Principal Java Engineer - Backend Platform
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About this role
Principal Java Engineer - Backend Platform
Hawk-Eye Innovations - Budapest
Salary: HUF 1.8M - 2.6M per month
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week in office, Budapest
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Principal Software Engineer (Full-Stack, Backend-leaning) is a senior engineer responsible for the backend architecture, data pipelines, and API layer of a new sports technology product, while remaining capable of contributing to frontend development as needed. This role sits within a small, fast-moving product engineering team and requires someone comfortable owning end-to-end technical delivery across the stack, with backend and data work as the primary focus.
WHAT YOU’LL BUILD
You will be a core contributor to a new backend platform being built from scratch.…
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