Backend Engineer for George (all humans)

Responsibilities

• Evolve our frameworks, work on platform capabilities and services Build and maintain CI/CD tooling and automation Improve observability and tracing across the platform Collaborate cross-team, run PoCs, and share knowledge.

Must-haves

Strong professional experience in backend development with Spring Boot framework Solid hands-on experience with Kotlin Good understanding of REST APIs, build tooling (Gradle), and modern CI/CD practices A pragmatic, quality-focused mindset, clean code, testing, and clear communication Fluent English (written and spoken) Nice-to-haves: Experience building libraries, frameworks or developer tooling (not just product features) Familiarity with Kafka / event-driven architectures Exposure to observability stacks Container / cloud platform experience (Kubernetes, Helm, AWS) Interest in AI-assisted development workflows Why you will like us: Real platform impact, your work is used by hundreds of engineers across 8 countries A collaborative, blame-free culture built on teamwork, professionalism and empathy (pair programming, hack days, continuous improvement) Room for own projects and ideas , and time to do things properly Modern tech stack and the freedom to keep it modern Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste.

Interest groups and clubs

Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic. Health Center – The Erste Campus operates a fully equipped health center that offers all employees a high standard of medical services during working hours. Employee benefits – Benefit from special conditions for financial services and insurances, supermarkets, clothing stores and many more. Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital. A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we have to state the minimum wage for this position in accordance with the Austrian IT-collective agreement: 64.554€ gross per year. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations!

The way we are

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.