Senior Backend Engineer - Remote Spain | Pod Owner

PLAYTOMIC; España; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Playtomic seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to build robust APIs and scalable services. You will own domain decisions in a pod, collaborating with product and frontend teams to ship secure, high-performance backend systems.

Strong Java Spring Boot, API design, and distributed systems experience are essential, with a focus on production health and AI-assisted development. Ideal candidates are located in Madrid or can commute occasionally, with a preference for Spain-based remote work.

Qualifications

• Brings experience with designing and maintaining APIs
• Owns end-to-end domain decisions within a pod
• Strong knowledge of web stack, protocols, and DB design
• Experience building scalable backend services in production
• Comfortable with AI tooling and modern coding pipelines

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain APIs and backend services
• Own domain design from technical spec to production health
• Collaborate with product, design, and frontend/mobile teams
• Ensure high performance and secure transactions
• Improve backend quality via reviews, profiling, and best practices

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

API design

System architecture

Distributed systems

Web security

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

MongoDB

MySQL (Aurora)

Kubernetes

Job description

Playtomic seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to build robust APIs and scalable services. You will own domain decisions in a pod, collaborating with product and frontend teams to ship secure, high-performance backend systems.

Strong Java Spring Boot, API design, and distributed systems experience are essential, with a focus on production health and AI-assisted development. Ideal candidates are located in Madrid or can commute occasionally, with a preference for Spain-based remote work.