Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Neon team

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Belgrade, Grad Beograd, Centralna Srbija, SRB
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
The Role
Design and maintain backend services, improve CI/CD pipelines, collaborate with teams, and mentor engineers.
Summary Generated by Built In
We at Holycode are currently looking for a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer with strong skills and proven experience who is ready to dive into the Neon project team, for a full-time engagement, to join our company of passionate IT professionals.
About Neon
Neon is a Zurich-based fintech startup on a mission to disrupt the Swiss banking industry and become Switzerland’s #1 bank account. With over 250,000 users and a passionate team, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved—and we’re ready for the next chapter.How We Work
  • We combine excellent UX/UI with data-driven decision-making
  • We focus heavily on automation, CI/CD, and reproducible environments
  • We believe in ownership, calculated risks, and always putting the customer first
  • We encourage open discussions, technical excellence, and continuous improvement• Collaboration, respect, support, and social engagement are at the heart of our mighty tech team
What You’ll Do
  • Design, build, and maintain robust backend services using Java 21, Spring Boot 3, REST APIs, and Kubernetes
  • Take end-to-end ownership of backend components — from design to production
  • Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines in an agile Kanban environment
  • Use observability and monitoring tools to ensure system health, performance, and reliability
  • Collaborate closely with backend and frontend engineers, QA, product owners, and platform teams to enhance our applications
  • Influence architecture, best practices, and technical decisions through team discussion
  • Support and mentor other engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing
Our Tech Stack
  • Java 21, Spring Boot 3, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs
  • Angular
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes
Key qualifications
  • Extensive experience building production-grade Java applications
  • Solid understanding of backend architecture, software design, and distributed systems
  • Strong knowledge of SQL, REST APIs, microservices, and networking concepts
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, tools and modern DevOps practices
  • Ownership of components, features, or systems in past roles
  • Fluent in spoken and written English (German or other related languages are a plus)
  • Living in Belgrade or is willing to come to the office at least 2 days per week (hybrid model)

Why you'll love working here:

  • Private health insurance
  • Equipment of your choice (laptop, monitor, accessories)
  • High-growth company with innovative products
  • Supportive, international team
  • Budget for professional development (courses, books, conferences)
  • English and German language lessons during working hours
  • Nice office in Belgrade with a stocked kitchen and game area
  • Opportunity to learn, grow, and make a real impact
If you are looking for an environment where you can grow professionally, learn from the best in the field, balance work and life habits and have a pleasant and enthusiastic environment, please submit your CV in English.
 

Top Skills

Google Cloud Platform
Java 21
Kubernetes
MySQL
Postgres
Rest Apis
Spring Boot 3
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The Company
Zürich
357 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Holycode is a software development and IT nearshoring company, based in Switzerland, Germany, Serbia (Belgrade & Novi Sad) and Romania (Bucharest). We develop cutting-edge projects for Europes fastest growing startups and brands. Our mission is to offer every software solution from the foundation of the company to the IPO and beyond. Some of our in-house specialisations: - IT Nearshoring : Development teams that work exclusively for you full time. Based with us but fully integrated into your company. - Software Projects : End-to-end development of MVPs/POCs as well as complex software projects with our own teams. - ERP Systems : Specifically Microsoft Dynamics/BC & SAP. We cover everything from process analysis to maintenance. We are really amazing in table tennis, table soccer and dart but also in PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, iOS, Android, JavaScript and co. Our primary goal is to provide great working conditions and a great atmosphere for our team in order to have great results. That’s why we always follow the suggestions and ideas of our employees without whom our company would not be what it is – a place where work becomes fun and the results are amazing!

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