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Java Developer at Just Eat Takeaway.com in Remote
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Job Description
Ready for a challenge?
Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.
Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.
About this role
Join the team at the heart of our partners' success. We are a cross-functional team of Mobile, Web, and Backend engineers dedicated to building innovative platform tools that empower our restaurant and retail partners to thrive. Our work provides the foundation for their growth on our network.
As a Backend Engineer, you will be a key contributor, designing and building the robust Java services and APIs that power our entire partner ecosystem. We own our products from ideation to release and operate in a fast-paced, agile environment. We don’t just write code; we live by our mantra to "Question every requirement!" to ensure we build the right things, the right way.
We are looking for a collaborative and curious engineer who is passionate about building scalable systems. If you're excited by technical challenges and want to see your work make a tangible impact, this is the team for you. Experience using AI coding assistants and an understanding of prompt engineering would be a strong asset.
Location: Remote Canada
Reporting to: Technology Manager
These are some of the key ingredients to the role:
Maintain existing and develop new microservices using Java 21. Extend the functionality of existing applications per Business requests.
Maintain existing and develop new infrastructure resources on the AWS platform using Terraform.
Work with a microservices architecture using REST API and Message Brokers.
Design, build, and maintain high-performance, scalable backend services and APIs using Java.
Collaborate daily with Mobile, Web, and Product counterparts to deliver seamless end-to-end features.
Own your work throughout the entire product development lifecycle, from technical design and planning to market release.
Review the code of peers in a team. Mentoring more junior team members.
Contribute and adhere to patterns and processes.
Identify improvements, highlight risks vs benefits, and translate them into technical requirements.
Work with the product team, providing technical knowledge and expertise, helping to design the future of our products.
Participate in paid on-call rotation.
What will you bring to the table?
Key ingredients:
Be curious, with a strong appetite for new knowledge.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, design patterns, testing, and debugging.
Solid understanding of consuming, producing, and designing RESTful web services.
Experience with Docker containers, and microservices architecture.
Experience with Java (Spark and Quarkus frameworks).
Experience with streams and list operations.
Experience in design patterns (Onion Architecture, DDD).
Experience with message brokers (Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ).
Experience with AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, ElasticSearch, Redis).
Experience with System logging and monitoring using tools such as Grafana, AWS CloudWatch and DataDog.
Experience with data persistence in relational, MySQL, unstructured and/or cached forms.
Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-a-Code (Terraform).
Understanding of continuous delivery, deployment, and integration.
Familiarity with CI/CD best practices and tools (Jenkins, Groovy).
Familiarity with Version Control (Git) and related tools (Bitbucket).
As a plus, experience leveraging AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and an interest in prompt engineering to accelerate development.
Optional toppings:
Experience mentoring/influencing peers.
Be comfortable in a multi-team environment, and familiar with pull-request workflows & etiquette.
Be a self-starter, whether that’s coming up with new ideas, developing organizational and technical knowledge, or improving existing processes and solutions.
Familiarity with Java framework Quarkus.
Some experience working with React.js and Python - it is useful to understand what Front End teammates are working on.
Familiarity with code quality tools (SonarQube).
At JET, this is on the menu:
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.
Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.
What else is cooking?
Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you
Compensation range: $79,440.00 - $104,500.00
Final compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and internal equity.
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