Principal Software Engineer

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About Us

Kyriba is a global leader in liquidity performance that empowers CFOs, Treasurers and IT leaders to connect, protect, forecast and optimize their liquidity. As a secure and scalable SaaS solution, Kyriba brings intelligence and financial automation that enables companies and banks of all sizes to improve their financial performance and increase operational efficiency. Kyriba’s real-time data and AI-empowered tools empower its 3,000 customers worldwide to quantify exposures, project cash and liquidity, and take action to protect balance sheets, income statements and cash flows. Kyriba manages more than 3.5 billion bank transactions and $15 trillion in payments annually and gives customers complete visibility and actionability, so they can optimize and fully harness liquidity across the enterprise and outperform their business strategy. For more information, visit.

About the role :

The Liquidity Engineering Team in Poland is seeking a Technical Lead to drive the technical direction of their liquidity module. This role involves both developing new client-facing business features and maintaining core application systems, including complex calculations and performance optimization.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation, enabling them to contribute to and lead intricate designs, effectively manage ambiguity to develop clear solutions for complex operations, and spearhead the resolution of challenging technical issues. This individual will also champion technical excellence within the team and across the organization to meet corporate performance and reliability objectives.

Essential duties and responsibilities :

Technical Expertise & Development :

Collaborate with Product Owners to define effective solutions and proactively identify and clarify requirements.

Apply critical thinking to balance short-term needs with long-term objectives and anticipate potential issues.

Design and develop with other engineering teams new business modules, considering performance, operability, and cost.

Ensure the delivery of high-quality code including performance and database optimization with adequate test coverage and adherence to timelines.

Maintain expertise in diverse technical domains (languages, network, DB, cloud).

Master development tools (JIRA, CI, GitLab) and Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban).

Investigate and resolve production incidents using relevant tools and techniques.

Aim to possess strong functional understanding of the domain and good knowledge of all Kyriba's functional areas.

Leadership & Collaboration :

Act as a tutor and technical reference for the team.

Assist team members in analyzing and troubleshooting application issues.

Develop and promote technical standards and guidelines for software development.

Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, explaining complex concepts clearly.

Share new technical initiatives within the engineering group.

Champion best practices and encourage their adoption

Lead continuous improvement efforts for processes, methodologies, technologies, and tools.

Education, Experience & Skills :

Required Skills :

10+ years of experience in enterprise development (Java, Spring, JPA, Backend)

Proven expertise with relational databases, specifically Oracle DB or PostgreSQL.

Strong analytical abilities.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Experience with microservice architecture and REST APIs.

Strong experience with legacy system modernization and large-scale system decomposition and integration.

Experience mentoring the development team

Education :

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering.

Desired Skills (Nice to Have) :

Familiarity with React or Angular.

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including designing, deploying, and managing containerized applications at scale.

Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting and profiling

Benefits

Contract Options : Permanent contract (UoP) or B2B (including 25 days of paid service break)

Compensation : 20% yearly bonus and annual salary increase based on individual performance

Work Environment : Fully remote work with the option to visit our office in Warsaw, and flexible working hours

Equipment : MacBook Pro with M4 processor and 48GB RAM, or a comparable Dell with Windows or Linux

Productivity Tools : Access to AI tools like ChatGPT-4o, Copilot to enhance your efficiency

Professional Development : Access to Coursera, Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, and opportunities to attend conferences such as Devoxx

International Collaboration and Team-Building : Work with international software development teams and participate in team-building meetings and events

Additional Benefits for Permanent Employees

Tax Benefits : Creative work tax deduction (AKUP 80%)

Equity Incentive : Participation in our Equity Incentive Plan

Comprehensive Benefits : Medical, sports, and life insurance, lunch card, and employee capital plan (PPK)