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🔥 5 minutes ago

🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Posted on Appfire's careers page, not through a job board

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Appfire

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2005

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

☁️ SaaS

💰 $100M Private Equity Round on 2021-03

Consulting • Marketing • SaaS

Appfire is a company that specializes in providing a wide range of solutions and tools for improving productivity and workflow management, particularly within the Atlassian ecosystem. They offer products and services focused on IT service management, workflow and automation, and agile work management, tailored to enhance the capabilities of agile teams. Appfire provides cloud-ready applications and integrations with platforms like Jira, Confluence, Microsoft, and Salesforce, aiming to optimize processes and improve collaboration within organizations. With over 20,000 customers, including many Fortune 500 companies, Appfire is dedicated to helping teams enhance productivity and governance across various platforms.

📋 Description

• Lead technical discussions, make architectural decisions, and guide the engineering team through AI-driven product initiatives • Design, implement, and optimize scalable backend functionality using Java, Spring, and AWS • Own frontend feature delivery using TypeScript and Angular or React • Lead implementation of AI chatbot capabilities, data quality improvements, and dynamic reporting • Use and promote AI developer tools such as Cursor and Claude • Ensure code quality through unit, integration, and end-to-end testing • Conduct peer code reviews and solve performance-related challenges • Collaborate with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, DevOps, and other engineering teams • Contribute to BigPicture, a complex cloud-based SaaS application with over 100 modules and Domain-Driven Design • Work with architectures including hexagonal, event-driven, pipes-and-filters, modular monoliths, and microservices • Support systems serving thousands of tenants • Report to the Engineering Manager

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience acting as a Tech Lead, driving technical direction, making architectural choices, and mentoring senior/mid-level engineers • Deep, practical knowledge of Java, Spring, Hibernate, and SQL • Strong understanding of SaaS architecture and extensive experience building/scaling applications in cloud environments, specifically AWS • Hands-on skills in TypeScript and Angular or React, with willingness to develop fullstack features • Comfort working with AI technologies and proficiency with AI-assisted development practices, specifically Cursor and Copilot • Interest or background in implementing AI features such as LLM integration and data indexing • Understanding of SOLID principles and common design patterns • Proficiency in JUnit/Spock, Git, Maven, and Docker • Experience evolving and scaling established systems beyond greenfield projects • Ability to use profiling tools and focus on efficient code under load • Strong communication skills in remote/hybrid environments using Slack, Zoom, and G Suite • Coaching, mentoring, and people development skills • Willingness to attend occasional in-person events

🏖️ Benefits

• Company equity eligibility • 25 paid days off regardless of tenure, increasing to 30 days annually after 5 years • 24 hours of paid volunteer time • Appfire University on-demand learning platform and personal development • Private health insurance through UNIQA, fully paid by the company • Fully covered Multisport Card • Sofia City Transport Card, fully paid by Appfire • Pre-paid Pluxee lunch card with a monthly budget of 102,26 EURO • One-time net Baby Bonus of 511 EURO upon the birth of a child • 3 fully paid volunteering days each year through Appfire Town • Fully remote work within Bulgaria, with the option to work from the Sofia office

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