Software Engineer (Kotlin)

Company Description

About Teya
Teya exists to make sure that every small and growing business in Europe has the opportunity to thrive. We want to become Europe’s go-to software solution for these businesses, simplifying their every day and helping them reconnect with the joy of running their business. Teya was born in 2019 and has built a fast-paced, energetic, and innovative environment that is dedicated to bringing the best solutions to customers.

Job Description

You will work with a diverse team to help shape the future of our new customers' onboarding processes. As a backend software engineer, you will take ownership of the full feature development lifecycle, with increased responsibility in design, implementation, and delivery.

Working with technologies such as Kotlin, you’ll write scalable, maintainable, high-performance code. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our backend systems are robust and reliable, focusing on continuous deployment and iterative delivery. Your contributions will directly impact the stability and efficiency of our infrastructure, enabling you to deliver significant value to our merchants' onboarding process in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You’ll also have opportunities to influence backend architecture decisions.

On a regular day as a Backend Software Engineer, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain clean, efficient, and well-tested code to support critical business needs, ensuring scalability and performance across backend systems.

• Take ownership of features and projects throughout the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, providing technical insights and contributing to backend architecture discussions to ensure reliable and efficient solutions.

• Enhance existing systems and build new tools to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability of products across the merchant onboarding processes.

• Participate in code reviews, share feedback constructively, and help elevate the overall quality and performance of the team’s output.

• Contribute to process improvements, focusing on continuous integration, delivery, and deployment to ensure a smooth and stable development pipeline.

• Stay updated with emerging technologies and trends, bringing new ideas to the table to keep the team innovative and forward-thinking.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional software development experience, including a solid understanding of backend systems and scalable architectures.

• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, data structures, and algorithms, with proven experience applying them in real-world applications.

• Proven ability to design and implement efficient, maintainable, and scalable solutions using backend technologies (e.g., Kotlin, Java, or similar languages).

• Experience working with databases including schema design, query optimization, and database integration.

• Experience with system design and architecture, including object-oriented design patterns, microservices architecture, and API development.

• Ability to write performant and well-structured code.

• Hands-on experience with version control (Git), continuous integration, and deployment pipelines.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues across multiple systems or services.

Additional Information

The Perks

• We trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team;

• Health Insurance;

• Meal Allowance;

• 25 days of Annual leave (+ Bank holidays);

• Public Transportation Card;

• Frequent team events & activities in the office and outside;

• Office snacks every day;

• Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment.