Senior Backend Engineer

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🕒 April 7

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8am

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2005

⚖️ Legal

☁️ SaaS

💳 Fintech

💰 Private equity on 2024-08

Legal • SaaS • Fintech

8am is a professional business platform that helps law firms, accounting firms, associations, and other professional services manage billing, payments, compliance, and case/practice workflows. The company offers a suite of SaaS products — including LawPay, MyCase, CasePeer, DocketWise, CPACharge, ClientPay, and AffiniPay — that combine payments, practice management, document and case tools, and practical AI features to automate work, improve cash flow, and maintain industry-specific compliance. 8am emphasizes secure, compliant payments (PCI Level 1, IOLTA compliance for legal), integration with other tools, and measurable time and productivity savings for professionals.

📋 Description

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs for payments and financial workflows • Contribute to event-driven systems using messaging and streaming technologies • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver practical, high-quality solutions • Support deployments, monitoring, and troubleshooting in cloud environments • Improve system reliability, performance, and security • Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and team discussions • Contribute to technical design and architecture decisions (for more senior candidates) • Explore and adopt new technologies and best practices where they add value

🎯 Requirements

• Experience building backend systems in a professional environment (Scala, Java, or similar) • Solid understanding of software design, APIs, and distributed systems • Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) • Familiarity with SQL and database design (RDBMS; NoSQL is a plus) • Interest or experience in event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar) • Comfortable debugging and improving production systems • Strong problem-solving skills and a practical mindset • Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team • Professional working proficiency in English • Experience designing and operating large-scale, high-availability systems • Ability to lead technical design and mentor other engineers • Experience making architectural tradeoffs and driving solutions • Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation.

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance bonus opportunities • Flexible Time Off (FTO) and 13 paid public holidays aligned with the Czech calendar • Paid sick leave with additional support through the Czech social security system • Maternity, paternity, and parental leave in line with Czech regulations, plus additional paid paternity leave from 8am • Full statutory benefits, including public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage