Senior Web Developer on the JVM

About Pricefox

Pricefox.gr is the leading services' marketplace in Greece. Our mission is simple enough: we help people save money and time, so that everyone can live a better life. We are simplifying the online marketplace by building the best compare and purchase insurance and energy products. We are backed by ANT1 and the Samlino Group.

About the team

The team owns and runs the online marketplace of car/home/health insurance and energy switch products. At the same time, the product team is the nexus of all pricefox functions. Operations, marketing, finance, all rely on the team for tools, data, edification, insights and decision making. This is the team that conceived and brought online the best product introduced in 2024.

What you'll do

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer of Product, you'll work on the platform that directly impacts all Pricefox users. You'll have a hand in the entirety of our web stack, including backend integrations, frontend experience, data pipelines, and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside our Product Manager to drive the design and development of new features and verticals.
• Maintain existing partner integrations.
• Provide visibility tooling across functions.
• Expand and enhance our test suite.
• Optimize and secure the infrastructure.
  
  

Who you are

We're looking for someone who has at least 5 years of experience on the web platform. Having led and mentor a junior team is a bonus. Working knowledge of a client side framework is nice to have.

You may be a fit if you

• Know your way around AWS.
• Have been following the recent java evolution (yes sum types, yes virtual threads).
• Are eager to explore DDD.
• Are comfortable both in object oriented and functional development.
• Grok that HTMX solves 90% of the problem.
• Are obsessed with product quality but,
• Also understand that timely shipping always trumps perfection.
  
  

Pay and benefits

• Competitive full-time salary, above the market median.
• Ongoing mentoring and development.
• Great team of colleagues.
• Private Medical Plan.
• Hybrid Working.
  
  

All applications will be treated in a timely manner with strict confidentiality.

In-office expectations

You are expected to spend at least 40-50% of the time in a given month in the office, though we're usually flexible.

Interview process

You should expect two sessions with our Tech Lead: one on getting to know each other, discussing company values and goals, showcasing your work, and presenting a take-at-home aptitude test (duration ~1hr); then a second one where you'll present your approach on the test (duration < 1hr), discuss trade-offs and interesting implementation details. After that, you'll take an online, at your own pace and setting, short talent and personality test (~1hr), which you'll get to expand on with our CEO (~1hr).