Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Neon team

We at Holycode are currently looking for a

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

with strong skills and proven experience who is ready to dive into the

Neon

project team, for a full-time engagement, to join our company of passionate IT professionals.

About Neon

• Neon is a Zurich-based fintech startup on a mission to disrupt the Swiss banking industry and become
• Switzerland’s #1 bank account
• . With over
• 250,000 users
• and a passionate team, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved—and we’re ready for the next <chapter.How> We Work
• We combine
• excellent UX/UI

with

• data-driven decision-making
• We focus heavily on
• automation
• , CI/CD, and reproducible environments
• We believe in
• ownership
• , calculated risks, and always putting the customer first
• We encourage
• open discussions
• , technical excellence, and continuous improvement• Collaboration, respect, support, and social engagement are at the heart of our mighty tech team

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain
• robust backend services
• using
• Java 21, Spring Boot 3, REST APIs, and Kubernetes

Take

• end-to-end ownership
• of backend components — from design to production
• Contribute to and improve
• CI/CD pipelines
• in an agile Kanban environment

Use

• observability and monitoring tools
• to ensure system health, performance, and reliability

Collaborate

closely with backend and frontend engineers, QA, product owners, and platform teams to enhance our applications

Influence

• architecture, best practices, and technical decisions
• through team discussion

Support

and mentor other engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Our Tech Stack

Java 21, Spring Boot 3, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs

Angular

MySQL, PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes

• Key qualifications
• Extensive experience building
• production-grade Java applications
• Solid understanding of
• backend architecture, software design, and distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of
• SQL, REST APIs, microservices, and networking concepts
• Hands-on experience with
• CI/CD pipelines, tools
• and modern DevOps practices
• Ownership of components
• , features, or systems in past roles
• Fluent in spoken and written

English

• (German or other related languages are a plus)
• Living in Belgrade or is
• willing to come to the office at least 2 days per week
• (hybrid model)

Why you'll love working here

Private health insurance

Equipment of your choice (laptop, monitor, accessories)

High-growth company with innovative products

Supportive, international team

Budget for professional development (courses, books, conferences)

English and German language lessons during working hours

Nice office in Belgrade with a stocked kitchen and game area

Opportunity to learn, grow, and make a real impact

If you are looking for an environment where you can grow professionally, learn from the best in the field, balance work and life habits and have a pleasant and enthusiastic environment, please submit your CV in English.