🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll maintain and modernize legacy monolithic systems while migrating to microservices at Similarweb. Your work will design scalable backend solutions for high-frequency web crawling and data processing. This role offers cutting-edge tech like Kubernetes and Kafka in a high-load environment.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Maintain and optimize legacy monoliths during microservice migration
• Design scalable backend solutions for high-frequency web crawling
• Optimize MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse database performance
• Collaborate with data teams on pricing analytics and recommendation engines

📋 Requirements

• 4+ years Java development (Core, multithreading, performance tuning)
• Expert-level Spring Boot (RESTful APIs, JPA, security, batch processing)
• Advanced SQL/NoSQL skills (schema design, query optimization, aggregation)
• Hands-on Docker and Git/GitLab for containerization and version control

✨ Nice to Have

• Web crawling libraries (Jsoup, Selenium) or frameworks (Scrapy, Apache Nutch)
• Proxy rotation and anti-scraping mechanism experience

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💻 Cutting-edge tech stack: Java 11+, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes
• 📈 Impactful role in a niche SaaS product serving enterprise clients
• 🏆 Team culture prioritizing ownership, innovation, and upskilling

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter Screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3System Design Interview· 60 min
4. 4Hiring Manager Interview· 45 min

🚩 Heads Up

• Role mixes backend development with web crawling and data engineering responsibilities