Senior Backend Engineer (Java)

Ataccama is the agentic data trust company. Ataccama ONE is an agentic data trust platform with data quality at its core, combining data quality, observability, catalog, lineage, reference data and master data management in one product. Core is the group behind the well-established product suite, and this role sits on the backend of its Data Quality team.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain a complex self-service data trust platform that lets business users validate, govern and work with data without learning SQL; Work on a well-established, complex product, improving and optimizing existing solutions; Contribute to and own parts of data quality and data processing components, scalable backend systems built on microservices, messaging systems and well-designed APIs; Collaborate closely with the product manager to turn user and customer problems into technically sound features; Own features end-to-end, from design to production deployment and operations, in cloud environments; Mentor teammates through thoughtful code reviews and design conversations; Play a hands-on role in architectural decisions; Make the platform agent-ready by exposing data quality and metadata capabilities to the Ataccama AI Agent and customers' agents through APIs and MCP, and explore where LLMs can take over manual work; Build AI-first by using AI coding agents as a normal part of designing, writing, testing and reviewing code

Requirements

Fluent in Java and curious or experienced with Kotlin; Enjoy deep backend work, with experience beyond standard APIs and interest in complex applications, data-intensive engines and platform-like architectures; Like solving problems and have a maker mindset; Don't mind doing some research when engines require complex algorithms and data structures to work efficiently; Can write and understand complex SQL queries and are comfortable working with relational databases at scale; Have experience building and operating distributed, scalable PaaS systems; Know your way around Kubernetes or are eager to learn it; Are skilled at using AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex as part of your daily development workflow and have an opinion on where they help and where they don't; Are curious about LLMs, agents and MCP and how to integrate them into a product safely and reliably; Enjoy being in contact with customers' problems and are not afraid to take ownership of a whole competency; Write clean, well-designed, documented and testable code, and promote industry standards and best practices; Want to work in a collaborative engineering culture where mentorship, feedback and shared ownership are the norm

Nice to have

Experience (or interest) in Problem Solving, Complex Algorithms, Software Architecture, Databases, Cloud Operations, Application Security / Identity Management, or building LLM-powered features; Hands-on experience with LLMs, agents and MCP is a plus

Benefits

Long-Term Incentive Program; 2 sick days and 25 days of vacation, with the option to request additional Flexible Time-Off days; Global Family Support Program (paid parental leave); Flexible working hours and hybrid work setup; Benefit Plus flexible employee benefit platform (incl. Multisport card); Annual package for mental health support; 'Bring Your Friend' referral program; Shared company cards for free entrance to Prague Zoo and Botanical garden; Company bikes, longboards, e-scooters; Conference tickets to industry events; Online courses and company access to Udemy; Access to paid AI tools; Company library; Kitchens stocked with fresh fruit, juice, teas and coffee; Company laptop; Company mobile phone with SIM card and mobile data package