Junior Backend Engineer

Open banking has matured significantly since its inception. Core challenges such as strong customer authentication and consent management are now better understood, giving us an opportunity to re-evaluate and redesign a leaner, more scalable system tailored to today's requirements.

At the same time, the foundational pillar of a robust and future-proof bank integration infrastructure hasn’t changed. As a Junior Developer you will help us evolve this portfolio of expanding integrations, while continuing to push the boundaries of what Open Banking can offer.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve Yapily’s Open Banking connection infrastructure
• Work with your peers to achieve availability, performance, and cost targets end-to-end
• Own small features end-to-end: design REST contracts, code, test and release
• Join the on-call rota with senior backup; keep uptime above the FCA-mandated SLA.
• Grow your software development skills by being a part of a highly-available infrastructure used by high-profile clients

Requirements

• 12+ months hands-on experience with Spring Boot and Java 11+
• Understanding of test-driven development using JUnit 5 and Testcontainers

• Basic knowledge of HTTP and RESTful APIs

Nice to haves:

• You have used Docker to package applications
• You have used Kubernetes to deploy applications
• You have integrated with an HTTP API before (work or for fun)

• 23 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays) in Spain
• We also offer an additional holiday day after 1 years service, up to the value of 5 days over 5 years
• We’re serious about work/life balance and operate hybrid working, giving you the flexibility to work from home, working from our amazing office space or work abroad for up to 30 days per year ‘Nomad Working’
• Mental health support through an award winning provider
• €200 annual Learning and Personal Development budget
• Employee Referral Scheme which offers €1,000 per employee referral
• State health insurance
• Parental leave
• Unemployment insurance
• State pension fund

OUR VALUES

We obsess about quality

• Our customers have entrusted us with a critical function in a regulated industry…and we take that responsibility seriously. We always assume ownership and hold ourselves accountable.

We are curious

• Our innovation is powered by our collective growth mindset. We’re lifelong learners who challenge assumptions, experiment, and iterate.

We act with integrity

• We’re guided by our mission and earn and maintain trust by doing what’s right, even when it’s not easy.

We are do-ers

• We reject indifference and agility is our strength. 
• We’re motivated by challenges, and biassed towards action.

We problem-solve together

• We’re diverse people in diverse places, and know the best solutions are born out of collaboration. We win, lose, and learn…together.