1 day ago
Kraków, PolandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for distributed backend microservices.
- Design and implement high-performance service-to-service APIs, event-driven integrations, and scalable data architectures.
- Own the software development lifecycle from technical design through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and production diagnostics.
- Guide teams on testing standards, observability, resilience patterns, and failure handling.
- Evaluate and introduce AI-assisted engineering practices using tools such as GitHub Copilot.
- Collaborate across teams to align service boundaries, optimize infrastructure with Terraform and container orchestration, and maintain security standards.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of hands-on Java backend development experience, including recent production experience with Java 17 or later.
- Deep expertise with the Java ecosystem, Spring Boot, and cloud-native microservices.
- A proven record of leading development teams or serving as a technical anchor in Agile/Lean delivery environments.
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, asynchronous messaging, service boundaries, consistency, failure handling, and observability.
- Experience with the end-to-end SDLC, CI/CD automation, JUnit 5, Mockito, AssertJ, code reviews, and production support.
- Practical experience applying AI tools for code implementation, testing, debugging, and documentation.
- Excellent English communication skills.
- Preferred qualifications include Java 21, travel or airline operations, Order Management Systems, Maven, Bazel, Google Cloud Platform, Google Cloud Spanner, distributed or NoSQL data stores, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, REST/JSON, Kubernetes/GKE, Terraform, Envoy, OAuth 2.0, and Okta.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with three chosen office days per week in Kraków.
- Flexible working hours.
- Additional fully paid year-end-break days.
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Up to four paid volunteer days annually.
- Benefit cafeteria, Multisport card, tax deductions, Employee Capital Plans, baby bonus, and recognition rewards.
- Luxmed medical coverage, foreign travel insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness apps, and life insurance.
- E-learning, live learning sessions, certification and tuition reimbursement, and professional communities.
- Car and bike parking, an office recreation zone, parents' rooms, and access to Innovation Lab equipment.
- A $2500 USD referral bonus for every hired referral.
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About Sabre
Sabre builds software and services for the global travel industry, including an airline and hotel commerce platform and a global distribution system connecting travel suppliers with agencies and corporate buyers. It sells enterprise SaaS and transaction-based distribution services used to retail, distribute, and fulfill flights and hotel stays. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Southlake, Texas, it serves airlines, hoteliers, online travel agencies, and corporate travel programs worldwide.