Backend Engineer (Java/Spring)

Join a Global Force in Data Intelligence

Our client is a top-tier data solutions company helping organizations turn data into a strategic asset. With over 1,000 experts worldwide and a thriving team of 56 in Czechia, they’re redefining how businesses manage, trust, and use their data. You'll be part of an English-speaking, dynamic, and collaborative team that delivers impactful projects using modern technologies—all in an environment that values innovation, quality, and growth.

As a Backend Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimize scalable backend services while ensuring high performance and reliability. You’ll contribute to architectural decisions, engage in system design discussions, and work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions. By taking ownership of your work, from writing clean, high-quality code to participating in code reviews and defining clear user stories—you’ll play a key role in shaping the product.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of your code by preparing for code reviews and explaining the design patterns applied.

• Recognize the users affected by your code by defining user stories with clear inputs and outputs.

• Contribute to architectural decisions and system design discussions to enhance application scalability and maintainability.

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable backend services, ensuring high availability and performance.

• Engage in team discussions and contribute ideas.
  
  Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience developing large-scale, high-performance web applications.

  • Solid hands-on experience in backend development using Java and Spring.

  • Proficient in working with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

  • Industry experience and knowledge of:

    • Docker, Kubernetes, and preferably, Helm.

    • AWS or GCP infrastructure projects.

    • Building cloud-native applications in Java with an eye towards operability, maintainability, and scaling.

  • Comfortable communicating entirely in English as part of a global team.

  • You must have work authorization to work in Prague, CZ.

  You are

  • Excited to do your best work with a diverse and distributed team.

  • Passionate about creating new things and supporting what exists, all while driving what matters to the business.

  • Familiar with building and operating applications on Kubernetes, integrating with public cloud technologies, and using Java.

  • A proactive and clear communicator, skilled at articulating technical concepts to both engineering and business partners.

  • A dedicated builder of high performance teams, with experience in hiring, mentoring, and developing the careers of colleagues

  • An advocate for continuous learning and improvement for yourself and the technology you build.
    
    Benefits

    • Long-Term Employment

    • Paid Vacation

    • (Take time to recharge with at least 20 days of paid vacation each year—tailored to meet or exceed the minimum in your country)

    • Paid Sick Leave

    • (Prioritize your health with up to 4 weeks of paid short-term sick leave when you need time to rest and recover)

    • Flexible Benefit Funds

    • (A monthly allowance you can use your way—on food, fitness, wellness and more)

    • Birthing Parental Leave

    • (14 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents, plus a 3-week return-to-work transition program)

    • Non-Birthing Parental Leave

    • (8 weeks of fully paid leave for partners, adoptive parents, foster parents, and surrogates—with a 3-week return-to-work transition to help you ease back in)

    • Global Employee Assistance Program

    • (Access up to 10 free therapy sessions and 10 coaching sessions)

    • Bereavement Leave

    • (Take the time you need to grieve and be with loved ones, with 10 days of fully paid bereavement leave)

    • Caregiver Support Leave

    • (Be there for the people who matter most—receive up to 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave)

Our values

We are a company that seeks the best for both our employees and clients, reaching beyond expectations in turning dreams into reality. Our way of working is rooted in our core values (Integrity, Excellence, Proactivity, Innovation, and People), with an expectation that our future colleagues will make these their second nature in their everyday work and life. We don’t ask for perfection, but we do appreciate people motivated to better themselves in every conceivable aspect.

About IT Labs

Founded in 2005, IT Labs is an international software tech company, specializing in purpose and process-driven teams for high-performance, innovation, transformation, and efficiency. Our HQ is in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and we have teams around the world - the UK, the Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, Serbia, Croatia, BIH, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and the Middle East. We are constantly growing, and we would love for you to become part of our team!