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Senior Java Engineer / Tech Lead (020)

Posted 21 days ago

RemoteKyiv, Kyiv City, UkraineSE

SANDBX is building a team for our partner — an innovative healthcare technology company developing software solutions that help streamline operations and data management within the healthcare industry.

Product

The product is a mature, business-critical platform that supports day-to-day operations and data processing. The backend is currently built as a Java monolith and continues to evolve as the business grows.

The company is actively evaluating future architectural improvements, including a potential transition toward microservices, as well as the adoption of AI-powered tools to improve data management and operational efficiency.

This role offers an opportunity to have a direct impact on the product's technical direction and long-term architecture.

Typical Responsibilities

  • Advising on technical direction and architectural decisions
  • Evaluating scalability, maintainability, and performance of the existing platform
  • Performing code reviews and providing technical mentorship
  • Collaborating with leadership on technical strategy and roadmap planning
  • Assessing modernization opportunities, including potential migration from a monolith to microservices
  • Supporting the adoption of AI-based tools and solutions for data management
  • Helping ensure engineering efforts are aligned with business priorities and product goals

Requirements

    • 8+ years of hands-on Java development experience
    • Strong software architecture and system design skills
    • Experience with distributed systems and messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar)
    • Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and performance optimization
    • Solid SQL and database design experience
    • Experience using AI agents and AI-assisted development tools in the coding process (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini)
    • Ability to work independently and make strategic technical decisions
    • Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring engineers
    • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
    • Strong spoken and written English

Nice to Have

  • Experience with monolith-to-microservices transformations
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools and AI-based solutions
  • Experience working in healthcare, SaaS, or data-driven product environments
  • Previous Tech Lead or Staff Engineer experience

Benefits

We offer:
- Market competitive salary
- Small but highly skilled, technically savvy and passionate team
- Open, honest and inclusive culture
- Unlimited vacations and sick days
- Benefits&perks

Job details
Workplace
Remote
Location
Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
Experience
SE

Sandbx is a software development company with offices in USA, Israel, and Ukraine. Specialties include Product Development, QA V&V Automation, Blockchain

Employees
49
Industry
Software Development
Headquarters
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Founded
2017
Company location
955 S Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316, US
Specialties
IT, Software Development, Team Augmentation, and Outsourcing

Key team members

Jeff Halevy

Jeff Halevy

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