Senior Backend Engineer (APIs)

parser; España; Presencial; EUR 65.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical insurance

Competitive compensation

Global team

Descripción de la vacante

Parser, a boutique technology services firm, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer in Madrid with 5+ years of software engineering experience and strong JVM/Spring Boot expertise. You will design and evolve distributed backend systems powering end-to-end protection lifecycles, including eligibility, quoting, purchase, and servicing, while collaborating across product, compliance, finance, and partner teams.

The role emphasizes scalable APIs, cloud-native architectures, and a strong operational

Formación

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a Master’s degree.
• Strong backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Proficiency in JVM-based technologies (Java/Kotlin) and Spring Boot.
• Experience designing APIs and integrations between distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures in public or hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of microservices, asynchronous processing, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases and scalable data access patterns.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and production troubleshooting.
• Ability to design maintainable, modular, and testable systems with strong operational awareness.
• Understanding of software design principles, data structures, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience working in agile engineering teams and collaborating across boundaries.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex production environments.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across engineering and business stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using JVM technologies such as Java or Kotlin, and Spring Boot.
• Develop integration layers with third-party insurance and assurance providers.
• Build systems supporting the full Trip Protection lifecycle, including eligibility, quoting, purchase, servicing, claims, cancellations, and refunds.
• Design clean, maintainable, observable, and testable software using sound software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Create APIs and backend workflows consumed by multiple internal and external partners.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design discussions for moderately complex distributed systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, platform, compliance, finance, and partner teams.
• Support production systems through monitoring, debugging, troubleshooting, and operational improvements.
• Participate in code reviews and help guide engineering best practices across the team.
• Contribute to reporting, reconciliation, and operational data flows required to support the business.
• Work closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable platform capabilities across multiple markets and lines of business.

Conocimientos

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

API design

Cloud-native

Microservices

SQL

NoSQL

Observability

Agile teamwork

Communication

Debugging

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree (preferred)

Herramientas

JVM tooling

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Senior Backend Engineer position at Parser, a boutique technology services and consulting firm founded in 2018. Parser helps global organisations solve complex business challenges through digital transformation, product development and AI enablement. We are a fast-growing team of 340+ engineers and consultants across Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, delivering technology-driven outcomes with agility and collaboration.

We work as an extension of our clients’ teams, helping them define the right problems, shape solutions, and create measurable business value through software engineering, AI & data, product development, and customer experience.

How you will impact

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will contribute to the design and evolution of distributed backend systems that power the end-to-end protection lifecycle from eligibility and quoting to purchase, servicing, claims, cancellations, refunds, reporting, and reconciliation. This role focuses on backend/platform engineering around APIs, integrations, scalability, operational excellence, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using JVM technologies such as Java or Kotlin, and Spring Boot.
• Develop integration layers with third-party insurance and assurance providers.
• Build systems supporting the full Trip Protection lifecycle, including eligibility, quoting, purchase, servicing, claims, cancellations, and refunds.
• Design clean, maintainable, observable, and testable software using sound software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Create APIs and backend workflows consumed by multiple internal and external partners.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design discussions for moderately complex distributed systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, platform, compliance, finance, and partner teams.
• Support production systems through monitoring, debugging, troubleshooting, and operational improvements.
• Participate in code reviews and help guide engineering best practices across the team.
• Contribute to reporting, reconciliation, and operational data flows required to support the business.
• Work closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable platform capabilities across multiple markets and lines of business.

What you'll bring to the role

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a Master’s degree.
• Strong backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in JVM-based technologies, where Java and Kotlin are preferred, and Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and building APIs and integrations between distributed systems.
• Experience working with cloud-native architectures in public or hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of microservices, asynchronous processing, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases and scalable data access patterns.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and production troubleshooting.
• Ability to design maintainable, modular, and testable systems with strong operational awareness.
• Understanding of software design principles, data structures, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience working in agile engineering teams and collaborating across organizational boundaries.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex production environments.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across engineering and business stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience in travel, fintech, insurance, e-commerce, or other highly regulated domains.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
• Familiarity with compliance-sensitive systems and operational workflows.
• Exposure to frontend/customer-facing flows is a plus, but this role is primarily backend/platform focused.

Location

• Madrid, Spain: Hybrid model, 3 days per week in the office

You will receive

• The chance to join an organization with triple-digit growth that is changing the paradigm on how software products are built.
• The opportunity to form part of an amazing, multicultural community of tech experts.
• A highly competitive compensation package.
• Medical insurance.

Parser is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to support your participation.

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