Backend Engineer Java (Fresh grad, < 2 years)

Secfix helps small and medium businesses become and stay compliant to security frameworks like ISO 27001, GDPR, TISAX, and SOC 2 in weeks instead of months.

Today over 1.78 million of small and medium-sized businesses in Europe alone need to be compliant with information security frameworks to be able to sell their products and services to larger enterprise customers.

Secfix integrates with a company’s tech stack (like AWS, Azure AD, Jira, etc.), automatically extracts the data needed for compliance, and creates a checklist the company can follow to become and remain compliant.

Why should you join Secfix?

Secfix is an early-stage fully remote startup in the best sense of the word. We’re a fun, close-knit team on a mission to automate security and compliance for modern companies and become the European compliance automation leader. We rapidly grew from just three founders to 20 people in less than 2 years after founding.

Your work will significantly impact our tech product used by CTOs, engineering teams, COOs and the whole team will celebrate your wins.

In comparison to many startups we are growing the team at a healthy rate and there is a balance between fast growth and maintaining our runway as we scale. Most of our costs are already covered by revenue.

With new challenges (we're looking to 2x the team next year), you're assured of growth and progress. Our trajectory is fueled by top investors, including Octopus Ventures, Neosfer (Commerzbank), founders of Signavio and many more angels.

Who are we looking for?

We're building an environment at Secfix where ambitious, independent engineers can thrive. We want to grow with people who take pride on building and maintaining actual products, who are curious about how the features we ship are used daily to solve real challenges, and who'll use their in-depth engineering insights to push the envelope on what we can achieve together. We own products and outcomes, not Jira tickets.

Bring your commitment and drive to grow, and we’ll deliver an environment that keeps you happy, healthy, and empowered to do your best work with us.

Scope of this role: 90% backend troubleshooting, 10% new feature development.

Experience that you will ideally bring

• 1+ years of experience in Backend Engineering through first full-time job and internships.

• Solid foundation in object-oriented programming with Java.

• First professional production experience in Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, and SQL.

• Familiarity with 3rd-party APIs and interest in learning monitoring and troubleshooting.

• Willingness to take ownership of tasks, collaborate, and adapt to feedback.

You should apply if:

• You’re ambitious, independent and growth-oriented.

• You bring young talent to our team with at least 1 year of equivalent experience.

• You have strong engineering fundamentals, code efficiently, and you know what you're great at and what you're less great at.

• You thrive when you have autonomy, own as many of the details as possible, and project manage your own work.

• You’re comfortable collaborating and communicating in a remote environment, especially in writing and on video calls. You understand that working remotely doesn't mean working alone. Remember, it requires more pro-active communication than working in the office.

You should not apply if:

• You need a lot of processes to tell you what to do or you're comfortable only picking up highly detailed tickets from a JIRA board

• You only want to write code and don’t really care about the bigger picture and customers

• You don’t want to test, deploy, monitor and troubleshoot your own code

• You don’t want to lead your own projects, but rather be led by someone else

• You don't want to collaborate closely with other areas of the business or engage with users when needed

What happens when you join us?

• You’ll own complex backend issues: Work closely with the Tech Lead to take on challenging backend problems and resolve them autonomously.

• You’ll debug, troubleshoot, and fix bugs: Solve real customer-impacting issues in our production environment, ensuring a smooth experience for our users.

• You’ll strengthen your backend skills: Work with cutting-edge technologies like Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, and SQL, and develop a strong foundation in backend development.

• You’ll collaborate and grow: Work with a talented and supportive team to analyze root causes, design solutions, and improve our backend systems.

• You’ll contribute to new features: Occasionally work on feature development as the team and product expand.

• You’ll live by our values:

  • We are obsessed with our customers.

  • We build smart.

  • We create trust

  • We are hacky.

  • We take ownership.

  • We are leaders of remote

Our Technology Stack

• Frontend: Typescript, Angular, Ngrx, Tailwind, Material UI

• Backend: Java SpringBoot, Postrgesql, Hibernate

• MDM product: Golang & Osquery

• Infrastructure: AWS with ECS

• Tools: Gitlab CI/CD, Figma, Slack, Notion, Gather.town, ClickUp

Interview Process

We aim to invite successful applicants to interview within a week and provide feedback after the take-home task stage.

Applicants can expect the following:

1. An Introductory call with a member of our talent team ~ 15-20 minutes

2. Take home task (scope: max. 1-2h) and technical interview with Tech Lead

3. Virtual on-site with the team and co-founders on Gather.town (approx. 2 hours)

4. Offer stage

After sending us your application in, please keep an eye out for an email from Grigory (CTO) or Chiara (People Ops). We will respond and move as quickly as possible.

What We Offer

• Remote Work: 100% remote work with a virtual office in Gather.

• Competitive Salary: Industry-competitive local salaries.We pay local rates that are at or above the market. We share this philosophy with GitLab.

• Equity: Generous equity package – we’re all owners of Secfix and beneficiaries of our collective success.

• Holidays: 26 days holiday + local public holidays.

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive health coverage.

• Development Budget: €1,000 annual personal development budget.

• Workspace Budget: Remote workspace budget and access to co-working spaces.

• Annual Retreat: Annual retreat to build connections and inspire ideas (this year we’re headed to Milan!).

• Tech Equipment: Latest tech equipment (MacBook, monitors, headphones).

• Company Events: Company-wide events to build relationships and have some fun!

• Mentorship: We are backed by top VCs and accelerators and have direct access to world-class mentors.