[Hiring] LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER @LITIT

Role Description

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will lead a small, autonomous backend team responsible for designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native microservices. You will work closely with architects, product owners, and other development teams to ensure the solution’s performance, reliability, and maintainability.

• Lead and mentor a team of backend developers, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to project standards.
• Design, implement, and deploy microservices using Payara 6 (Jakarta EE), Quarkus, and related frameworks.
• Develop REST APIs and ensure optimized transactional data access and caching mechanisms.
• Drive the migration and refactoring of existing monolithic applications into microservices.
• Manage deployments and operations in AWS, including services such as Fargate, CloudWatch, VPC, Route53, Secrets Manager, Lambda, and RDS.
• Utilize Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, Helm, and GitHub Actions for CI/CD and orchestration.
• Ensure code quality through JUnit, Mockito, and SonarQube, following GitFlow practices.
• Collaborate with multiple teams (front-end, backend, DevOps) and participate in sprint planning and refinement sessions.
• Engage directly with client stakeholders, present solutions, and support decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience, with at least 1–2 years in a technical leadership capacity.
• Proven experience in large-scale enterprise environments with Java, Jakarta EE, and cloud-native solutions.
• Hands-on experience leading small agile teams and coordinating deliverables.

Requirements

• Java / Jakarta EE / Payara 6 / Quarkus
• Kafka (Confluent)
• Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL), PostgreSQL
• AWS (Fargate, CloudWatch, VPC, Route53, SecretsManager, Lambda, RDS)
• Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Compose, ArgoCD, Helm
• Git, GitFlow, GitHub Actions, JUnit, Mockito, SonarQube
• Strong understanding of microservices, transactional handling, caching, and big data performance optimization.

Benefits

• Salary range: €4500 - €6000 (GROSS) / month.
• Learning opportunities with compensated certificates, learning lunches, and language lessons.
• Chance to switch projects after one year.
• Team building twice a year.
• Office in Vilnius, Lithuania that offers themed lunches and a pet-friendly environment.
• Remote work opportunities.
• Flexible time off depending on a project.
• Seasonal activities with colleagues.
• Additional health insurance and loyalty days for Lithuanian residents.
• Referral bonuses.
• Recognition of important occasions of your life.