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30+

lovely people working on our team

1/3

of our team has 5+ years with us

9.5/10

the satisfaction rate, via the employee survey

Best Employer, four years in a row

Voted on by our teammates, the Best Employer awards are stone-cold proof of our warm atmosphere. 💜️️❤️🧡

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Some of our benefits

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Well-being

General medical exam

Fully covered visit to a private clinic for a complete check-up, once a year.

Mental health

Choose from one of three psychotherapists, we’re covering your sessions.

Gym membership

Partially compensated MultiSport card, to get you moving.

Secondary health insurance

May you never need it, but we’ve got your back just in case.

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Bonuses

Anniversary

For every year you spend with us.

Yearly

For the great work you do over the year.

Referral

For the awesome people you recommend.

Performance

For when the going gets tough, which is not often.

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Time Off

Flexible Hours

Come and go as you please, we don’t care.

Vacation Days

24 days to start with, +1 for every year you spend with us.

Remote Work

From the office, from home, from the beach… 

Personal Time Off

For special occasions such as moving, weddings, or childbirth.

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Education

Conference and Education Budget

Allowance for learning experiences, anywhere in the world.

Team Education

Organized and held by your teammates, when they have something new to show you.

Job Switch

Flip the switch and change teams or technologies you work in.

Mentoring

No person left behind, we teach our junior colleagues all they need to know.

Workers collaborating

Join our team!

Freelancers (Design or Development)

Location

Zagreb • Remote

Senior Back-End Engineer (Java)

Experience

5+ years

Location

Zagreb • Remote

Due Date

May 26, 2025

Open Application

Location

Zagreb • Remote

Tooting our
own horn

Kristijan Korać

“

Ars Futura is one of those companies where you generally feel at home. The work being done here is recognized and valued, which allows me to expand my skill set and advance my career. After eight years in Ars Futura, it is still a real joy to be a part of this company.

Kristijan Korać

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Mia Matić

“

What I love about Ars Futura is that you can fulfil your potential and have a lot of fun at the same time. Interesting projects and great coffee are not the only advantages – Ars Futura’s best feature are the people! Every one of them is unique, kind and always happy to help.

Mia Matić

Full-stack Engineer & People Lead

Daria Vuco

“

After over five years, I still enjoy my job and love working at Ars Futura. The people I’m surrounded with are professional, focused on learning and personal development, and overall wonderful human beings. Here, every day is an opportunity to learn something new!”

Daria Vuco

HR Generalist

Senior Back-End Engineer (Java)

Building one of the biggest fitness apps in the world can be your next big challenge. Join our team!

Due date

May 26, 2025

Location

Zagreb • Remote

Experience

5+ years

Salary

from €4,200 gross

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Ars Futura is an award-winning design and development agency founded in 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia. 🏆 We create digital products, think long-term, and build partner relationships.

Areas in which we truly ✨shine✨ include mobile and web development, design, product management, and business consulting. Together with Activision Blizzard, Vindex, Elemental Machines, Harvard University, and more, we’ve been creating products for quite some time – over 10 years. We’re young, flexible, and dedicated. If you’d describe yourself the same way, we’d love to chat!

Our Web team consists of front-end, back-end, and full-stack engineers who are working on various projects built in React and Node.js.


TL:DR; We're looking for someone to join our client's team – a high-impact group building a weight loss, fitness, and mental health service dedicated to making a difference in people's lives.

📚 We’re looking for:

  • 5+ years of professional Java development experience.

  • Experience designing and building robust, scalable back-end systems.

  • Prior work in consumer-facing product teams.

  • Strong coding fundamentals and the ability to write clean, maintainable code.

  • Product thinking and a track record of feature delivery.

  • Generalist mindset with an interest in full-stack development.

  • Interest in exploring new tech, sharpening skills, or finding better ways to work.

  • Great communication skills.

  • Excellent knowledge of English.

💻 What You’ll Do:

  • Be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team.

  • Design backend systems and deliver product experiences. 

  • Create, develop, and maintain meaningful features. 

  • Collaborate closely with QA, product, and design.

  • Write clean, scalable, and efficient code.

  • Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from planning to deployment.

  • Learn and contribute to front-end components when needed.

THE PERKS OF WORKING WITH US

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Well-being

General medical exam

Fully covered visit to a private clinic for a complete check-up, once a year.

Mental health

Choose from one of three psychotherapists, we’re covering your sessions.

Gym membership

Partially compensated MultiSport card, to get you moving.

Secondary health insurance

May you never need it, but we’ve got your back just in case.

benefit image

2

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Bonuses

Anniversary

For every year you spend with us.

Yearly

For the great work you do over the year.

Referral

For the awesome people you recommend.

Performance

For when the going gets tough, which is not often.

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3

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Time Off

Flexible Hours

Come and go as you please, we don’t care.

Vacation Days

24 days to start with, +1 for every year you spend with us.

Remote Work

From the office, from home, from the beach… 

Personal Time Off

For special occasions such as moving, weddings, or childbirth.

benefit image

4

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Education

Conference and Education Budget

Allowance for learning experiences, anywhere in the world.

Team Education

Organized and held by your teammates, when they have something new to show you.

Job Switch

Flip the switch and change teams or technologies you work in.

Mentoring

No person left behind, we teach our junior colleagues all they need to know.

Apply for this position

Name

* REQUIRED

Email Address

* REQUIRED

CV/Resume + Other Docs

* REQUIRED

Please attach your resume / portfolio and any other documents you feel are relevant to show us how awesome you are!

GitHub link

Tooting our
own horn

Kristijan Korać

“

Ars Futura is one of those companies where you generally feel at home. The work being done here is recognized and valued, which allows me to expand my skill set and advance my career. After eight years in Ars Futura, it is still a real joy to be a part of this company.

Kristijan Korać

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Mia Matić

“

What I love about Ars Futura is that you can fulfil your potential and have a lot of fun at the same time. Interesting projects and great coffee are not the only advantages – Ars Futura’s best feature are the people! Every one of them is unique, kind and always happy to help.

Mia Matić

Full-stack Engineer & People Lead

Daria Vuco

“

After over five years, I still enjoy my job and love working at Ars Futura. The people I’m surrounded with are professional, focused on learning and personal development, and overall wonderful human beings. Here, every day is an opportunity to learn something new!”

Daria Vuco

HR Generalist

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