Java Backend Engineering Lead

Qualifyze; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible schedules

Free drinks at the office

Regular company events

Mentoring and career development

Work from another country up to 3 months a year

Customizable benefits and tax savings

Descripción de la vacante

Qualifyze in Barcelona is looking for a Backend Engineering Lead responsible for managing the backend ecosystem and delivering quality. This role combines technical leadership with management, focusing on backend architecture alignment with product goals.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience with the Java stack and a proven track record in leading backend initiatives across teams. Flexible working arrangements are offered, allowing work from anywhere for up to three months a year, and a customizable compensation plan.

Formación

• Strong experience with Java stack, including SpringBoot and Liquibase.
• Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance.
• Proven ability to lead backend initiatives and mentor senior engineers.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure backend development and architecture consistency and scalability.
• Lead and support backend engineers for effective delivery.
• Drive key people processes, including hiring and performance reviews.
• Identify and resolve systemic delivery or quality issues.

Conocimientos

Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquibase, etc.)

Cross-functional stakeholder engagement

Database modeling and risk analysis

Leading backend initiatives

Architecture definition and adoption

Mentoring senior engineers

Descripción del empleo

• We are looking for Backend engineering Lead who will be responsible for the overall backend ecosystem across the organization, combining people leadership with ownership of backend architecture, standards, and delivery quality
• This role ensures that backend development and architecture is consistent, scalable, and aligned with product, while growing backend engineers and enabling teams to deliver effectively
• The Backend Lead operates in close alignment with the Head of Engineering and Chapter Leads, ensuring all key decisions and initiatives follow the broader engineering vision
• Define and drive the backend vision across teams (architecture, design systems, tooling, standards)
• Ensure consistency in how backend applications are built and maintained
• Own cross-team backend topics
• Make and enforce key technical decisions when alignment is needed
• Lead and support backend engineers, ensuring efficient and impactful delivery of initiatives while driving team engagement, efficiency, and growth
• Raise the bar of backend engineering through running regular 1:1s and performance check-ins, coaching, and clear development support
• Identify skill gaps and drive training, and mentoring initiatives to close skill gaps, improve team capability, and continuously strengthen ways of working
• Own and drive key people processes for the team (in alignment with Tech Leadership), including hiring, onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and compensation cycles, ensuring consistency and quality of execution
• Build a strong backend community (guilds, knowledge sharing, standards)
• Own awareness of department KPIs/goals and drive recommendations for continuous improvement in team performance and execution
• Ensure backend delivery is predictable, scalable, and high quality across teams
• Identify and resolve systemic delivery or quality issues
• Support teams to avoid risky complex backend initiatives
• Align backend work with frontend/data/platform constraints and opportunities
• Act as the main escalation point for backend-related decisions
• Stay close to the codebase through selective PR reviews and architectural guidance
• Contribute to critical or high-risk backend areas when needed
• Guide teams on best practices (testing, performance, accessibility, maintainability)

Benefits

• Truly flexible schedules
• A selection of free drinks at the office
• Regular company events
• Mentoring and career development
• The hotel room is your office - we allow working from another country up to 3 months a year
• Flexible compensation plan - our Edenred and become.1 cards are an open door to customisable benefits and tax savings

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Java stack (SpringBoot, Liquidbase, etc.)
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders
• Solid understanding of Java and Postgres performance, database modeling and risk analysis
• Proven experience leading backend initiatives across multiple teams
• Experience defining architecture and driving adoption at scale
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction