Staff Software Developer (back-end) in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj at CaseWare
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Job Description
Define and evolve technical architecture and engineering standards that enable safe, scalable, secure, and reusable capabilities across teams.
Influence architectural decisions through design reviews, RFCs, proof-of-concepts, and hands-on collaboration.
Own key platform features and architectural improvements end-to-end, from design through delivery.
Partner with QA, Product, Security, Domain SMEs, and DevOps to strengthen observability, reliability, quality, CI/CD, deployment strategies, and production safeguards.
Drive operational excellence by identifying systemic risks, leading root cause analysis, and implementing preventative improvements.
Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and practical technical guidance.
Solve complex, business-critical challenges, including third-party extensibility and real-time multi-user synchronization.
Champion responsible AI-assisted development by defining guardrails, piloting tools and agentic workflows, mentoring teams, and measuring impact on velocity and quality.
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 8 years with core Java and demonstrated impact beyond a single team.
Deep expertise in server-side Java, with the ability to serve as a subject matter expert.
Proven experience designing and evolving shared platforms or infrastructure used by multiple teams.
Experience delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, with a strong understanding of scalability, reliability, security, and cost management.
Experience working with monolithic applications and microservices.
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to balance delivery speed with long-term platform health.
Proven ownership of significant architectural decisions and strong communication and influence skills across technical teams.
Experience working in an agile team alongside developers, testers, and a product owner.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with cloud providers beyond AWS, including Azure or Google Cloud.
Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio.
Languages & Frameworks: Java
Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (S3, Secrets Manager, Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, EKS), CloudFormation, Terraform
SQL Server, AWS RDS for SQL Server
Testing & Observability: New Relic, AWS CloudWatch
Tooling: Jira, Visual Studio, GitHub, Devin, Claude Code