Engineering & Technology
Lead
Bulgaria; Poland; Romania

Lead Full Stack Software Engineer (Java & JavaScript)

About the role

As a Lead Full-stack Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain information systems for our Client, an organisation operating in the agricultural sector. You will work across the full stack — Java back-end services built on Spring and Hibernate, JavaScript front-end interfaces, and the SQL data layer beneath them — and take technical ownership of the solutions you deliver, from architecture decisions through to deployment and long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain full-stack features, covering Java back-end services and JavaScript front-end interfaces
  • Take technical ownership of the solutions you deliver, including their performance, maintainability, and data integrity across the application and database layers
  • Work with business analysts, other engineers, and stakeholders in the agricultural domain to turn requirements into working software, and support colleagues through code review and knowledge sharing
  • Implement business logic and data access using Spring and Hibernate, and design and optimise SQL queries and database structures
  • Analyse, maintain, and evolve existing information systems, understanding current behaviour before changing it and preserving compatibility where required
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, including deployment on cloud platforms and in containerised environments
  • Ensure code quality through testing, code review, and adherence to the team's established conventions
  • Produce and maintain technical documentation for the components you deliver

Requirements

  • A university degree at master's level (or 5 years of higher education) with a minimum of 15 years of IT professional experience; or a degree at bachelor's level (or 3 years of higher education) with a minimum of 17 years; or a secondary degree giving access to higher education with a minimum of 22 years
  • Mandatory certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • At least 7 years of experience with Java
  • At least 4 years of experience with Spring and at least 4 years with Hibernate
  • At least 16 years of experience with JavaScript
  • At least 16 years of experience with SQL
  • At least 6 months of experience in the analysis, development, and maintenance of information systems in the agricultural sector
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Python, or Postgres is considered an asset
  • Very good knowledge of English, both spoken and written, corresponding to Level B2 or higher (CEFR)


SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Role Summary

Location

Bulgaria, Poland, Romania

Work type

Remote/Office

Direction

Engineering & Technology

Subdirection

Software Development

Tech level

Lead

Personal recruiter:

Liia Levchyk

Personal recruiter

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We are a digital engineering and technology consulting company where expertise grows alongside people. For more than 30 years, we have been elevating technology: helping organizations navigate complex business challenges by combining deep engineering knowledge with thoughtful, research-backed innovation. Our teams work across key areas: digital engineering, data and analytics, Сloud, and AI/ML. In each, we deliver practical, scalable solutions rooted in real business needs and measurable human impact.

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