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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # foundational Backend Software Engineers - **Company:** Postaladdress - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Elasticsearch, Integrated Development Environments, MySQL, Redis, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Spring-boot, Backend, Git, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Domain Driven Design, Docker - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/backend-software-engineer-too-good-to-go-8792114 ## About the Role * 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. * Knowledge of AWS services (SQS, SNS, S3…), ElasticSearch, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes. * Experience with Restful APIs. * Experience with building scalable solutions. * Enjoys actively participating in a cross-functional product team. * Takes pride in writing quality code., We want to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. With that mission, it's only natural that we want to build a diverse and inclusive team of highly capable individuals who are passionate about doing things in a better way. We strongly believe we all excel and are more creative when we're allowed to be ourselves, and we're committed to a culture where all of us belong. ## Description We are building a brand-new engineering hub in London, and we are looking for foundational Backend Software Engineers to help us kick it off. This is a unique opportunity: you will be joining a completely new team, building a new hub from scratch, and working remotely from the rest of our global Tech organisation. As an integral part of this new product team, you will help define, build, and deliver our product features. You will work towards specific outcomes with the freedom and responsibility to figure out the best way to achieve them together with your team. Your mission will be to help refine, design, implement, deliver, and maintain an international top-class product, ensuring quality, maintainability, and sustainability. The Tech Stack We have created a scalable Spring Boot Application running on Java 25 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. 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