Senior Backend Java Engineer

Welcome to SMG Swiss Marketplace Group! 

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG (SMG) drives industry transformation through innovative digital products, fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Formed in 2021 from the merger of Scout24 Switzerland and TX Markets, we lead in real estate, automotive, marketplaces, and finance & insurance.

At SMG Serbia, 130+ talents thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, guided by our values: Better Together, Aim High, and Act Responsibly, shaping the future of digital marketplaces.

Our exciting portfolio currently spans four business areas and includes Real Estate (immoscout24.ch, homegate.ch, ImmoStreet.ch, home.ch, Acheter-Louer.ch, Flatfox, Casasoft), Automotive (autoscout24.ch, motoscout24.ch, CarForYou), General Marketplaces (anibis.ch, tutti.ch, Ricardo.ch) and Finance and Insurance (financescout24.ch, Moneyland.ch).

Become a part of our winning team at SMG

We hire the best digital talents to meet the highest demands of our users and customers in Switzerland. In return, we offer you an attractive, innovative, friendly and fast-paced work environment where you can reach your full potential, achieve your goals, and your successes are celebrated.

Job Description

This job refers to our Automotive brands Autoscout24 and Motoscout24. We’re building on a modern technology stack with Java, following best practices, and striving to build/measure/learn at a high cadence. Here’s your chance to join a great product team that collaborates with designers, product managers, researchers, QA, and engineers from other fields.

What you will be doing

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to ship valuable product increments
• Write high-quality code and tests within established development standards and patterns, following industry best practices
• Contribute to design decisions and technical discussions as part of the engineering team
• Own the production operation and monitoring of the systems
• Make a positive impact towards a healthy and maintainable platform every day
• Proactively support and mentor other team members and help them accelerate their career-growth
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What we're looking for

• Fluent in English for both written and spoken communication
• At least 5 years of experience developing Backend systems in Java
• At least 3 years of experience with Spring Boot
• Solid grounding in Computer Science: data structures, algorithms, mathematics.
• Fluency with automated testing (unit, integration tests) and CI/CD
• Strong working knowledge of distributed systems and messaging solutions
• Experience with Cloud Services, preferably with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Eagerness to learn and understand the business vision, strategy, and priorities

Nice to have

• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Kubernetes and containers
• Kafka
• Elasticsearch

Benefits you'll love

• Be a part of well established Swiss-based subsidiary in Belgrade
• We value work-life balance and employee happiness. That’s why we grant you hybrid work environment, and 25 vacation days per year, with the option to buy another 10 days in an unbureaucratic process. You get 5 fully paid sick days per year, and another 5 days for special occasions
• Lots of team activities and perks
• Great equipment, competitive salary and a variety of fringe benefits like a gym membership and discounts at local stores
• International team and working environment of talented and fun people
• Stimulating work experience that will allow you to grow both professionally and personally
• Yearly budget for your personal development