Job Opportunities API

At Appfire, we believe that great work happens when people get to choose how they work. After 20 years of creating software that empowers teams to break silos and collaborate seamlessly, we've learned that one size does not fit all. We’re a team of 800+ employees, working remotely across 28 countries. Our flagship products include: Appfire Flow, JXL, Comala Document Management, 7Pace Time Tracker, Jira Misc Workflow Extensions, and BigPicture. Here you can read some of our customer stories: https://appfire.com/resources/resource-library/customer-stories About the role:   Appfire is looking for a Senior Java Software Engineer  to help evolve a modern, cloud-based SaaS platform. You’ll design new backend functionality, optimize existing services, and support systems used by thousands of tenants. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Engineering and works cross-functionally with product, UX, and frontend partners to deliver reliable, well-tested SaaS solutions.  You can choose to work remotely from anywhere in Bulgaria. What you’ll do:   Designing and implementing new functionalities while maintaining and optimizing existing ones. Ensuring high code quality through rigorous testing (unit, integration) and peer code reviews. Collaborating with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, and frontend teams. Solving performance-related challenges to ensure system stability and speed. Contributing to technical discussions and helping the team solve production issues. Actively utilizing AI-assisted developer tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to boost daily productivity and participating in the technical implementation of AI-driven product features. Technical Highlights: Add your value to a complex yet well-designed application, having over 100 modules and fully-fledged Domain-Driven Design (ubiquitous language, aggregates, domain events etc.) Practice your craftsmanship in good design (clean code, SOLID, Inversion of Control) and in various architectures (hexagonal, event-driven, pipes&filters, modular monoliths, microservices and more) Thoroughly test what you build: with unit, integration and e2e tests (Spock, JUnit, Mockito, AssertJ, REST Assured, WireMock, Testcontainers, Cypress) Learn our advanced cloud (SaaS) architecture: serving thousands of tenants (multitenant architecture), continuously monitored and profiled (ELK, async-profiler), and with state of the art release process (feature flags, canary releases). We use AWS and GCP. Help us advance our cloud architecture further  Practice other cool approaches and tools like reactive programming, Event Sourcing, Apache Kafka or Redis Enhance your engineering workflow by adopting state-of-the-art AI tools for code generation, refactoring, and debugging, while working on cutting-edge AI integrations Feel safe with our extensive CI process that automatically runs unit, integration, e2e, architecture, migration and performance tests on your commit What you'll need: Solid Java Foundation: Strong practical knowledge of Java, Spring, Hibernate, and SQL. Clean Code & Patterns: A good understanding of SOLID principles and common design patterns to keep the codebase maintainable. AI & Modern Tooling: Hands-on experience working with AI coding assistants (like Cursor) and an eagerness to implement modern AI solutions (e.g., LLM integrations, RAG) into the product. Testing & Tools: Proficiency in JUnit/Spock, Git, Maven, and Docker. Production-Ready Mindset: Experience in evolving and scaling established systems (beyond just greenfield projects) and a focus on long-term code maintainability. Performance Awareness: Ability to use profiling tools and a focus on writing efficient code that performs well under load. Cloud Basics: Understanding of SaaS architecture and cloud environments (AWS or GCP). Beyond the resume skills that match our culture and this role: