The team of UKEESS Software House is currently looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join our team for a full-time position (remotely in Ukraine or Lviv’s office).

About the Client’s project and the team:

Our customer is the world’s largest DNA network from the USA. With more than 60 billion digitized historical records, 100 million family trees, and 18 million people in a growing DNA database, our customers help people discover their family stories and gain actionable insights about their health and wellness.

Our team focuses on building a unified, two separate visualization tools into a single, high-performance interactive platform. The goal is to enable scientists with tools to support analysis and visualization.

General tech stack of the project:

Java 17 / SpringBoot / MySQL / Redis / AWS (Lambdas, EKS, ElastiCache Valkey, ECR, Secrets Manager, S3, CloudWatch) / Terraform.

Responsibilities will include:

• Help architect, design, and develop complex, large-scale systems that process billions of historical records every day
• Identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• Create architectures and diagrams that describe them
• Work on and guide microservice REST API design
• Write key algorithms to maximize scalability and reliability
• Write code and unit tests
• Conduct code reviews
• Work with various AWS services and create new services using Terraform, configure communication between the services and applications
• Diagnose complex problems involving multiple systems and technologies
• Be an example of engineering excellence

Requirements:

• 4+ years of commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Micro-service expertise
• Recent and proficient experience with building large-scale web services
• Experience with AWS (Lambdas, EKS, S3, etc.)
• Commercial experience and strong knowledge of relational databases
• Strong knowledge and experience with Docker, Terraform
• Experience with CI/CD
• Proficient with Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration
• Experienced in working in Agile development environments
• A strong collaborator who thrives in team-oriented settings
• English: Upper-intermediate level (both spoken and written)

Nice to have skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering
• Hands-on experience in using any coding agent
• Practical experience applying AI/ML concepts in production systems or applications

What can we offer our new colleague?

• Full-time position in a highly professional team
• Competitive compensation (based on market data, but also depending on the technical level of the candidate)
• Flexible work schedule
• Individual approach to professional growthFree English classes (online)
• 3 health packages to choose from
• Annual paid vacation and state holiday celebration
• Lack of bureaucracy and micromanagement
• Foreign business trips (after the war)

Our office in Lviv has ​​generators and stable communication in case of “no electricity”. Also, you will have the:

• Modern, comfortable office facilities (a barbecue zone, kitchens, lounge rooms, coffee machines, etc.)
• On-site parking lot and charge station for Electric Cars
• Sports activities: ping-pong, soccer, workout

Send us your CV and let’s get to know each other! 😉