Team of UKEESS Software House is currently looking for a Middle Java Engineer to join our team for a full-time position (remotely in Ukraine or in Lviv’s office).
About the Customer:
Our customer is the world’s largest DNA network from the USA. With more than 30 billion digitized global historical records, 130 million family trees, and 18+ million people in their growing database, our customers help people discover their family stories and gain actionable insights about their health and wellness.
About the Project and Team:
You will join the Science Engineering team working on DNA research projects. This team builds a high-impact feature from scratch. Our team will work on building a DNA-only pedigree showing the relationships between people. We have more than 1 trillion DNA relationships in our database, and we will work to get the data into the right places to infer how people are related to each other. We will use machine learning, data engineering, and smart data storage to build this system.
Technologies stack: Java 21 / Spring Boot / AWS (EC2) / Terraform / Kubernetes / My SQL
Responsibilities will include:

• Help architect, design, and develop complex, large-scale systems that process billions of records every day
• Identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• Create architectures and diagrams that describe them
• Work on and guide microservice REST API design
• Write key algorithms to maximize scalability and reliability
• Write code and unit tests
• Conduct code reviews
• Diagnose complex problems involving multiple systems and technologies
• Be an example of engineering excellence

Requirements:

• Large-scale system experience
• 3+ years of commercial experience with Java
• Commercial experience with Spring Boot
• Commercial experience with relational databases (My SQL is preferable)
• Experience with AWS (S3, EC2)
• Knowledge or experience with Terraform
• Knowledge or experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Micro-service
• Experience with CI/CD
• Knowledge or experience with JUnit, Mockito
• English: Upper-intermediate at least (both spoken and written)

It will be a plus:

• Strong knowledge or experience with Python
• Experience with Data Engineering / Science
• Knowledge or experience with ML

What do we offer our new colleague?

• Competitive compensation (based on market data but also depending on the technical level of the candidate)
• Flexible work schedule
• 3 health packages to choose
• Annual paid vacation and state holiday celebration
• Free English classes (online)
• Individual approach to professional growth
• Lack of bureaucracy and micromanagement
• Modern, comfortable office facilities (a barbecue zone, kitchens, lounge rooms, coffee machines, etc.)
• Foreign business trips
• On-site parking lot and charge station for Electric Cars
• Corporate gifts, celebrations, and fun activities
• Sports activities: ping-pong, soccer, work-out