Senior Java Engineer

SUMMARY:

We’re looking for an experienced Java Engineer to join a collaborative, agile engineering team working on Java / Spring Boot / Vue.js solutions. You’ll contribute across the stack, work closely with senior engineers and product stakeholders, and help continuously deliver secure, high-quality software that genuinely makes an impact.

This is a hands-on role with strong ownership, technical depth, and real influence over design and engineering standards.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING:

You will be joining our engineering team and will be a valued member working closely in a collaborative, autonomous, cross-functional team. You will help with the following:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java & Spring Boot, with exposure to Vue.js on the frontend
• Write and maintain a strong automated test suite (unit, integration, and end-to-end)
• Participate actively in code reviews, ensuring quality, performance, and maintainability
• Contribute to service and feature design discussions
• Debug and resolve complex issues in distributed systems
• Follow best practices around secure coding, CI/CD, source control, and release processes
• Coach and mentor junior engineers, raising the overall quality bar
• Provide predominantly 3rd-line support when required
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to continuously improve ways of working

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• 5+ years of commercial experience with Java & Spring
• Experience working alongside a modern frontend framework (Vue.js or similar)
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs
• Solid experience with automated testing (unit & integration)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Drone, similar)
• Comfortable working in Agile environments with short delivery cycles
• Confident using Git and modern codebase management practices
• Strong focus on code quality, security, and performance
• Experience reviewing code and providing constructive feedback
• Strong problem-solving skills and a real ownership mentality
• Clear communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

AWESOME BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience with large-scale, high-performance systems
• Exposure to microservices architectures
• Knowledge of cloud-native development
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize
• Familiarity with event-driven/event-based architectures
• Leadership or mentoring experience

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Be part of our collegial environment where responsibility and authority are shared equally amongst colleagues, and help create our company culture
• A culture in which we don’t criticise failure but ensure we learn from our mistakes
• An Agile environment where your ideas are welcome
• The possibility to grow and experience different projects
• Fully remote
• Ongoing Training & Mentoring
• The possibility of travelling

- ATTENTION! THIS POSITION IS FOR PORTUGAL OR BRAZIL-BASED ONLY