Associate, Software Developer Full Stack

About the platform

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is building a next-generation Client-Led Procurement (CLP) platform hosted on Microsoft Azure. The platform digitises procurement workflows across bankers (internal) clients and external participants through four dedicated Angular portals backed by a microservices backend on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The architecture follows a strict Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) pattern: an API Management ingress layer persona-specific BFF composer services and independently deployable domain services.

What Youll Do

As an Associate Full Stack Developer you will contribute to both the frontend Angular portals and the backend Spring Boot microservices that power the CLP platform. You will work within a cross-functional Agile team taking features from specification through design implementation testing and deployment on AKS. The role spans the full stack across all services on the platform.

Key responsabilities

• Design implement and maintain backend domain microservices using Java 21 and Spring Boot.
• Build and enhance Angular single-page applications for the Internal Client Participant and Public portals.
• Implement and document RESTful APIs following OpenAPI/Swagger standards; contribute to API-first design reviews.
• Work with the Azure data tier: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Azure Blob Storage and Cosmos DB.
• Write and maintain Liquibase database migrations; ensure schema safety across environments.
• Author unit integration and contract tests (JUnit 5 Spring Boot Test Pact) and maintain coverage gates.
• Containerise services with Docker and support deployment on AKS via Helm charts and CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in code reviews architecture discussions and threat-modelling sessions.
• Contribute to observability: structured logging (Logback/Logstash) distributed tracing (Application Insights) and SLO dashboards.
• Operate within EBRD engineering standards including SonarQube quality gates SAST/DAST scanning and branch policies.

Need to Have Your Essentials

Backend Java / Spring Boot

• Java 21: proficient in modern Java features records sealed classes pattern matching virtual threads
• Spring Boot 3.x: REST controllers JPA/Hibernate validation actuator autoconfiguration
• RESTful API design: OpenAPI 3 / Swagger; resource modelling versioning error contracts
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL: JDBC JPA mappings PostgreSQL SQL dialect index-aware query design
• Multi-module Gradle builds: buildSrc convention plugins version catalogues ()
• Testing: JUnit 5 Spring Boot Test (@SpringBootTest @DataJpaTest) Mockito; targeting 80 % coverage
• Git: branching strategies pull-request-based workflow code review

Frontend Angular / TypeScript

• Angular 21: components services reactive forms RxJS signals Angular Router lazy loading
• TypeScript: strict mode interfaces generics decorators
• REST API consumption: HttpClient error handling interceptors environment configuration
• HTML5 / CSS3: responsive layouts WCAG accessibility awareness
• State management: NgRx or equivalent reactive state pattern

Cloud & Platform

• Microsoft Azure: working knowledge of AKS Azure Storage Azure Database for PostgreSQL Key Vault and Managed Identity concepts
• Docker: Dockerfile authoring multi-stage builds container image best practices
• CI/CD: experience with any major pipeline tool (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins); automated build test deploy flow
• Observability basics: structured logging correlation IDs health endpoints (Spring Actuator)

Architecture & Ways of Working

• Microservices / SOA: service decomposition bounded contexts API contracts between services
• Security awareness: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC fundamentals token validation least-privilege data access
• Agile / Scrum: sprint ceremonies backlog refinement Definition of Done
• Code quality: SOLID principles clean code peer review static analysis

Nice to Have

The following skills are advantageous but not required at hire; you will develop many of them on the job.

Azure Platform (Advanced)

• Azure Blob Storage SAS token issuance lifecycle policies blob versioning
• Azure Service Bus AMQP messaging topics/subscriptions dead-letter queues idempotent consumers
• Azure API Management (APIM) inbound/outbound policy authoring JWT validation rate limiting CORS
• Azure Entra ID / B2C OIDC flows custom policies app roles SCIM provisioning
• Azure Application Insights / Monitor distributed tracing workbooks alert rules
• Azure Front Door / Application Gateway / WAF

Kubernetes & Infrastructure

• AKS pod lifecycle HPA PodDisruptionBudgets namespace isolation
• Helm chart authoring values overrides release management
• Workload Identity / Managed Identity on AKS federated credential binding RBAC scoping
• Terraform IaC for Azure resources state management module patterns

Data & Integration

• Cosmos DB SQL API or MongoDB API partition key design RU/s governance
• Liquibase changeset authoring rollback strategies multi-environment safety
• GraphQL schema design query/mutation authoring Apollo or Spring GraphQL
• Azure Application Insights distributed tracing dependency tracking performance monitoring and alerting

Workflow & Quality Engineering

• Camunda 7 or 8 BPMN modelling external task workers compensation patterns
• Contract testing Pact (consumer-driven) provider verification in CI
• SonarQube / Jacoco quality gate configuration branch/PR analysis
• SAST / DAST / dependency scanning integration in CI pipelines

Why Youll Love This Role

• Exposure to a modern greenfield Azure-native platform built from first principles.
• Work across the full stack Angular portals Spring Boot domain services AKS and Azure data services.
• Collaborative high-trust engineering culture with strong code-review and architecture practices.

What is it like to work at the EBRD / About EBRD

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation and use your talents to make a real difference to peoples lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

At EBRD our Values Inclusiveness Innovation Trust and Responsibility are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up collaborating smartly acting decisively with full commitment and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work fostering a positive and high-performing environment.

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial political public and private sectors across the regions we invest in.
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds perspectives and experiences bringing fresh ideas energy and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients shareholders and counterparties effectively.

• We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements and believe we operate at our best when collaborating 3 days a week in person (minimum).

• An environment that places sustainability equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.
• A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits.

Diversity is one of the Banks core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial ethnic religious and cultural background gender gender identity sexual orientation age socio-economic background or disability.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications received we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).