Senior Software Engineer - Knowledge Base, Czech Republic
Employee - Full-time - RegularJob Overview
Millions of Java developers and the world's top businesses trust Azul to power their applications.
Azul continues to grow, and we are actively looking for Senior Software Engineers to work with us on developing Azul Intelligence Cloud.
This SaaS product connects millions of JVM runtimes, collects and aggregates detailed information, analyzes code use, detects vulnerabilities, and provides code inventory.
We are distributed across the world and offer the flexibility of working from home, as well as the structure of an office environment that focuses on employee wellness and opportunities for professional growth.
Millions of Java developers and the world's top businesses trust Azul to power their applications.
Azul continues to grow, and we are actively looking for Senior Software Engineers to work with us on developing Azul Intelligence Cloud.
This SaaS product connects millions of JVM runtimes, collects and aggregates detailed information, analyzes code use, detects vulnerabilities, and provides code inventory.
We are distributed across the world and offer the flexibility of working from home, as well as the structure of an office environment that focuses on employee wellness and opportunities for professional growth.
What You Will Do
- Join our Knowledge Base team and work alongside Security Engineers, Software Engineers, and QA to build and evolve our SaaS platform.
- In this role, you’ll focus on software architecture, design and hands-on development, implementing new features, improving existing functionality, fixing issues, and participating in reviews and technical discussions. You will work mostly with Java/Kotlin and build services that support our knowledge ingestion, data processing, and data delivery pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality features and improvements in Java/Kotlin, with a strong focus on maintainability and readability.
- Participate in design discussions and contribute to technical decisions, without needing to drive long-term architecture alone.
- Help translate requirements into clear, practical designs and implementation steps.
- Contribute to small-scale proofs-of-concept and prototypes to validate ideas and explore alternatives.
- Evaluate trade-offs between solutions while keeping simplicity, cost, stability, and performance in mind.
- Collaborate closely with the team to break down work, estimate tasks, and deliver incrementally.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams, product managers, and data teams to ensure smooth integration of features and shared services.
- Recommend improvements to monitoring, metrics, performance, and reliability of cloud services (AWS preferred).
- Engage actively in code reviews, sharing feedback and ensuring high-quality standards across the team.
- Build scalable, resilient backend services within our cloud environment and data pipeline ecosystem.
- Maintain and extend internal components powering data ingestion, transformation, and delivery flows.
- Work cross-functionally to ensure smooth integration with other teams and systems.
- Keep up with industry trends and suggest practical improvements that fit our context.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on development experience with Java (Kotlin or strong interest in Kotlin is a plus).
- Experience building backend services and working with modern JVM-based systems.
- Familiarity with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development.
- Experience with relational databases, NoSQL stores, and messaging systems (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.).
- Exposure to data pipelines, data ingestion, ETL/ELT, or data delivery systems is highly valued.
- Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, service reliability, and performance considerations.
- Familiarity with AI/LLM-based systems and how backend services interact with them (e.g., prompt orchestration, model APIs, embedding pipelines) is a plus.
- Comfortable participating in design discussions without needing to own architecture.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; comfortable reading and improving existing codebases.
- Good communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
What We Offer
- Equity Program - be part of the company success.
- Annual bonus based on company performance.
- Referral Program - bring your colleague we would all love to work with.
- IT Equipment - MacBook Pro or any other HW according to your preferences.
- Work-life balance - 5 weeks of holidays, 5 sick days, flexible working hours, 100% work from home also possible.
- Offices in Prague City Centre - if you prefer.
- Most importantly you will work with top experts worldwide who contribute to the Java ecosystem