Java Software Engineer - Garmin Connect Team

Java Software Engineer | Garmin Connect Team

Garmin Cluj · Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-07

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Fitness

Description

At Garmin we create products that are designed indoors for outdoor activities. We do this to enable our customers to make the most of their time spent pursuing their passions.

We recognize the value of flexibility in supporting employee well-being, work-life balance, and effective collaboration. Associates may work from home up to four days per month, or one day per week, while remaining connected to the teams and culture that help us do our best work.

Our roles are primarily office-based because we believe the best ideas, innovation, and strongest professional relationships are built through in-person collaboration, making regular team interaction an important part of our culture and future success.

We are a global company with offices in the US, Europe and Asia. In these centers, we carry out the various stages of product development, from initial concept to mass production of ready-to-sell units. We embrace a vertically integrated business model with strategic design, manufacturing, distribution, sales and support centers around the world to maximize our value to customers.

We’re looking for a passionate Java engineer eager to bring expertise in an end-to-end product development environment across a range of impactful projects.

Garmin Connect is our flagship app, powering the health, wellness, and fitness experiences of users around the world. It brings together data from smartwatches, fitness trackers, cycling computers, and other Garmin devices into a single, connected experience. You'll work on features that span multiple sports and activities, helping users better understand their performance, track their progress, stay motivated, and get more value from every workout, adventure, and healthy habit.

Alongside Garmin Connect, we build specialized applications for communities passionate about activities such as archery, diving, and golf, creating focused experiences tailored to their unique needs. We also develop core services that support Garmin's sports and lifestyle ecosystem, including platforms for media and content management. This gives engineers the opportunity to work on both customer-facing experiences and the foundational systems that enable them at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance software solutions for Garmin Applications
• Apply software engineering best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Understand business needs and translate them to technical solutions.
• Add value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions.
• Help ensure resiliency and high availability of the applications owned by your team. 
• Help set up monitoring for the new features being developed.
• Troubleshoot software issues.
• Write and maintain technical documentation.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Java and OOP principles.
• Proven experience in designing, enhancing and developing complex Java microservices using Spring Boot (experience in cloud-native application development is a plus).
• Strong understanding of Spring Framework.
• Good knowledge of web services (REST).
• Knowledgeable about relational or non-relational databases.
• Good knowledge of unit testing.
• Good understanding of design patterns.
• Good usage skills of development tools (source control, development environment, issue tracking).
• Good knowledge of building tools and continuous delivery.
• 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent English speaking and writing skills.

Benefits

Benefits to enhance your experience:

• 24 days off each year plus extra vacation days based on years at Garmin and compensation for legal holidays.
• Health package subscription and yearly budget for glasses.
• Monthly budget for sports and wellbeing activities.
• Local and global career development programs (training, mentorship, technical and leadership development, and more).
• Access to e-learning platforms and support for technical conferences attendance.
• Loyalty bonus within the company, plus other special bonuses (for holidays and personal life events).
• Meal tickets.

Yours exclusively when part of our team:

• Significant discount for Garmin products.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Contribution to the retirement plan (Pillar 3).
• Garmin products available for testing and borrowing.
• A comprehensive event series championing wellbeing, sports, and community tailored to foster holistic health (featuring sports events, classes, hackathons, parties, and more).
• Other benefits which we invite you to discover along the recruitment process.

Garmin Cluj is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability.

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