Software Engineer - Backend (Java/Spring Boot)

At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious goal: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together.

40% of all food produced in the world is wasted. And that has a huge impact on the health of our planet, with 10% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from food waste. 

We’re more than an app: we are a certified B Corporation with a mission to empower everyone to take action against food waste, so alongside our marketplace app, we create educational tools, explore new business solutions - such as our Retail Technologies offering, and influence legislation to help reduce food waste.

We’re growing fast: Our community of 95 million registered users and 220,000 active partners across 18 countries, have together already prevented 332+ million meals from going to waste - avoiding over 898,000 tonnes of CO2e!

The Role

We are looking for a Software Developer - Backend, to be a part of our Product Teams that define, build and deliver our product features. As a Team Member in a product team, you will work towards specific outcomes with the freedom and responsibility to figure out the best way to achieve them together with the other Engineers and other Product Team members.

Your mission will be to help refine, design, implement, deliver and maintain various product features. 

Your task will be to develop, build and deliver an international top-class product, ensuring quality, maintainability, and sustainability. Supported by more experienced colleagues who will guide, train and encourage you to push limits, and improve.

The Tech Stack

We have created a scalable Spring Boot Application running on Java 17 in Kubernetes, deployed in a multi-region setup in AWS. Developers are able to run a full development environment locally, which gives a great developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve our backend services and infrastructure to stay ahead of our growth curve
• Develop exciting new features for our customers and businesses who partner with us
• Design and implement APIs for our partners
• Integrate/interact with external APIs, able to read and understand API specs 
• Able to communicate with external partners (IT departments mainly)
• Actively participate in your team’s agile development processes with a continuous improvement mindset
• Strive to deliver international top-class products with maximum quality, maintainability and scalability
• Take on additional tasks outside your current boundaries with help from your team to continue to grow and expand your skills
• Ensure quality by running tests and QA

The ideal candidate

• A wealth of experience in Backend development with the Java ecosystem.
• Proven production experience with Java, SpringBoot, MySQL, Message System & Git.
• Has worked with Domain Driven Design, and Clean, or Hexagonal- Architecture.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services (SQS, SNS, S3…), ElasticSearch, Redis, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with building scalable solutions.
• Enjoys actively participating in a cross-functional product team.
• Takes pride in writing quality code.

Our values

• We win together: Food waste is a big beast to fight. We believe in a #oneteam.
• We raise the bar: We always push for more. We work smart, smash barriers and elevate one another.
• We keep it simple: Our ambitions are bold but our solutions are simple.
• We build a legacy: We’re proud of the change we’re driving. 
• We care: We always look out for each other. Caring is also about the way we do business. We do the right thing.

What We Have To Offer

• An opportunity to work in a global social-impact company and certified B Corporation! where you can see a real and tangible impact in your role.
• To be an integral member of our defined product teams. We are eager for you to make an impact and contribute to the product scope and development; Your insights are valuable, and we are here to listen.
• Work-life balance is important to us! Focus on the job to be done, not the hours spent, there is no need for overtime.  On-call duty is not part of the job, but can be additionally agreed upon should you and your manager both wish it. We believe in happy environments create happy employees. 
• We trust in our employees and encourage an autonomous environment that provides several opportunities for employees to contribute, develop and take ownership of their work in a way that works for them.
• To be part of an international company, with over 1,200+ colleagues across 17 countries that are on the same important mission.
• An informal environment, working alongside a tech team of over 90 passionate people, we celebrate our differences and our successes and have a strong values-driven team culture.
• We work onsite in the office 3 days per week.
• We may be able to support you with a working visa in Copenhagen, please be prepared to discuss this topic further as your first stage interview.

How to apply

• We take recruitment very seriously, so please carefully read everything we have written above. Please also check our website and international media in order to get a good overview of Too Good To Go.
• Submit your CV and Cover letter in English.
• Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. No CV or Cover Letter will be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.

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