Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Architecture

OverIT at a glance

OverIT is a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company with a strong presence in North America and Europe.

We empower organizations in the power, utility, telco, and transportation industries to manage their mission-critical infrastructures efficiently and safely through cutting-edge Field Service Management software solutions.

At OverIT, we leverage advanced technologies like ML (Machine Learning), AR (Augmented Reality), IoT (Internet of Things), and GIS (Geographic Information System) to help ensure the infrastructures essential to our daily lives are always on.

If you want to be part of a top technology brand, join us!

What you’ll do

• Design and develop high-quality backend services primarily using Java and the Spring ecosystem.
• Contribute to Developer Experience (DevEx) initiatives through reusable frameworks, self-service capabilities, and Internal Developer Platform features.
• Build and evolve distributed systems, understanding technical trade-offs and selecting the most appropriate approach for each context.
• Proactively identify technical debt, architectural bottlenecks, and scalability limitations, proposing sustainable evolution strategies through a 1-3-1 approach.
• Contribute to cloud-native initiatives leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, containers, and modern DevOps practices.
• Promote secure-by-design principles, defining cybersecurity best practices and software quality standards across the development lifecycle.
• Influence technical choices across the company, balancing business goals with cloud and software architecture needs.
• Mentor engineers through technical leadership, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Explore and contribute to AI-native engineering practices, including Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC).

What you’ll need

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, with proven experience designing and implementing complex systems.
• Deep expertise in Java and the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security, and related technologies.
• Technology-agnostic mindset, with the ability to quickly learn and adopt new programming languages and paradigms when needed.
• Hands-on knowledge of microservices architectures and common patterns such as API Gateway, Saga, CQRS, Circuit Breaker, Service Discovery, and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, GraphQL, asynchronous integrations, and event-driven systems.
• Solid understanding of testing strategies, test automation, and quality engineering practices.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and containerized application development and deployment.
• Strong understanding of observability principles, including metrics, logs, distributed tracing, and OpenTelemetry.
• Deep knowledge of relational databases, data modeling, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with NoSQL technologies, including document databases, cloud-native databases such as DynamoDB, and time-series databases.
• Professional working proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

What's nice to have

• Hands-on familiarity with AWS services such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, LLM-based applications, and Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC) practices.
• Knowledge of observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with Internal Developer Platforms (IDP), Platform Engineering, and Developer Experience (DevEx) initiatives.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform.
• Contributions to open-source projects or significant personal technical achievements.
• Cloud, Kubernetes, security, or software architecture certifications.

What we offer

• OverIT is a unique transformation project in the SaaS space arena, full of ambition to scale and grow globally.
• International culture and environment with the opportunity to partner with an outstanding group of people and professionals who joined the company to scale and succeed
• A career-defining opportunity with full exposure to two leading private equity firms.
• Location-flexible smart working across Italy
• Competitive pay, meaningful growth opportunities, and a transparent approach to compensation. Salary ranges are defined for each role based on experience, competencies, responsibilities, and geographic location, with additional benefits and performance-based incentives depending on the position.
• The expected annual gross salary range for this position is €40,000–€50,000.

At OverIT we value diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, ethnicity, or place of origin.