Backend Java Developer - Contract

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Join a remote-first team as a contract Backend Developer, where you'll take ownership of key technical decisions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to an exciting project in the independent music space. Enjoy flexibility, growth opportunities, and a supportive culture.

What’s In It for You

Ownership: You’ll have the chance to make a direct impact on a major project, contributing to technical decisions that will shape the final outcome.
Growth: Opportunities to influence technical best practices, work with cutting-edge tools, and build your expertise in serverless frameworks, microservices, and AWS.
Collaboration: Work alongside cross-disciplinary teams (including product, business, and design) in a creative, agile environment.
Flexibility: A hybrid role with 2 days a week in the office, giving you the flexibility to work in a way that suits you best.
Culture: Regular social events and a chance to be part of a collaborative, supportive team.

The Role

As a back-end developer, you’ll play a key role in an exciting project, working closely with product and business leads to develop technical solutions. Your expertise will help drive the team forward, and your input will directly affect the success of the programme. Even as a temporary member, you’ll have a chance to influence technical direction and share your knowledge.

What You’ll Need

Strong skills in Java and design patterns that ensure software resilience
Experience with serverless frameworks and cloud technologies (especially AWS)
Solid understanding of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and querying techniques
Proficiency in building and maintaining microservices architectures
Experience with Agile development processes and software testing best practices
Comfort working independently, resolving ambiguity, and finding practical technical solutions
Experience in a startup environment

Technical Stack

Java, SpringBoot
MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Redis
Terraform, Packer
Containerization and AWS (RDS, SQS, EC2, Lambda)

About the Company

You’ll be joining a fast-paced music retail and marketing platform that powers online stores and artist platforms within the independent music industry. The team works in an agile, collaborative way, leveraging user feedback to rapidly iterate on features and solutions. You’ll be part of a creative environment that values cross-disciplinary teamwork and encourages continuous learning and development.

We welcome diversity

We welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Our team includes parents, the self-taught, the university-educated, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Obviously, we’re looking to ensure it’s a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day for work.

We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply to be part of life at Zebra People. We are committed to a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. We would be happy to meet any accommodation requests during the application or interview process, please just let us know.