Lead Java Developer

If you're passionate about technology and ready for a challenge, join our team of talented individuals and show your technical skills, creativity, and drive for impact.

You'll work with the best in the industry in a supportive, happy, and human-centric environment, making seamless technology. That’s why we were recognized as Best Workplace® in Europe (medium companies), Best Quality of Life Company® and the 2nd Best Great Place to Work® in Portugal by Great Place to Work®. See for yourself by checking our Glassdoor reviews.

What exciting projects will you have to make an impact and work on?

At Imaginary Cloud, our work improves and simplifies people's lives by creating easy and intuitive digital products. Our day-to-day tasks include development, problem-solving, management, and human interaction.

Together, we will drive innovation by creating innovative projects for some of the best companies around the world. You'll be able to grow as you engage with multidisciplinary teams, multiple industries, and projects, overcoming the many challenges that will test and build your skills. Here's an overview of the technical skills you'll likely have to embark on our team:

10+ years of experience working in the IT field.

5+ years of working experience in Back-end Development with Java.

Deep expertise in the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, REST/gRPC), reactive patterns, and JVM internals (memory barriers, JIT compilation, and Heap management).

Outstanding proficiency in using Agentic AI tools like Cursor IDE and GitHub Copilot to accelerate code development, refactoring, and complex debugging.

C++ Professional working knowledge would be a plus

Solid experience with PostgreSQL, Redis caching layers, and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code.

Daily use of GitLab CI pipelines and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) is second nature to you.

Experience with distributed systems and the monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger) required to keep them healthy.

Outstanding proficiency in writing well-designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.

Fluency in English, both spoken and written.

We seek team members who live in Portugal or are willing and legally qualified to live and work there.

The salary range for this position is 48 625,00€ - 65 785,00€ gross per year

Get to know our tech stack:

Javascript (React.js, Angular.js, Vue.js, Node.js)

C# / .Net

Kotlin

Java

Ruby / Ruby on Rails

Python / Django

Git

SQL (MySQL / PostgreSQL/ MS SQL Server)

Mobile development (iOS, Android, React Native)

Linux / Mac OS - command line

Automated provisioning tools (Docker / Ansible / Capistrano)

Cloud & container orchestration (AWS, Kubernetes)

Testing frameworks (JUnit, Testcontainers)

Observability & monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus)

NoSQL (Mongo, Redis, etc.)

Photoshop / Figma

We want you to feel comfortable here. Get the best of your potential with our benefits:

Salary according to your experience and performance

Paid sick days

Health and dental insurance

Comfort budget

What you get

A remote-first company

Flexible working hours

Global projects with industry-leading clients A human-centric culture that values people and empowers them

Informal environment

Team events to share knowledge and celebrate collectively

Mentoring and performance appraisals for solid growth potential

Does this sound exactly like what you’re looking for? Then apply now, and let's get the conversation started!