As a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) , you will play a critical role in designing and building scalable backend and frontend systems. As a senior individual contributor, you will take ownership of complex features, contribute to architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers. Your focus will be on delivering high-quality, production-ready software while embracing innovation and best practices in software engineering.

T-Shaped Engineer Expectation :

Aligned with engineering culture, you are expected to be a T-shaped engineer bringing deep expertise in one or more technical areas while contributing across the stack. Youll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, participate in architectural reviews, and proactively identify areas for technical improvement, testing, and automation.

Role Value :

This role is pivotal to company mission of delivering cutting-edge identity verification products. By driving technical excellence and leading by example, you will help accelerate product delivery, improve system reliability, and elevate engineering standards across the team.

Key Responsibilities :

Technical Design & Development :

- Own and lead the end-to-end development of key features or services across backend and frontend.

- Collaborate with architects and leads to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.

- Write clean, modular, and testable code following TDD, design patterns, and coding best practices.

- Ensure seamless integration between backend services and frontend applications.

Mentorship & Technical Leadership :

- Guide and mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.

- Champion engineering best practices such as peer reviews, static code analysis, and CI/CD hygiene.

- Help define coding standards and development workflows that align with Jumios quality expectations.

Innovation & Tooling :

- Leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI tools to streamline development and testing workflows.

- Explore and propose new frameworks, libraries, or tooling that can improve team productivity and code quality.

Quality & Performance :

- Work closely with QA and SRE teams to ensure high performance, availability, and test coverage.

- Build and maintain automated test suites for functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.

- Monitor production systems, analyze performance metrics, and proactively address bottlenecks.

Cross-Team Collaboration :

- Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

- Participate in sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, and post-mortems.

- Contribute to documentation, design specs, and engineering knowledge bases.

Skills & Qualifications :

Must-Have Skills :

- 7+ years of experience in software development, with strong backend skills (e.g., Java, Spring Boot) and proficiency in frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).

- Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), version control (Git), and Agile methodologies.

- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.

- Exposure to or interest in integrating LLMs/AI tools into engineering workflows.

Nice-to-Have Skills :

- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

- Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Playwright, Postman).

- Experience working in DevOps-centric environments and using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.

- Understanding of secure coding practices and GDPR-compliant development.