Senior Java Engineer, Relational Databases

Tricentis

full-time

Posted on: 9/27/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Prague • 🇨🇿 Czech

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About the role

Lead technical implementation, maintain a high bar for quality, and drive backend-focused improvements
Rework the storage architecture, set up a message bus, improve APIs, and split a monolith
Enhance features in a mature product and tighten security
Own a clear product domain as part of a team paired with a PM and EM
Work in two-week sprints and deploy continuously behind feature flags
Run spikes, break down epics, and help plan sprints
Help troubleshoot production incidents using Datadog, BetterStack, and Incident.io
Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing
Occasionally pitch in on DevOps basics (Helm charts, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, AWS console/API)

Strong expertise in relational database design, optimization, and performance tuning (PostgreSQL)
Design and build backend features in Java (Spring, Hibernate/JPA, PostgreSQL)
Experience writing efficient SQL queries and stored procedures; indexing, query tuning, and monitoring
Participate in design discussions, write RFCs, and weigh trade-offs
Run spikes, break down epics, and help plan sprints
Improve code quality through continuous refactoring and addressing technical debt
Work with product teams to prioritize backend reliability and performance improvements
Advocate “you build it, you run it” mindset and troubleshoot production incidents using Datadog, BetterStack, and Incident.io
Mentor by example through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing
Familiarity with DevOps basics (Helm charts, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, AWS console/API)

Benefits

Flexible working schedule (no core hours)
Learning and career growth opportunities
25 days of paid time off
3 Sick Days
2 days of paid Volunteering Leave per year to get involved in your local community or in a cause that matters to you
Hybrid work environment with home-office allowance
Meal allowance
Pension Contribution
Life & Disability Insurance
Paid Sickness Leave
A team of passionate professionals who are experts in their fields
Events for employees to learn, celebrate, and socialize (training sessions, hackathons, parties, sports events, board game gatherings, BBQs), and much more

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

relational database designoptimizationperformance tuningPostgreSQLJavaSpringHibernateSQL queriesstored procedurescontinuous refactoring

mentoringknowledge sharingcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationadvocacyplanningprioritizationcode reviewstrade-off analysis