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Job Description
We are currently looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team and collaborate with a leading legal technology client focused on modernizing and securing large-scale backend systems.
This is a highly technical role centered on dependency modernization, security remediation, and maintaining the reliability of distributed services built with Python and JVM technologies. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in backend development, dependency management, and solving complex compatibility challenges across large codebases.
As a senior member of the engineering team, you will lead upgrade initiatives, establish quality standards, and work closely with platform and DevOps teams to ensure secure and scalable delivery.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, driving modernization efforts, and improving the security and maintainability of production systems.
QualificationsExpectations – the experience you need
- 8+ years of backend development experience with strong production-grade proficiency in Python and Kotlin or Java.
- Deep knowledge of Python dependency management, including pip, pyproject.toml, virtual environments, and conflict resolution.
- Expert knowledge of Maven, including multi-module builds, BOM management, and dependency convergence.
- Hands-on Terraform experience.
- Experience with AWS SDK integrations and Boto3.
- Strong Docker knowledge, including base image management and security-conscious upgrades.
- Experience writing and reviewing Bash scripts and CI pipelines.
- Ability to navigate large, multi-repository environments independently.
- Strong documentation and pull request practices.
Nice to have
- Experience with New Relic instrumentation.
- Experience with AWS CodePipeline or similar CI/CD platforms.
- Experience with Jenkins, Gradle, and AWS ECS/EC2.
- Familiarity with SOX-compliant or restricted-access environments.
- Previous involvement in large-scale modernization or security remediation programs.
What you will do
- Lead Python runtime upgrades and Boto2-to-Boto3 migrations.
- Plan and execute dependency upgrades to address vulnerabilities and CVEs.
- Manage Maven dependency trees and resolve transitive dependency conflicts.
- Upgrade observability tooling and agent configurations.
- Improve Docker images with a focus on compatibility and security.
- Define quality standards and documentation practices for upgrade initiatives.
- Identify automation opportunities to accelerate delivery.
- Collaborate closely with DevOps teams to resolve pipeline issues and ensure successful deployments.
- Drive engineering best practices and maintain high standards across backend services.
IMPORTANT: This opportunty is a 3 month commitment.
Skills Required
- 8+ years backend development experience with production-grade proficiency in Python and Kotlin or Java
- Deep knowledge of Python dependency management (pip, pyproject.toml, virtual environments) and conflict resolution
- Expert knowledge of Maven including multi-module builds, BOM management, and dependency convergence
- Hands-on Terraform experience
- Experience with AWS SDK integrations and Boto3
- Strong Docker knowledge including base image management and security-conscious upgrades
- Experience writing and reviewing Bash scripts and CI pipelines
- Ability to navigate large, multi-repository environments independently
- Strong documentation and pull request practices
- Experience with New Relic instrumentation
- Experience with AWS CodePipeline or similar CI/CD platforms
- Experience with Jenkins, Gradle, and AWS ECS/EC2
- Familiarity with SOX-compliant or restricted-access environments
- Previous involvement in large-scale modernization or security remediation programs
Software Mind Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for core hiring markets, with “good salary” cited in multiple locales. Public salary snapshots provide a baseline that helps candidates assess offers and negotiations.
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Flexible Benefits — Remote or hybrid options are prominently highlighted, and a remote‑work program is publicly noted alongside positively cited work‑from‑home experiences. Flexibility around schedules and location is presented as part of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Private medical care, language classes, sports/fitness support, and learning initiatives are listed for several Central/Eastern European locations, with occasional workation perks promoted. These lifestyle‑oriented offerings complement base pay and can enhance perceived total rewards.
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What We Do
Software Mind is a global digital transformation partner with operations throughout Europe, the US and LATAM. Driven by tech and empowered by people, we provide companies with software engineers and autonomous, cross-functional development teams who manage software life cycles from ideation to release and beyond. For over 20 years we’ve been enriching organizations with the talent they need to boost scalability, drive dynamic growth and bring disruptive ideas to life. Our top-notch engineering teams combine ownership with leading technologies, including cloud, AI, data science and embedded software to accelerate digital transformations and boost software delivery. A culture, driven by trust, that embraces openness, craves more and acts with respect enables our experts to create evolutive solutions that support scale-ups, unicorns and enterprise-level companies around the world.
