We're on the lookout for a curious, upbeat and dedicated Senior Software Engineer to join our team! At Spotlight, we automate processes within our procurement service platform and build critical components using REST/RMI APIs as well as messaging infrastructures.
You'll work alongside some passionate tech professionals in a collaborative environment on some of our most business-critical software components. If you are keen on getting your hands dirty with different Backend, Frontend, Cloud add DevOps technologies then we would like to talk to you!

Your role

• Drive technical excellence: As a key member of a highly autonomous agile team, you’ll take ownership of complex technical challenges and play a central role in decision-making
• Collaborative engineering: We expect you to actively participate in pair programming and mentor other engineers, sharing your expertise to raise the technical bar
• Add value: You’ll design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable solutions that optimize our order fulfillment processes (e.g., dispatch notifications, invoicing) and cross-team integrations
• Shape our engineering culture: You'll contribute to cross-team initiatives to define architectural guidelines, evaluate new technologies, and establish best practices
• Cross-functional collaboration: You'll analyse complex business requirements and work in close cooperation with the product team to translate them into production-ready code

Your qualifications

• Your background: You have strong experience in developing and operating large-scale web applications in Java
• Technical expertise: Deep understanding of software engineering and best practices for building scalable, maintainable systems
• Agile mindset: You demonstrate excellent collaboration skills particularly in Agile software development and remote distributed team environment
• Strategic thinking: You have the confidence and maturity to maintain and modernize business-critical legacy code
• Be on the pulse: You're committed to continuous learning and knowledge sharing; you keep up to date with the latest trends and technologies

What you can expect from us

• Be a part of our agile working style : Our open communication and quick decision-making processes allow our teams to work autonomously
• We offer a flexible work location : You can work in one of our modern Unite offices or remotely – or even do a mix of both
• Workation : You can work abroad for up to 2 months, which is a great way to extend your time away or visit your family and friends in other countries
• Enjoy our Unite culture : We invite you to be yourself, join our table tennis league or online games and have fun
• We think long-term : You can and absolutely should invest an average of 10% of your working time into self-education and your own further training – that’s why we are great believers in offering creative freedom. You’ll also get access to our internal learning platform to grow your career
• Build with a rich and evolving technology ecosystem: AWS, Spring Boot, Gitlab or Wicket are just a few to mention. Also, we have a fully integrated CI/CD pipeline in Gitlab.

We are Unite.

Would you like to become a part of Unite?

Our company was founded as Mercateo in 2000 and the headquarters is located in Leipzig, Germany. We operate in 12 European countries, with over 700 employees working both in-office and remotely. In 2024, we achieved revenue of €448.7 million. For more information, visit unite.eu .