Staff Engineer, Java

Surprise.com is on a mission to help people make a positive impact on themselves, their teams, and their communities.

Our flagship product, Surprise for Teams™, is the world’s first and only SuccessOS™. Surprise for Teams makes it fun and irresistible to perform better, which creates a positive, long-lasting impact on people and their organizations. Our latest ecosystem addition, Surprise for Fun™, brings our beloved feature set to mobile gaming – providing an exciting, high-dopamine way to win amazing real-life Surprises, VIP experiences, and unforgettable getaways just for completing fun daily quizzes and missions!

What will you be doing?

• Building a unique and innovative product;
• Joining a cross-functional team comprising all the expertise necessary to design, build, deploy, operate, and support;
• Driving and participating in technical design sessions;
• Building a product according to micro-service architecture principles;
• Working with real feedback from live users worldwide to adjust and improve the product;
• Shipping the best code you can, and helping other developers through code review and mentorship.

What we are looking for?

• Upper-Intermediate English or higher (B2+);
• Strong knowledge of Java Core with 7+ years of experience;
• Ability to produce clean, accurate, high-quality code;
• Good knowledge of Spring Framework (Core, Boot, Web and others);
• Good knowledge of JPA;
• Practical understanding of software design patterns and data structures;
• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and CI/CD concepts;
• Experience with Docker;
• Experience using relational databases and SQL;
• Experience with unit testing;
• Good communication skills.

What skills will come in handy?

• Experience with Cloud ecosystems: AWS, Kubernetes;
• Understanding of microservices architecture;
• Ability to document the technical design of your solution prior to implementing it;
• Experience troubleshooting live issues in the production environment.

Benefits

• Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category;
• Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company;
• Competitive salaries;
• Close collaboration between UA and US team members;
• Ultramodern offices in the heart of Lviv (Magnus) and Kyiv (Parus);
• Flexible working hours;
• Complimentary dinners (like Pizza Friday!);
• English classes and an immersive English-speaking work environment (we have a lot of native speakers at the office);
• Ability to travel to the US;
• Corporate activities and parties;
• Dedicated wellness area in the office;
• 20 working days of paid vacation;
• 15 days of paid sick leave;
• And, of course, we use Surprise internally!