Senior Software Engineer (all humans) #Java

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Date: Oct 22, 2026

Location: Košice, Slovakia

Company: erstegro01P2

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.

We are looking for an engaged and enthusiastic Java Backend Developer. Our team is cross-functional and involved in the ideation of features, from the conceptual and planning phases to the implementation and shipping of requirements.

Your contribution is not only high quality code, but you are actively shaping the product and its technological landscape with your ideas.

What to do:

  • Design, develop, deploy and operate a microservice architecture platform for corporate banking services with focus on high availability, scalability and low latency

  • Build and maintain cloud-ready services on top of Oracle and PostgreSQL DBs

  • Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team in a DevOps manner

  • Work in an environment that supports your individual growth

  • Work with other software engineers, data analysts, and decision-makers, such as product owners, to build solutions and gain novel insights

You check these boxes:

  • You are an awesome Software Engineer who is more than comfortable writing high quality and easily maintainable code in Java

  • You are passionate about crafting clean code and have a steady foundation in coding and building large enterprise applications

  • You have 3+ year of active recent experience with Spring, Spring Boot and Java/Jakarta Enterprise applications and you are familiar with the challenges that microservices bring

  • You have recent active experience with designing and building distributed and scalable systems on Kubernetes/OpenShift in a DevOps manner

  • You know and care about engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing

  • You have professional experience working in a product-driven environment where you could identify yourself with the product

Why you will like us:

  • 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 Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave

  • Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family

  • 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 are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 3.200,- gross per month for this full time position. 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.

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