Senior Software Engineer – Java

Location Stockholm, Sweden - Hybrid Remote

Apica is a market leader in Load Testing and Web Performance Monitoring with an international presence and large domestic, European, and US customers. We work in a high-paced agile development environment with a quick response to changing needs, and we are excellent at it. Our product evolution is rapid, and you will be involved in all activities throughout the entire SDLC from architecture/design to final delivery and maintenance.

Apica Systems is looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Java to join the development team in Sweden. The role is Hybrid Remote and time in the office is very flexible.

About our Tech Stack:

  • Java 11 (Maven), Java Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MongoDB
  • All Hyper-Cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker
  • Apache Kafka
  • And more!

What you will be doing day-to-day:

  • Write beautiful, efficient, fully tested, high-quality code through TDD
  • Work as part of an amazing, high-performance cross-functional team
  • Review code and help others write better code, pair programming
  • Share knowledge, explore and solve problems, scope work
  • Contribute to all stages of the software life cycle: design, planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance
  • Push the boundaries of technology

As a Senior Software Engineer, you are expected to:

  • Have strong analytical skills and be able to apply software design principles in problem-solving, while always having non-functional requirements in mind (security, readability, etc.)
  • Work on REST service design, service-oriented architecture, and similar concepts
  • Always look for improvements in the development process and actively engage in our improvement efforts
  • Mentor and guide other developers, enforce code quality through best practices and coding standards

Who you are:

  • Proficient in Java-based web service and website development (5+ years)
  • Proficient in the Spring ecosystem of frameworks and APIs (Core, Boot, Data, REST)
  • Have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to design pragmatic solutions
  • Experienced in working with Agile methodologies and practices
  • Experienced in working with PostgreSQL/MS SQL and MongoDB
  • Experienced in working with MQ brokers such as AWS SQS, ActiveMQ or Kafka
  • Experienced and knowledgeable of AWS and services such as S3, EC2, etc.
  • Excellent at communicating in English