Tech stack: Kotlin, Spring, PostgreSQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, Spark, Scala
Responsibilities
We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to build and maintain a fast, reliable backend, solve scaling challenges, and own platform architecture
Requirements
5+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments
3+ years of recent experience with Kotlin or another JVM language
Strong software architecture skills
Relational DBMS expertise (PostgreSQL schema design & safe migrations)
Proven track record in customer-facing product development
Experience with AI tools and modern AI practices
Strong written and spoken English
Preferred
Experience as a tech lead or engineering team lead
AWS / Kubernetes experience
Observability mindset (metrics, logging)
Experience with analytics workloads (Spark / Scala)
Full-stack experience, especially React
We offer
Compensation package: base salary and performance-based bonuses
Office-first: flexible hours with a possibility to work remotely 52 days per year, and 28 days of paid annual leave
Care & Wellbeing: health insurance for the employees, including dental care (Barmenia Mehr Zahn 100), daily meal allowance
AI-first approach: licenses and access to a wide range of AI tools
Team & Growth: collaboration with colleagues across Portugal, Brazil, Latvia and China, with opportunities for promotions, professional trainings, and English courses
Community & Engagement: annual team building activities, knowledge-sharing workshops, and a strong sense of team work
Published on: 8/10/2026

Joom
Joom Group is an international tech-centric group of e-commerce companies founded in 2016 in Latvia. We are here to transform the largest industry in the world, global trade, making it more transparent, efficient, and technology-driven.
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