About this Staff Software Developer (back-end) role at Caseware

Caseware · Remote · Cluj, Romania

Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!

As a Staff Software Developer, you are a senior individual contributor who combines strong hands-on skills with the ability to influence across teams, reduce ambiguity, and scale solutions beyond a single codebase. You shape architecture and standards, act as a technical leader through design reviews and RFCs, and mentor senior and junior engineers alike.

What you will do:

Define and evolve technical architecture and engineering standards that enable safe, scalable, secure, and reusable capabilities across teams.

Influence architectural decisions through design reviews, RFCs, proof-of-concepts, and hands-on collaboration.

Own key platform features and architectural improvements end-to-end, from design through delivery.

Partner with QA, Product, Security, Domain SMEs, and DevOps to strengthen observability, reliability, quality, CI/CD, deployment strategies, and production safeguards.

Drive operational excellence by identifying systemic risks, leading root cause analysis, and implementing preventative improvements.

Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and practical technical guidance.

Solve complex, business-critical challenges, including third-party extensibility and real-time multi-user synchronization.

Champion responsible AI-assisted development by defining guardrails, piloting tools and agentic workflows, mentoring teams, and measuring impact on velocity and quality.

What you wll bring:

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 8 years with core Java and demonstrated impact beyond a single team.

Deep expertise in server-side Java, with the ability to serve as a subject matter expert.

Proven experience designing and evolving shared platforms or infrastructure used by multiple teams.

Experience delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, with a strong understanding of scalability, reliability, security, and cost management.

Experience working with monolithic applications and microservices.

Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.

Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to balance delivery speed with long-term platform health.

Proven ownership of significant architectural decisions and strong communication and influence skills across technical teams.

Experience working in an agile team alongside developers, testers, and a product owner.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with cloud providers beyond AWS, including Azure or Google Cloud.

Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio.

Technical Stack:

Languages & Frameworks: Java

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (S3, Secrets Manager, Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, EKS), CloudFormation, Terraform

Data: SQL Server, AWS RDS for SQL Server

Testing & Observability: New Relic, AWS CloudWatch

Tooling: Jira, Visual Studio, GitHub, Devin, Claude Code

What's in it for you:

▪️Innovation is at our core. We work with cutting-edge technology in accounting and financial reporting, constantly pushing the boundaries to create impactful software solutions.

▪️We are committed to a collaborative culture, where your ideas are valued, and knowledge sharing is encouraged within a supportive, inclusive team.

▪️Work-life balance is important to us. We offer flexible work options, remote opportunities, and generous time-off policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

▪️We offer competitive compensation, including a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans.

▪️We are driven by impactful work. Your contributions directly affect how our clients manage financial processes and drive their success.

▪️Recognition and rewards matter to us. We celebrate hard work through recognition programs, performance bonuses, and opportunities for career growth.

▪️We embrace global opportunities. Work on international projects and collaborate with a diverse, global team.

About Caseware:

Caseware's cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms, corporations, and governments. Our teams are continually collaborating, innovating, and building upon our existing suite of products. With a customer-focused mindset, we are building technology that is shaping what the future of audits, financial reporting, and financial data analytics will look like.

With a recent strategic investment from Hg Capital in 2020, Caseware is now in its next major growth phase as we double down on the people and products that have made Caseware so successful to date.

One of Caseware's core values is Many Voices, One Team and with that in mind, we're dedicated to building teams as diverse as our customers in an equitable and inclusive way. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Should you require accommodations or have any questions at any point during the application or interview process, please e-mail our People Operations team at [email protected].

AI Usage:

The recruitment process may use AI assisted tools but not for candidate screening or assessment. All final hiring decisions are made by humans to ensure fairness, transparency, and oversight.

Background Check:

Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through Certn.co which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well. Candidates residing in the Netherlands and Germany are excluded from undergoing background checks via Certn.co

Security and Fraud:

Caseware takes the security of candidates seriously. All legitimate communication from us will come from email addresses ending in @caseware.com and our open positions are always listed on reputable job boards and on our website https://jobs.lever.co/caseware. We will NEVER ask for payment or financial information from you. If you receive an unsolicited job offer, proceed with extreme caution.

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