Senior Backend Engineer

Livo; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A healthcare technology company in Barcelona is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build their next-generation Shift Work Planner. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of software engineering experience with expertise in Java/Kotlin, cloud technologies, and database management. You will design systems to support over 50,000 healthcare professionals, ensuring efficient scheduling and resource allocation. Competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Formación

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years at senior level.
• Experience in designing and shipping backend systems.

Responsabilidades

• Contribute to the scheduling platform ensuring efficiency.
• Build backend systems that handle complex workflows.
• Implement predictive staffing features.

Conocimientos

Software engineering experience

Backend expertise (Java/Kotlin)

Database management (MySQL/PostreSQL)

Cloud expertise (AWS/GCP)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Full-stack familiarity (React, TypeScript)

Problem-solving skills

Herramientas

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Descripción del empleo

Your Mission

Join Livo as a Senior Backend Engineer and help reinvent how healthcare systems plan and deliver care. You’ll play a key role in building our next-generation Shift Work Planner — the engine that will empower 50,000+ healthcare professionals and 200+ facilities to coordinate care more fairly, flexibly, and efficiently.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll design and ship systems that solve challenging problems in scheduling and workforce management — working closely with product, design, and operations to deliver solutions that make a real-world impact.

What You’ll Build

• Intelligent Workforce Orchestration: Contribute to the scheduling platform that balances fairness, compliance, and efficiency at scale.
• Scalable Infrastructure: Build Backend systems that handle complex constraints, real-time availability, and multi-country healthcare operations.
• Predictive Staffing & Optimization: Implement features like demand forecasting, gap alerts, and float pool planning.
• AI-Driven Matching: Work on integrating algorithms that optimize staff allocation and reduce burnout.
• Cross-Platform Integration: Ensure seamless workflows across Livo Marketplace, Internal Scheduling, and Offers.

Your Profile

Technical Expertise

• 6+ years software engineering experience, including at least 2 years at senior level.
• Strong Backend expertise (Java/Kotlin) with services and API design.
• Advanced experience with databases (MySQL/PostreSQL), including modeling for complex workflows and optimization queries.
• Experience with constraint-solving, scheduling, or logistics systems is a big plus.
• Cloud expertise (AWS/GCP) and experience scaling systems for thousands of users in real time.
• Strong infrastructure as code experience using Terraform to manage and provision cloud resources.
• Full-stack familiarity (React, TypeScript) to collaborate effectively on UX is a big plus.
• Curiosity and ability to apply modern AI tools (including large language models) to real-world product challenges such as intelligent matching, forecasting, and workflow automation.

Engineering Practices

• Proven track record of building and maintaining high-quality, scalable software systems.
• Strong testing mindset with experience in:
  • Writing comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Test-driven development (TDD) practices
  • Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
  • Performance testing and monitoring
• Experience with code quality tools, static analysis, and security scanning
• Track record of improving system reliability through observability and monitoring
• Demonstrated ability to establish and enforce coding standards and best practices

Mindset

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to deliver business value through engineering.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, high-growth environments; proactive and ownership-driven.
• Effective communicator who can collaborate across product, design, and engineering.