Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

As a Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining advanced software solutions. You will be responsible for leading projects, participating in strategic technology decision-making, and mentoring less experienced team members. Your expertise in programming and software engineering will be essential for achieving project goals and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products.

At Auctane, we value professionals at every stage of their career journey. When applying for this position, please note that we'll assess your profile and skills based on your experience level—whether junior, intermediate, or senior (the salary range mentioned above is for a Senior level). Our goal is to build a diverse and complementary team that brings together different perspectives and levels of expertise. If you're excited to contribute to a newly formed team, we'd love to hear from you!

What will you be doing?

• Designing system architectures and developing complex software components while considering both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Creating high-quality software code in accordance with industry best practices and standards.
• Managing software testing processes, identifying and resolving issues, and optimizing system performance and scalability.
• Delivering cloud-oriented API-based components and microservices adhering to the highest engineering standards.
• Mentoring junior team members by providing technical support, guidance, and sharing knowledge and experience to facilitate their professional growth.
• Influencing team direction and task prioritization.
• Tackling complex problems requiring deep analysis and evaluation of diverse factors.
• Collaborating closely with other departments, such as production teams, and management, to ensure solution consistency and compliance.
• Engaging in effective cooperation with team members.
• Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Inspiring and facilitating constructive discussions around complex topics.
• Providing timely, concise, and actionable feedback to team colleagues.
• Promoting a knowledge-sharing mindset.
• Participating in recruitment interviews for your team.
• Maintaining openness to communication with both local and external partners.
• Developing mentoring skills, fostering learning, and sharing deep engineering expertise with peers.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in designing and developing advanced software systems.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming concepts, algorithms, and data structures.
• Continuous focus on enhancing skills in software architecture design, DevOps practices, and product development.
• Strong orientation toward task automation to save time and effort.
• Implementation of improvements and optimizations in daily operations.
• Planning and managing complex multi-system deployments without impacting client operations.
• Ability to balance the demands of delivering high-quality software within tight deadlines.
• Programming across multiple languages.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure automation.
• Knowledge and experience in use of design patterns
• Proficiency in Polish and English is required for this role

What will make you stand out?

• Experience with:
• C# .NET or Java
• TypeScript
• Javascript
• Amazon Web Services

What do we offer?

🗓️ Annual Salary Review: We are reviewing the salaries of all our teams annually in order to evaluate an increase according to individual performance and the business results.

📙 Personal Training Budget. Up to 7.000/ 4.100 PLN/year training budget (certifications, conferences attendance, etc.) to invest in your professional development. We want to help you improve your technical skills, feel involved in the product community, and develop your soft skills to lead teams and manage other stakeholders.

🌅 Up to 30 days of vacation per year (additional days are granted along with seniority at AUCTANE).

💙 Up to 500 PLN/year to match your NGO donations! We are happy to support your initiatives by duplicating the amount donated.

💜 Lunch card

😊 Volunteer day. You can take 1 day off per year in order to participate in volunteering activities! We will love to see some pictures in our slack!

Referral Fee 🔗 We need your support in hiring top-class talent! We offer a referral bonus of 4k-20k PLN, depending on the complexity of the role and the hiring process.

👩‍⚕️We have an Employee Assistance Program with psychological assistance free of charge.

⚖️ Great work-life balance We offer a flexible work schedule and will do our best to adapt to your personal situation. Working in a fast-paced environment can be intense, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy your free time!

💜 An inclusive and upbeat work environment Leave your suit behind... we’re a t-shirt and converse kind of place! More importantly, our company culture promotes diversity and inclusion. The personality and opinions of each of our team members are important and valid, and we aim to offer all employees a safe environment where they can be themselves and thrive.

🌍 A cross-cultural atmosphere We are a truly international team of 20 nationalities that speak 10 languages. Our company language is English and all internal communication and company-wide meetings are in English.

🏟️ Company events Work hard, play hard! We do our best every day, even at our regular team-building events. 

📺 Internal and external training, free access to online training platforms such as Linkedin Learning

🏠 Possibility to work in a home-office using equipment provided by AUCTANE, or in our office prepared in accordance with all safety requirements.

🗺️ Languages classes every week. Thirsty for knowledge? Learn a new language by joining our free English/Spanish/German classes. You can connect and enjoy taking up a new language or improving your current skills with one of our great instructors.

🏥 Free private medical insurance.

📄 Attractive life insurance.

🏐 Co-financing for sports and recreational activities

🏐 Gym membership co-financing

🏢 Nice Office in Zielona Gora (free drinks, snacks…)

Do you want to know a little bit more about the team? Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Amazing Auctane-PL and our Instagram