Lead Software Engineer (Java, AWS)

The mission 

We’re growing qTest, the platform testers use to organize their work, into a faster, more reliable, and easier-to-use SaaS product, adopting AI where it truly benefits users. It’s already trusted by over 70,000 users and handles more than 17 million API calls every day. 

You’ll play a key role in shaping how we build it: leading technical implementation, maintaining a high bar for quality, and driving backend-focused improvements. That means reworking the storage architecture, setting up a message bus, improving APIs, splitting a monolith, enhancing features in a mature product, and tightening security. 

You’ll be part of a team (paired with a PM and EM) that owns a clear product area. We work in two-week sprints, deploy continuously behind feature flags, and usually focus on projects that run one to two months. 

Required experience and what you will do: 

• Design and build backend features in Java (Spring, Hibernate/JPA, PostgreSQL) 

• Lead design discussions, write RFCs, and weigh trade-offs 

• Run spikes, break down epics, and help plan sprints 

• Improve code quality through continuous refactoring, and addressing technical debt systematically 

• Work with the product team to prioritize backend improvements that increase reliability and performance 

• Live and advocate the “you build it, you run it” mindset 

• Help troubleshoot production incidents using Datadog, BetterStack, and Incident.io 

• Mentor by example through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing 

• Own the domain architecture and partner with architects on cross-team patterns 

• Occasionally pitch in on DevOps basics (Helm charts, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, AWS console/API) 

Bring one or more extra strengths: 
 

• Database: schema design, query tuning, safe migrations 

• Frontend: React/TypeScript, performance and accessibility 

• DevOps: CI/CD automation, observability, ephemeral environments 

• Architecture: event-driven and service-oriented patterns 

• Technical excellence: championing modern practices 

  
You can look forward to: 

• Flexible working schedule (no core hours)  

• Learning and career growth opportunities  

• 25 days of paid time off  

• 3 Sick Days  

• 2 days of paid Volunteering Leave per year to get involved in your local community or in a cause that matters to you  

• Hybrid work environment with home-office allowance 

• Meal allowance 

• Pension Contribution   

• Life & Disability Insurance 

• Paid Sickness Leave   

• A team of passionate professionals who are experts in their fields 

• Events for employees to learn, celebrate, and socialize (training sessions, hackathons, parties, sports events, board game gatherings, BBQs), and much more 

 
Tricentis Core Values: 
 
Knowing what we need to achieve and how to achieve it is important. Tricentis' core values define our ways of working and the behaviors we model that create an enjoyable and successful Tricentis life. 
 

• Demonstrate Self-Awareness: Own your strengths and limitations. 

• Finish What We Start: Do what we say we are going to do. 

• Move Fast: Create momentum and efficiency. 

• Run Towards Change: Challenge the status quo 

• Serve Our Customers & Communities: Create a positive experience with each interaction. 

• Solve Problems Together: We win or lose as one team. 

• Think Big & Believe: Set extraordinary goals and believe you can achieve them.