Job Title: Backend Engineer
Location: Lisbon Portugal
Work Regime: Fulltime & Hybrid
- 1 time per week for the 1st month;
- 12 days a month after the 1st month.
Overview / Summary:
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our company!
Responsibilities and Tasks:
- Design build and maintain serverside applications with a focus on performance scalability and reliability
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to define design and ship new features and improvements;
- Drive best practices in code quality security and testing across the development lifecycle;
- Troubleshoot debug and upgrade existing software systems proactively and effectively;
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously drive innovation within the team.
Requirements
Mandatory Requirements:
- 5 years of proven experience as a Backend Engineer or in a similar engineering role within a crossfunctional team environment;
- Proficient in Kotlin for backend development;
- Solid handson experience with Spring Boot and Ktor frameworks for building robust scalable services;
- Solid handson experience with SQL and relational databases including optimization and schema design;
- Familiarity with REST API design principles microservices architectures and cloudbased services (preferably AWS);
- Comfortable working within an Agile development environment embracing incremental delivery and continuous feedback;
- Strong problemsolving and analytical skills with a sharp eye for debugging and performance tuning;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a broad range of audiences.
Complementary Requirements:
- Experience with eventdriven architectures (e.g. Kafka SNS/SQS);
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform);
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker Kubernetes);
- Previous work in startups or fastpaced environments where adaptability is key.
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What we need Experience with Python; Experience with HTML5, CSS3 (LESS or SASS), JavaScript/TypeScript and Angular; Experience with Java, Spring Boot; Experience in Microservices and APIs; Comfortable with the Linux Shell, extra for knowledge in AWS or Azure; Excellent knowledge of debugging practices and techniques; Good time management skills; Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and impact on company success; Team Player. #VisionaryFuture - Build the future, join our living ecosystem!