Back-End Engineer - Java (Payments)
Summary
Back-end engineer at consultancy Capco Poland, designing and building scalable, business-critical payment services with Java 25, Spring Boot 4, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Hybrid B2B engagement based in Warsaw, working in an Agile team with developers, product owners, and QA.
CAPCO POLAND
*We are looking for Poland based candidate.
At Capco Poland, we’re not just another consultancy - we’re the spark behind digital transformation in the financial world. As a global leader in technology and management consulting, we thrive on helping clients tackle the toughest challenges across banking, payments, capital markets, wealth, and asset management.
Build scalable, secure back-end solutions and help shape the future of payment technology.
The Role
At Capco, we're looking for an experienced Back-End Developer to provide specialist development services for a project within the financial services and payments industry. You'll collaborate with the Team, contributing to the design, development, and enhancement of modern back-end applications and services supporting business-critical payment solutions.
This engagement offers the opportunity to apply your Java and Spring Boot expertise, work with PostgreSQL and AWS cloud technologies, and deliver reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions within a collaborative engineering environment.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality back-end services using Java 25 and Spring Boot 4.
- Collaborate with the Agile Team, including developers, product owners, QA engineers, and other stakeholders, to coordinate technical activities and deliver agreed project outcomes.
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs, microservices, and integrations with PostgreSQL databases and AWS cloud services.
- Deliver clean, maintainable, and testable code, contributing to technical reviews and applying established engineering standards.
- Analyse and resolve technical challenges, optimise application and database performance, and contribute to improvements in system reliability, security, and scalability.
What We’re Looking For
- Around 5–10 years of hands-on expertise in Java and Spring Boot, including knowledge of Java 25 and Spring Boot 4.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and modern back-end development principles.
- Practical experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, SQL query optimisation, and efficient data management.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and developing or integrating cloud-based applications.
- Ability to deliver technical solutions independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams in Agile or Scrum project environments.
Bonus Points For
- Experience delivering technology solutions within financial services, payments, or transaction-processing environments.
- Familiarity with AWS services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, or CloudWatch.
- Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, alongside CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- Knowledge of automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, and integration testing tools.
- Understanding of event-driven architecture, messaging technologies such as Kafka, and application monitoring and observability practices.
B2B cooperation in a hybrid model, with the option to provide services from the Warsaw office to the extent agreed based on project needs.
Recruitment Process:
- HR Interview with the recruiter
- Technical Interview
- Client Interview
- Feedback and offer
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Skills
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Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV
Short answers (9)
- Preferred First Name optional
- How many years of professional experience do you have in Java development?
- LinkedIn Profile optional
- What is Your notice period?
- What is your rate? (PLN Hourly net - B2B contract)
- If "Other", please specify: optional
- Were you referred to this role by a current Capco Poland Employee?
- Capco employee email address optional
- If you answered yes to the Reasonable Adjustments question, please provide additional details. If not, enter N/A.
Pick from a list (8)
- Are you familiar with Java 25?
- Are you familiar with Spring Boot 4?
- Do you have hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and developing or integrating cloud-based applications?
- Do you have experience working on banking/ financial projects?
- What is your current location?
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Capco Job Candidate Privacy Notice Acknowledgement
- Capco Job Candidate Privacy Notice Acknowledgement
Written answers (1)
- If "Yes", please elaborate about your recent project in the banking domain. optional