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Bridge is hiring a Backend Engineer to join its Voyager Team, maintaining and evolving the mission-critical Ruby on Rails monolith that powers its learning and career-development platform. This remote (Hungary) role navigates architectural complexity in a large legacy codebase while helping new Kotlin, Ruby, and TypeScript features integrate seamlessly. The position offers a salary package of 1.5-1.9M HUF gross/month depending on seniority, plus a performance bonus.

Highlights

Maintains and evolves Bridge's core Ruby on Rails monolith, fixing critical issues and complex architecture
Develops Java or Kotlin SpringBoot REST APIs for roughly 40% of the role, alongside Ruby on Rails work
Ensures new features across Kotlin, Ruby, and TypeScript integrate seamlessly with the platform
Works with PostgreSQL and AWS services including Aurora RDS, Pulsar, Neptune, and OpenSearch
Supports ETL data pipelines built with Debezium and CI/CD via GitHub Actions and Spinnaker
Collaborates with a global team of Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers across Hungary and the US
Works remotely within Hungary with optional access to Bridge's Budapest office
Operates in a trust-based, async culture with no hour tracking, aligned to some US-timezone syncs
Values a problem-solver mindset and a broad, polyglot background across technology stacks
React and TypeScript experience is considered a strong advantage

Backend Engineer, Voyager Team Full Description

Position Summary

Bridge is looking for a Backend Engineer to join its Voyager Team, working on the massive, mission-critical Ruby on Rails monolith that powers the Bridge learning and career-development platform. While Bridge's strategic future is being built in Kotlin and Spring Boot, the Voyager Team maintains and evolves the core Ruby ecosystem, navigating architectural complexity and ensuring new features integrate seamlessly, whether written in Kotlin, Ruby, or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

Maintain and evolve Bridge's core Ruby on Rails monolith, fixing critical issues and navigating architectural complexity
Develop Java or Kotlin SpringBoot-based REST APIs, roughly 40% of the role, alongside Ruby on Rails work at roughly 60%
Ensure new features written in Kotlin, Ruby, or TypeScript integrate seamlessly with the existing platform
Work with PostgreSQL databases and cloud services including AWS Aurora RDS, Apache Pulsar, and AWS OpenSearch
Support ETL data pipelines built with Debezium and graph databases on AWS Neptune
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and Terraform, with monitoring via DataDog
Collaborate with a global team of Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers across Hungary, the US, and other countries

Minimum Qualifications

A problem-solver mindset with strong analytical thinking for navigating a large monolithic codebase, plus a broad, polyglot background across multiple technology stacks.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with React and TypeScript is considered a strong advantage; familiarity with SAFe, JIRA, Confluence, and GSuite tooling is a plus.

Other Requirements

Work is remote within Hungary, with the option to use Bridge's Budapest office whenever preferred; some syncs occur in US timezones (typically late afternoon/early evening CET). Trust-based, async culture with no hour tracking.

Compensation

Salary package of 1.5-1.9M HUF gross/month depending on seniority, plus a performance-based bonus and benefits including a comprehensive Medicover healthcare package and a SZÉP card.

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