APEXX - Senior Backend Engineer - Java/Spring Boot

<p><p><b>Description :</b><br/><br/>APEXX is pioneering payment orchestration, transforming the global payments landscape with cutting-edge technology and innovation.<br/><br/>As a leader in Fintech, we're committed to excellence, driving forward-thinking solutions that empower businesses worldwide.<br/><br/>Are you passionate about building scalable, resilient systems in the fast-moving world of FinTech?<br/><br/>Were looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing technology team.<br/><br/>Youll play a key role in designing and building backend services that power our core platform enabling real-time transactions, intelligent routing, and seamless third-party integrations with partners across the financial ecosystem.<br/><br/>Youll work with a modern tech stack including Java Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS Lambda, and a wide range of AWS services and collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-performance systems.<br/><br/>If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, this could be a great fit.<br/><br/><b>WHAT YOULL BE DOING :</b><br/><br/>- Design, develop, and maintain backend services (utilising Java Spring Boot), contributing to the evolution of our platform and system architecture.<br/><br/>- Optimise backend systems for real-time processing, performance, resilience, and scalability to meet the demands of a growing, enterprise customer base.<br/><br/>- Implement integrations with third-party systems, ensuring secure and reliable data exchange across environments.<br/><br/>- Participate in the full software delivery lifecycle from requirements gathering to production deployment and ongoing support.<br/><br/>- Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.<br/><br/>- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to ensure technical solutions align with business objectives.<br/><br/>- Provide high-quality code reviews and mentor junior engineers where appropriate.<br/><br/>- Contribute to infrastructure and DevOps best practices, including CI/CD pipelines and containerised deployments.<br/><br/><b>ABOUT YOU :</b><br/><br/>- Proven experience designing and delivering robust backend systems, with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.<br/><br/>- Deep understanding of relational databases, including hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, and confidence in writing optimised SQL.<br/><br/>- Practical experience with AWS services, such as Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, and S3, and an appreciation of serverless and event-driven architectures.<br/><br/>- Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and infrastructure-as-code.<br/><br/>- Strong problem-solving skills and a structured, delivery-oriented mindset.<br/><br/>- Comfortable working cross-functionally in fast-paced Agile environments, with clear communication and a collaborative approach.<br/><br/>- Passionate about clean code, continuous learning, and building systems that are resilient and easy to operate at scale.<br/><br/><b>NICE TO HAVE :</b><br/><br/>- Experience working in a FinTech or start-up environment.<br/><br/>- Exposure to observability tools<br/><br/>- Familiarity with security and authentication patterns (OAuth, SAML, etc.)<br/><br/><b>Perks and Benefits :</b><br/><br/>Aside from the opportunity to work for a tech-scale up, having great responsibility and varied tasks every day, other benefits includes:<br/><br/><b>Health :</b><br/><br/>- Insurance (Employee, spouse, and two children) optional cover for parents<br/><br/><b>Time Off :</b><br/><br/>- 15 personal days per year + Festival holidays.<br/><br/>- You can also take your birthday off as paid leave, and we offer a paid day off for any charity work you want to participate in.<br/><br/><b>Enrichment :</b><br/><br/>- Learning and development training, with a yearly budget, to strengthen your career and progression, leadership in house training and monthly lunch and learn, where you eat lunch and learn with our guest presenter.<br/><br/><b>Social :</b><br/><br/>- Monthly team outings & incentives.<br/><br/>- Some of our recent ones include- Hackathon, Lunch and Learns and team building games<br/></p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)