Associate Software Engineer

About us At Auctane, we are united by a passion to help businesses deliver — whatever their size, wherever they are, and however they operate. We make it possible for businesses to meet the ever-changing requirements of their industry and customer expectations. Auctane products enable hundreds of thousands of businesses to annually mail and ship billions of items — over $200 billion worth — to recipients around the globe. The Auctane family of mailing and shipping software products includes ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShipStation API, Metapack, GlobalPost, and Packlink. Our partners include Amazon, UPS, USPS, eBay, BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Walmart. Our values Win as One. Delight Customers. Deliver Great Outcomes. About the Engineering team Following a successful year of engineering growth in Poland, we're continuing to expand our teams and strengthen our presence in the region. Our Polish hub is a key part of our engineering organization, bringing together talented people who work on complex, international products and collaborate across a global environment. As we continue to grow, we're looking for people who are excited by new challenges, enjoy working with experienced teams, and want the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while continuing to develop their skills and career. About the role As an Associate Software Engineer, you'll join one of our engineering teams in Poland and work on projects that match your background, technical skills, and areas of interest. Depending on your experience and skillset, you may contribute to areas such as backend development, APIs, and/ or test automation across our different products and platforms. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, gaining hands-on experience with modern technologies and development practices while continuing to build your technical skills. Whether you're starting your career or recently graduated, this is an opportunity to learn, take on meaningful challenges, and grow within our expanding engineering organization. At Auctane, we value professionals at every stage of their career journey. For this role, we're evaluating candidates with either a testing or software development background. If you're excited to contribute to a newly formed team, we'd love to hear from you! What will you be doing? Develop and maintain backend applications using Java and Spring Boot. Design, build, and consume RESTful APIs. Assist in developing and maintaining Business Process Management (BPM) workflows. Learn and work with AWS services such as EC2 and S3. Develop and maintain test automation solutions using Playwright and Java Write clean, maintainable code following framework patterns and best practices Execute comprehensive testing for new features and system changes Collaborate with engineers to design and implement automation scenarios Debug failures and investigate system issues Support CI/CD processes using GitHub and Jenkins. Monitor application performance using tools such as Datadog and Elasticsearch under the guidance of senior engineers. Troubleshoot and resolve software issues with support from the team. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile (Scrum/Kanban) environment. Continuously learn new technologies and contribute to team knowledge sharing. What are we looking for? Good knowledge of Java (Java 17+ preferred) with strong OOP fundamentals Understanding of Spring Boot and Spring Framework Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles Basic understanding of RESTful API development Clean code practices Experience with at least one framework: Selenium, Playwright, or similar Understanding of test design principles Proficiency in Polish and English is required for this role What will make you stand out? Knowledge of Microservices architecture Exposure to Docker or Kubernetes, and Jenkins or CI/CD pipelines Understanding of BDD/TDD concepts Contributions to GitHub or open-source projects Exposure to data-driven testing patterns (Excel, JSON, CSV) Familiarity with API testing concepts and RestAssured Knowledge of Maven or other build tools Understanding of Guice or other dependency injection frameworks Lombok usage for code generation What do we offer? Hybrid Framework - The best of both worlds! Work from home when you need focus and flexibility, and spend 2 days a week in the office for face-to-face collaboration, sharing ideas and catching up with the team. Because some things are simply better together! Personal Training Budget. Up to 7.000 year training budget (certifications, conferences attendance, etc.) to invest in your professional development. We want to help you improve your technical skills, feel involved in the product community, and develop your soft skills to lead teams and manage other stakeholders. Internal and external training, free access to online training platforms such as Linkedin Learning ️ Languages classes every week. Thirsty for knowledge? Learn a new language by joining our free English/Spanish/German classes. You can connect and enjoy taking up a new language or improving your current skills with one of our great instructors. Lunch card. Enjoy a subsidized lunch card and grab a meal with your teammates — because the best conversations often happen over lunch! Free private medical insurance. Take care of your health with private medical care fully covered by us Attractive life insurance. Extra peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Co-financed Multisport card - We support an active lifestyle because staying healthy and feeling good matters. Volunteer day. You can take 16 hours per year in order to participate in volunteering activities! We will love to see some pictures in our slack! Up to 30 days of vacation per year (additional days are granted along with seniority at AUCTANE). Up to 1000 PLN/year PLN/year to match your NGO donations! We are happy to support your initiatives by duplicating the amount donated. ‍⚕️We have an Employee Assistance Program with psychological assistance free of charge for you and your loved ones. ️ Annual Salary Review: We are reviewing the salaries of all our teams annually in order to evaluate an increase according to individual performance and the business results. Referral Fee We need your support in hiring top-class talent! We offer a referral bonus of 4k-20k PLN, depending on the complexity of the role and the hiring process. An inclusive and upbeat work environment Leave your suit behind... we’re a t-shirt and converse kind of place! More importantly, our company culture promotes diversity and inclusion. The personality and opinions of each of our team members are important and valid, and we aim to offer all employees a safe environment where they can be themselves and thrive. A cross-cultural atmosphere We are a truly international team of 20 nationalities that speak 10 languages. Our company language is English and all internal communication and company-wide meetings are in English. ️ Company events We do our best every day, even at our regular team-building events. Nice Office in Zielona Gora and Wroclaw (free drinks, snacks…) Do you want to know a little bit more about the team? Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Amazing Auctane-PL and our Instagram #LI-HYBRID