Senior Backend Engineer with DevOps experience

This is a remote position.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of core services supporting a modern enterprise platform.

In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable backend services while helping drive cloud-native development practices and operational excellence. You will work across application development, system integration, and deployment environments, collaborating closely with engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing solutions.

The role combines backend software engineering, distributed systems expertise, and DevOps practices, with a strong focus on Java, microservices, cloud-native technologies, and modern deployment platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs
  
• Build and evolve microservice-based applications using modern Java frameworks
  
• Develop and optimize integrations with databases, messaging platforms, and enterprise services
  
• Contribute to the design and implementation of distributed and event-driven architectures
  
• Support CI/CD processes and application deployments across multiple environments
  
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability
  
• Troubleshoot application and deployment issues across development, testing, and production environments
  
• Promote software engineering best practices, including:
  • Clean code
    
  • Automated testing
    
  • Continuous integration
    
  • Continuous delivery
    
• Contribute to platform reliability and operational improvements through DevOps practices
  

Requirements

• Strong experience with:
  • Java
    
  • Spring Boot and/or Quarkus
    
• Proven experience designing and developing:
  • REST APIs
    
  • Microservice architectures
    
• Solid knowledge of:
  • SQL
    
  • Relational database concepts
    
• Hands-on experience with:
  • PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
    
• Strong understanding of:
  • Software architecture
    
  • Clean code principles
    
  • Automated testing
    
• Practical experience with:
  • CI/CD pipelines
    
  • Containerization technologies
    
  • Kubernetes
    
• Experience troubleshooting applications across development and deployment environments
  
• Knowledge of distributed systems and asynchronous communication patterns
  
• Understanding of:
  • Event-driven architectures
    
  • Messaging technologies such as Kafka or similar platforms
    
• Ability to work autonomously in collaborative environments
  
• Fluency in English
  

Nice-to-have

• Experience with:
  • GitLab CI
    
  • Argo CD
    
  • Helm
    
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization concepts:
  • OAuth 2.0
    
  • OpenID Connect (OIDC)
    
  • JWT
    
• Experience working in cloud-native environments
  
• Familiarity with infrastructure and deployment automation practices
  
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
  

If this sounds like you, share your CV with us and let’s talk!