that drive business value for our client’s digital ecosystem.
This role offers a hybrid model, with 3 days per week working from the client's office in Kraków, Poland.
Ready to launch your career in cloud engineering? Apply now and join our global team!
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend features for a customer-facing application, ensuring seamless integration with multiple service providers
- Design, implement, and support software patches and new features
- Write, review, and maintain technical documentation, including design and development artifacts
- Create applications using standard and cloud-based development tools
- Test, debug, and update programs to ensure high quality and performance
- Analyze, review, and modify code to improve efficiency and meet evolving requirements
- Investigate, document, and resolve technical issues
- Collaborate with internal teams to define and implement solutions that enhance the provider and customer experience
- Participate in code refactoring, technical debt reduction, and recommend improvements with a product mindset
- Maintain the highest standards of development practices, including technical design, solution development, system configuration, test documentation, and clean, modular code
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Java 8, Java 11, or Kotlin
- Working knowledge of SQL databases
- Basic understanding of HTML and CSS
- Familiarity with JavaScript, especially for debugging client-side request-response flows
- Experience with client-server architecture, HTTP, and RESTful APIs
- Knowledge of dependency injection, services, and API integration
- Strong technical problem-solving skills
- Solid foundation in object-oriented programming
- Experience developing business applications, including data storage and application integration
- Experience implementing, configuring, and integrating third-party software solutions
- Understanding of information management, data modeling, system integration, and development methodologies (including unit testing)
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills in English
- Quick learner with a proactive attitude
Nice to have
- Experience with protocol buffers and gRPC
- Familiarity with all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (analyze, design, build, test, implement, support)
- Experience working on Linux environments
