Back End Developer

Back-end Developer | Java / Kotlin | Lisbon, Portugal | €390 per day

Contract: 6 months

Rate: €390 per day

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Working arrangement: Hybrid, 2 days onsite per week The opportunity

Join a dynamic engineering team responsible for building and improving technology used by millions of customers.

As a Back-end Developer, you'll play an important role in developing highly scalable, performant and reliable applications, helping deliver video and content experiences to millions of users.

You'll work within a collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment, contributing across the full development lifecycle and helping introduce new technologies and best practices.

What you'll be doing

• Designing and developing highly scalable, performant and reliable back-end applications.
• Building and maintaining applications that stream video and content to millions of users.
• Championing best practices around software availability, reliability, performance and security.
• Contributing across the full development lifecycle, including analysis, implementation, testing and operations.
• Working collaboratively within cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge and mentoring fellow developers.
• Driving continuous improvement and exploring innovative technologies.
• Helping deliver systems that meet exceptionally high availability requirements, targeting 99.999% uptime.

What we're looking for

• Strong back-end development experience using Java, Kotlin or similar programming languages.
• Experience developing and working with APIs, whether self-hosted or application server-based.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of CI/CD tools, processes and practices.
• Knowledge of automated testing tools such as Cucumber, Gatling, JMeter or similar.
• A genuine interest in innovation and exploring new technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• A collaborative, self-driven approach and a willingness to learn.
• Fluent English communication skills.

The details

• €390 per day
• 6-month contract
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Hybrid working, 2 days onsite per week

If you're a Back-end Developer who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges and building reliable, high-performance applications, we'd love to hear from you.