TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Java): Building and optimizing high-load backend services for a distributed data platform with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on microservices architecture, solving complex concurrency challenges, and ensuring system reliability under heavy traffic.

Location: Must be able to legally work in Spain (Barcelona). Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Flexible work model (fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid) within Spain.

Company

%hirify_global% is a global team dedicated to shaping the future of observability, building an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world with unparalleled insight into their complex systems.

What you will do

Build, maintain, and scale back-end services and their support tools.
Participate in architectural definitions with innovation and creativity.
Create automation and tooling to make systems more scalable and easier to deploy.
Work directly within a multidisciplinary team to help customers and partners.
Research new tools and services to understand complex scenarios and propose new features.
Work in an agile environment with a DevOps approach, including on-call duties.

Requirements

Experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and scaling in a production environment.
Strong experience in writing software in Java and ability to adapt to other languages and frameworks.
Familiarity with asynchronous programming techniques like streams, event-based flows, and message queues.
Comfort in a fast-paced environment focused on delivering production code regularly using Agile methodologies.
Collaborative work style that includes colleagues in important decisions and leads to shared code ownership.
Proficiency in English.

Nice to have

Contribution to open source projects.
Understanding and applying build and test automation for efficiency and reliability.
Experience in technical mentorship and supporting colleagues' skill development.

Culture & Benefits

Fostering a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive environment.
Flexible workforce model allowing fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work.
Opportunity to work with a diverse tech stack including Go, Java, JavaScript, React, GraphQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
Work with some of the best engineers on complex industry problems.
Empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model.

Hiring process

Identity and eligibility to work verification required upon hiring.
Criminal background check required to join %hirify_global%.
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