Senior Backend Engineer

You make architecture decisions, shape standards and mentor colleagues. Designing, building and reliably operating the marketplace's microservice-based backend (Java/Spring Boot) that powers the customer-facing platform.

About the company

As a joint effort of Uzbek Ipoteka Bank and the Hungarian OTP Group, the company behind joyga.uz is building a dynamically growing team with a strong corporate background, operating in a startup-like environment.

If you'd like to work on exciting, high-impact projects that guarantee continuous growth, apply for the position below.

These are the tasks awaiting you

• Writing and maintaining code following the team's coding conventions

• Building and documenting REST APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger)

• Designing PostgreSQL schemas and optimising SQL queries

• Implementing and maintaining Apache Kafka event streams

• Writing unit and integration tests (JUnit)

• Designing microservice architecture and service boundaries

• Making and documenting architecture and technology decisions (decision log)

• Running code reviews and shaping development standards

• Mentoring medior and junior colleagues

• Observability (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)

• Supporting production incidents and performing root cause analysis

• Performance and scalability optimisation

• Secure coding (input validation, authn/authz, secrets)

• Database migrations (versioned, backward-compatible)

• External integrations (payments/billing, 3rd party)

• Refinement and estimation

We're looking for you if you have

• Relevant professional experience: 5+ years

• Java

• Spring Boot / Spring ecosystem (Security, Data JPA)

• REST API design

• SQL / PostgreSQL

• Microservice architecture

• Apache Kafka (event streaming)

• Docker / Kubernetes

• Cloud infrastructure (ServerCore / cloud)

• Design patterns, SOLID, Clean Code

• DDD / hexagonal architecture

• Working proficiency in English (required), Russian and Uzbek

• Written justification of trade-off decisions; a mentoring mindset; strong communication

• On-site work in Tashkent

You'll have an advantage if you have

• Experience at a listing / real-estate or e-commerce, high-traffic platform

Here's why it's worth joining us

• A stable corporate foundation combined with a growing, international startup environment

• Diverse, high-impact tasks, cutting-edge technologies, and responsible, independent work

• A welcoming, international team with a strong sense of community

• Company-provided laptop and phone

• Competitive benefits package

• Health insurance

• Professional training and continuous development opportunities

• Long-term employment and a clear career path

Work location: Tashkent, city center — primarily office-based (on-site). Remote/hybrid is not suitable for the launch phase, given the close coordination required with developers, the Bank, IT, sales, marketing and operations.