Backend Developer (Java / Spring Boot)

Location: Lisbon, Portugal; minimum 3 days per week onsite at the IDB Lisbon office, plus approximately 30 working days per year onsite in Brussels, Belgium.

Company

hirify.global Portugal is the Lisbon delivery centre of hirify.global, delivering application development, architecture, and IT operations as a nearshore extension of major European organisations.

What you will do

• Design and build backend services, APIs, integrations, and solution data models.
• Apply clean code, automated testing, continuous integration, deployment, quality gates, and DevSecOps practices.
• Participate in design and code reviews and collaborate with Product Owners and functional experts to refine requirements and assess feasibility.
• Run services in production, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Build and operate solutions mainly on Microsoft Azure using Azure DevOps pipelines within SAFe/Agile teams.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience with at least 5 years building production backend services with Java and Spring Boot.
• Strong software design and enterprise integration experience, with judgement to select suitable patterns or keep solutions simple.
• Experience with several architectural styles, such as hexagonal architecture, modular monoliths, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps.
• Experience in data modelling and database design with PostgreSQL and Oracle.
• Experience with automated testing, quality gates, DevSecOps, and SAFe/Agile delivery.
• Experience with AI-assisted development, including handling the problems it introduces.
• Fluent written and spoken English is mandatory; C1 is the target level. Project work, documentation, and meetings are conducted in English with an international team.
• Acceptance of regular onsite work in Brussels from the start is required.

Nice to have

• Event-driven systems experience with Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Cosmos DB experience.
• Performance testing experience.
• Frontend experience with React and TypeScript.
• French.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct contract with hirify.global Portugal, either as an employee or B2B contractor, with no intermediaries.
• Full-time engagement with a long-term client assignment.
• Approximately 30 working days per year onsite in Brussels, typically five consecutive days every two months, with some scheduling flexibility.
• Salary package, work-life balance, tailor-made training, and an entrepreneurial environment focused on current technologies.
• Expected start from January 2027, subject to confirmation.