Software Security Java Backend Engineer

Role Software Security Engineering Excellence Lead

Location: Krakow Poland(Hybrid 2-3 days work from office in a week)

6 months contract(B2B contract or Sub-Contract)

Rate: 180 PLN per hour

Experience: 10-12 years

Responsibilities

• Drive Engineering Excellence initiatives across Software Security platforms and agile teams
• Lead technical delivery engineering standards and software quality improvements
• Design and develop cloudnative security products and services
• Contribute handson code and actively participate in software development activities
• Lead migration from vendorbased platforms to opensource and cloudnative solutions
• Promote engineering best practices automation and platform modernization
• Design and implement scalable solutions using Java Spring Boot Kubernetes and cloud technologies
• Support eventdriven architectures and distributed application development
• Implement Zero Trust Architecture OAuth2 and OpenID Connect security models
• Mentor engineers promote knowledge sharing and build engineering communities
• Drive innovation by evaluating and adopting emerging technologies and engineering practices
• Identify technical risks and deliver secure scalable and maintainable solutions
• Collaborate with architects security teams platform teams and product stakeholders
• Reduce operational toil through automation and engineering efficiency improvements
• Influence engineering strategy and technical direction across multiple teams and functions

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Deep expertise in Java 21 including Virtual Threads Project Loom
• Strong experience with Spring Boot 3x
• Deep understanding of JVM internals and memory management
• Handson experience with Google Cloud Platform GCP
• Experience with GKE Cloud Spanner andor PostgreSQL on GCP
• Strong knowledge of EventDriven Architecture using Kafka or PubSub
• Experience implementing OAuth2 and OpenID Connect
• Understanding of Zero Trust Architecture principles
• Strong software architecture and engineering design capabilities
• Ability to translate business challenges into technical solutions
• Experience leading engineering teams and driving Engineering Excellence initiatives
• Strong mentoring coaching and technical leadership skills
• Experience with automationfirst engineering approaches
• Strong problemsolving and innovation mindset
• Ability to influence technical direction beyond immediate teams
• Experience researching evaluating and adopting new technologies
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proven expertise in secure software engineering practices