Senior Java Backend Engineer

We are on the lookout for a talented and passionate backend engineer to become an integral part of our cutting-edge Digital Platform team. This is an incredible opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, high-energy environment and play a pivotal role in shaping the backbone of our digital innovations.

What you are going to do

You will join a cross functional team that operates as a Centre of Excellence for the Digital department of NN Pensions. As an engineer you will develop, maintain and innovate our AWS platform commodities and the data platform used by the other teams of the department. With your enthusiastic approach you continuously work to improve developer experience, performance and stability of the services. You will be part of the development efforts ensuring future readiness and delivering a reliable, high quality platform as a foundation for retaining our #1 position in customer satisfaction in digital servicing.

Your responsibilities entail but are not limited to

• Ensuring the AWS cloud resources like K8s, Mongo, PostgreSQL, etc  are well designed, optimized and scalable
• Developing, maintaining and improving our centralized data solution (Java, GraphQL)
• Writing clear, efficient, optimized code and ensuring that deployment of increments are tested and automated trough CI/CD pipelines
• Embedding high security and quality standards in your work, building and maintaining automated test frameworks
• Collaborate with the developers of the teams that work on our customer facing portals to ensure the seamless integration of our platforms

What we offer you
NN invests in an inclusive, inspiring work environment and in skills and competences for the future. We match this with employee benefits that are in line with what is needed today and in the future. This way, we offer our employees the opportunity to get the best out of themselves. We offer you:

• Salary between €5,207 and €7,438 depending on your knowledge and experience
• 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and one Diversity Day
• A modern pension administered by BeFrank
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities
• NS Business Card 2nd class, which gives you unlimited travel, also privately. Do you prefer to travel with your own transport? Then you can declare the kilometers travelled
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use

Who you are

Your passion for technology and delivering high quality solutions is evident in everything you do. You bring 5+ years of experience in a senior engineering position. Preferably you are proficient in both Dutch and English. Furthermore you bring:

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and analytically to identify and implement effective solutions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proficiency in Java, MongoDB, GraphQL, K8S and the AWS platform (e.g. SQS, SNS) and IaC (e.g. Terraform and CDK)
• A passion for automating and implementing recurring tasks, testing, and security in CI/CD systems, a DevOps mindset and knowledge about software architectures
• A continuous learning mindset with a passion for exploring new technologies and tools to improve

Who you will work with

The Digital department is an agile development environment consisting of 8 teams and over 60 IT specialists. You will join in the Digital Platform team which is one of our most proficient teams in the department. The team operates with an open and direct feedback culture to support the delivery of high qualitive solutions. Every team member owns her or his responsibilities and acts accordingly. The department consists of an international group of experienced and driven colleagues with a technical background who are among the top in their specialism. Together we form a friendly team in which we can have a good discussion if necessary. Because everyone knows that we have to deliver to keep the quality of our IT products at the highest level. We like to celebrate our successes and good cooperation with, for example, cake, a drink or a dinner. Working from home is also possible. To maintain a good relationship with the NN products and colleagues, we work at our office in Rotterdam at least one day a week.

Any questions?

Any questions about the job or the process can be directed to Carolina Remzetti (recruiter) via carolina.remzetti@nn-group.com.