Senior Backend Software Engineer
Location: Dublin 2, Ireland
Hybrid Working (3 days office / 2 days remote)
Salary:
€80-92k + Bonus
We're hiring experienced Senior
Backend Software Engineers
for a global client in the
digital audio and entertainment
space. The teams are building large-scale systems that support millions of users, focusing on high-throughput services, distributed systems, and robust backend infrastructure.
What You'll Be Doing:
* Develop scalable and resilient backend systems that support business-critical functions
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Engineering)
* Drive backend architecture and system design discussions
* Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code
* Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and on-call rotations
* Investigate and resolve complex technical issues in production
What You'll Need:
* 5+ years
of professional backend engineering experience
* Strong experience with
Java
and at least one other language
* Proven experience designing and implementing
RESTful APIs
* Solid understanding of
CI/CD
, source control, and testing best practices
* Hands-on experience with
distributed systems
in production
* Strong sense of ownership and accountability
Nice to Have:
* Experience with
Scala
and
functional programming
* Familiarity with
asynchronous programming
models
* AWS
experience (compute, storage, containers, serverless, etc.)
* Exposure to
infrastructure-as-code
tools like Terraform or CDK
* Worked with
high-throughput distributed systems
Benefits include:
* Fully paid
healthcare
(for you & eligible family members)
* Life cover
(4x base salary)
* Pension contributions
up to 8%
* Disability cover
(short & long-term)
* 25 days annual leave
* First Friday of every month off
* 10 days paid sick leave
* Maternity, paternity & adoption leave
* Bike2Work & TaxSaver commuter schemes
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
If you're passionate about backend systems, love solving real-world scale challenges, and want to be part of an inclusive engineering culture, this could be a great fit.