Software Engineer

Company Description

InPost Group is Europe’s leading out-of-home delivery partner, making deliveries secure and convenient for millions of customers every day in more than 15 countries, including Poland, the UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France. We operate under two brands: InPost and Mondial Relay.

We provide a cost-effective and greener solution for merchants, offering customers greater convenience. At the heart of our business are the Automated Parcel Machines (aka Parcel Lockers), which we have been designing and producing in-house for years. 

At InPost Group, we believe that creating and sharing value with our stakeholders is about more than just financial returns. Thanks to the Parcel Locker delivery model, our growth contributes to the reduction of the carbon footprint by up to 75% compared to traditional courier deliveries, and we pursue an ambitious ESG program to increase our impact for a more sustainable world. This year, we will be delivering more than 600 million parcels using more than 25,000 lockers; our network and parcel volumes consistently grow year on year in every market we serve. 

Job Description

At InPost, we’re passionate about building software that helps our customers send and receive their goods.
Our team create software for parcel machines as well as pick-up/drop-off points that lay the foundations for our delivery network.
We are seeking an experienced Kotlin Software Engineer to support us in building highly - scalable and highly available applications. Specifically, we’re searching for someone who has profound experience when it comes to building cloud-compliant applications, having fresh ideas and a unique viewpoint, and who enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional and international team to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences for every interaction. We are dealing with large amount of data using Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ on daily basis.

Development stack: Kotlin, Java 11+, Gradle, Maven, Spring Boot, JPA, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Dynatrace, ArgoCD, GitLab.

Responsibilities: 

• Design, implementation, and testing of high-performance microservices in Kotlin and Java using state-of-the-art methods and technologies.
• Have your share of ownership of incidents and issues tracking, as well as proposing improvements to the current applications.
• Advocate an engineering culture of quality, good development principles and innovation from inside your team.
• Contribute with the creation and maintenance of technical documentation, including System Design and RFC documents.
• Taking ownership of tasks, commitments, quality, and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Participate in On-Call rotations (3-4 days per month)

Qualifications

• A solid foundation in software engineering. Bachelor’s degree preferred in Computer Science or a related field, with 5+ years of commercial experience.
• SOLID understanding of OOP principles.
• Full-stack Java development experience including knowledge of common tooling such as Spring Boot and JPA/Hibernate. 
• Strong sense of E2E application lifecycle ownership and a DevOps mindset.
• Knowledge of traditional software development processes and tools, including Gradle/Maven, Git, JIRA, Confluence, Code Reviews and GitLab CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience developing microservices using modern technologies such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, REST APIs, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud-based infrastructure (GCP or another).
• English - working proficiency on B2+ level.

Additional Information

Why Join InPost?

• Opportunity to work in a diverse, international, and cross-functional environment, along with leading experts.
• You work and learn from a senior leader and her leadership bench, extending your experience and exposure in the e-commerce and logistics industry.
•  InPost is a growing company that offers its employees an increasing number of opportunities in several locations in Europe.
• Fulfilling careers with a range of benefits for employees and investing in providing training opportunities for their development.
• You will feel a part of the InPost community that makes an impact on sustainability, convenient deliveries, and circular economy every day.