Senior Java Back-end Engineer for EU Projects & APIs

Ayesa Digital; Brussel; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ayesa Digital in Brussels is seeking an experienced Back-end Software Engineer (Java) to join an international team supporting European institutions.

You will develop and maintain the back-end of business-critical applications, from APIs and business logic to data storage and security. Working within a multicultural environment, you will collaborate with front-end developers, project managers and national authorities to ensure secure, scalable and high-quality software.

Qualifications

• Develop back-end web applications and core business logic.
• Design secure APIs and integrate with front-end components.
• Apply security best practices in authentication/authorisation and data storage.

Responsibilities

• Develop back-end web applications and implement core business logic
• Design and develop secure APIs and integrate them with front-end components
• Design and implement data storage solutions
• Apply security best practices: authentication, authorisation, secure APIs, logging and monitoring
• Optimise applications for speed and scalability
• Resolve incidents by fixing bugs and applying data patches
• Write unit and integration tests and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines
• Configure cloud services for back-end functionality (e.g. serverless functions, storage, managed Kubernetes)
• Analyse logs, data and code to troubleshoot problems and propose improvements
• Write technical documentation and keep Confluence and Jira up to date

Skills

Back-end development

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate/JPA

SQL databases

REST API development

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Docker

AWS

Azure

Security practices

International environment

English (C1)

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science/Informatics or Electronic Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Informatics or Electronic Engineering

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Ayesa Digital in Brussels is seeking an experienced Back-end Software Engineer (Java) to join an international team supporting European institutions.

You will develop and maintain the back-end of business-critical applications, from APIs and business logic to data storage and security. Working within a multicultural environment, you will collaborate with front-end developers, project managers and national authorities to ensure secure, scalable and high-quality software.