Senior Back-End Engineer (Java)

About Remote People

At Remote People, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams . By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button.

If you're interested in adding to our vision of enabling people to work in dream jobs, for every company, and from anywhere in the world , apply now!

We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being part of Remote People means being part of a growing, international family.

Overview

We're seeking an experienced Senior Back-End Engineer who combines strong architectural judgment with a high-ownership mindset and a genuine drive to operate at the frontier of modern engineering practices.

What you'll be doing

You'll join one of our cross-functional squads — working alongside a Product Manager, a Designer, Front-End, Back-End and QA Engineers — building the world's best Employer of Record platform. We are a remote-first team spread across Asia and Europe, so clear async communication and cross-timezone collaboration are part of how we work every day. You'll own meaningful pieces of the product end-to-end, from design to rollout, with the autonomy and responsibility to make technical decisions and the expectation to deliver value at speed without compromising quality. AI tooling is a first-class part of how we work: you'll leverage it to move faster, and you'll be the quality bar on everything that ships.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and document fast, secure and easy-to-use APIs consumed by both front-end and back-end applications
• Build effective integrations with other applications and third-party software
• Own the entire implementation cycle from design to rollout
• Leverage AI coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as a core part of your development workflow to accelerate implementation
• [REDACTED]-assisted development: review, validate and refactor generated code to ensure it meets architecture, security and maintainability standards
• Design and orchestrate lightweight automation and agent workflows to eliminate repetitive engineering tasks (test generation, data migrations, boilerplate, monitoring scripts)
• Contribute to the squad's adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and share learnings across the Back-End Chapter
• Contribute to requirements review and work closely with Product Manager to design and plan new features
• Participate in the Back-End Engineering Chapter and contribute to global architecture decisions

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years in a Software Development role
• Strong architectural judgment and code quality ownership — the ability to design good systems, not just write good code
• Solid command of Java and Spring Boot
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience using AI coding assistants in a production engineering context — a practiced workflow, not just familiarity
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability
• Experience designing and implementing micro-services
• Knowledge of API design with REST, gRPC, GraphQL and API documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger
• Experience with various data store, streaming and caching solutions (SQL and NoSQL databases, Redis, MQ , Kafka, Elasticsearch)
• Ability to draw and document technical solutions prior to implementation
• Ability to communicate effectively in a remote environment — clear written communication, reliable async collaboration

Preferred Skills

• Experience decomposing complex tasks into agent-friendly subtasks, or building and configuring simple automation pipelines
• TDD by default — especially important in an AI-assisted workflow where tests are the primary safety net on generated code
• Experience working on a SaaS platform, or at least a custom-built product
• Proven knowledge of Online Payment, Payroll or Invoicing domains
• Some experience with Python
• Strong sense of security and application performance
• Strive to solve complex problems with simple, effective solutions
• Self-directed and self-improving: you manage your own time, define your own growth path, and hold yourself to a high bar without waiting to be told

What it's like working at Remote People

Our service & product . We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar. We build a workforce management platform that allows our customers to hire the best talent in minutes, without worrying about compliance, payroll, or HR admin.