Senior Software Engineer (Metadata Extraction)

We are Ataccama, and we are on a mission to empower organizations to maximize the transformative potential of data and AI. Our product enables both technical and less technical ‘data people’ across their organizations to create high-quality, governed, safe, and reusable data products. It’s what made us a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant® for Data Quality Solutions™, and what inspired Bain Capital Tech Opportunities to invest in our future growth.

Our vision is to be the leading AI-powered cloud data management company and to do that, we’re making Ataccama a great place to work and grow. Our people are located across the globe. They succeed by collaborating as a team and thrive in our company culture defined by these core values:

Aim High

Customer Focused

ONE Team

Candid and Caring

Challenging Fun

We are open to a hybrid working setup. #LI-hybrid

Ataccama Product & Engineering is at the forefront of a transformative journey, transitioning from an on-premise enterprise solution to a fully managed multi-cloud platform. We cater to Fortune 500 companies with stringent security and compliance requirements. Simultaneously, our clients expect a user-friendly, rapidly deployable collaborative data management platform that seamlessly adapts to their organizational needs.

Your Challenge

• Your primary challenge will be to develop a self-service, cloud-based enterprise application for metadata extraction from various types of data sources and technologies
• Design, develop, and maintain back-end systems using Java and Kotlin, with a strong focus on Spring Boot applications.
• Integrate and manage RESTful services, ensuring robust and scalable API development.
• Work with graph databases, leveraging their capabilities to solve complex data-related challenges.
• Handle asynchronous processing and manage message brokers such as RabbitMQ.
• Implement unit testing and integration testing strategies to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand product requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Take ownership of features and components from the design phase through to production deployment and operational support.
• Engage in code reviews, offering constructive feedback in a supportive and collaborative manner to help peers improve and grow.
• Work collaboratively within a cross-functional team, fostering open communication and ensuring alignment with all stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
• Introduce and assess creative concepts, balancing innovation with actionable outcomes to advance product and team success.

Is This You?

• You have proven experience in backend development with Java or Kotlin.
• You thrive on tackling complex applications and willingly dive into research when intricate algorithms and data structures are required for efficient solutions.
• You have a passion for building secure Cloud SaaS applications.
• Learning and sharing knowledge with others is something you genuinely enjoy.
• You are unafraid to take ownership of end-to-end software engineering and operations competency.
• It would be a huge advantage if you have experience with the Data Lineage domain or SQL parsing using ANTLR
• Another nice-to-have is experience with writing complex SQL queries and procedures for Oracle and PostgreSQL.

The Tech We Expect

• Our backend primarily employs the latest versions of Java and Spring Boot, with a warm welcome to Kotlin expertise.
• Our products are operated in AWS and Azure, so familiarity with these ecosystems and common managed services (e.g., Aurora Serverless, managed AKS, EKS..) is beneficial.
• We orchestrate our services using Kubernetes, and your comfort with Kubernetes environments, Helm charts, and related technologies is welcome.
• Your experience developing fully multi-tenant and distributed systems, as well as working with message queue services like RabbitMQ or Kafka, will be invaluable.

Our General Tech Stack

• Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, GraphQL, jOOQ
• Storage: Aurora, Postgres, Elastic, Minio
• Infrastructure: GitLab CI/CD, Gradle, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
• Frontend: TypeScript, React, Apollo, Nx, MobX..
• Big Data: Spark, Redshift, Snowflake

Work equipment

• Company laptop
• Company mobile phone + SIM card & package of mobile data

Perks & Benefits

• Long-Term Incentive Program
• "Bring Your Friend" referral program
• Flexible working hours & flexible working setup
• The Global Family Support Program - A paid leave program to help all parents focus on the new addition to their family
• 25 days of vacation, 2 sick days, and 1 personal day for each calendar year with Ataccama (up to 5 in total)
• Flexipass or Multisport card (after finishing your probation period)
• Annual package for mental health support
• Shared company cards for free entrance to Prague Zoo & Botanical Garden
• Company bikes, longboards, e-scooters
• Online company language courses
• Conference tickets to the best industry events of the year
• Online courses & company access to Udemy to hone your skills
• Company library, where you can even suggest the best educational books for us to order
• Kitchens stocked with fresh fruit and juice, teas, and the best coffee




While we highly value cooperation with all our business partners, we don’t accept unsolicited resumes from any sources other than directly from a candidate. We reserve the right not to pay any fee for sending an unsolicited offer containing the details or resume of a job candidate, even if the relevant candidate is employed by our company. 

Work equipment

- Company laptop

- Company mobile phone + SIM card & package of mobile data

Perks & Benefits

- Long-Term Incentive Program

- "Bring Your Friend" referral program

- Flexible working hours & flexible working setup

- 25 days of vacation, 2 sick days, and 1 personal day for each calendar year with Ataccama (up to 5 in total)

- Flexipass or Multisport card (after finishing your probation period)

- Annual package for mental health support

- Shared company cards for free entrance to Prague Zoo & Botanical garden

- Company bikes, longboards, e-scooters

- Online company language courses

- Conference tickets to the best industry events of the year

- Online courses & company access to Udemy to hone your skills

- Company library, where you can even suggest the best educational books for us to order

- Kitchens stocked with fresh fruit and juice, teas, and the best coffee

While we highly value cooperation with all our business partners, we don’t accept unsolicited resumes from any sources other than directly from a candidate. We reserve the right not to pay any fee for sending an unsolicited offer containing the details or resume of a job candidate, even if the relevant candidate is employed by our company.