Team Lead - Senior Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer (Spring Boot)(GCP)

pathway solutions gmbh; London; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer to enhance their backend services and deployment architecture. This role focuses on designing and maintaining robust backend systems using Spring Boot and leveraging Google Cloud Platform for optimal performance. You will be instrumental in driving automation through CI/CD pipelines and ensuring system reliability and security. If you're passionate about backend development and cloud technologies, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience with Java & Spring Boot.
• Strong understanding of REST and GraphQL API design and integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services using Spring Boot 3.
• Optimize and scale the platform using Google Cloud Services.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Google Cloud Platform

REST APIs

GraphQL APIs

DevOps

CI/CD

Problem-solving

Tools

Google Cloud Services

Gitlab CI/CD

Aikido

Orca Security

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend services using Spring Boot 3 while leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services with a focus on DevOps. Your expertise in Java based platform technologies, authentication, API integrations, and cloud infrastructure will be critical in shaping our backend and deployment architecture.

Tasks

• Develop, deploy and maintain backend services using Spring Boot 3.
• Work with Google Cloud Services (such as Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Secret Manager, Logging API, Monitoring, Load Balancing) to optimize and scale our platform SaaS solution.
• Ensure system reliability, observability, and performance through logging, monitoring, and DevOps best practices.
• Drive further automation and improvement of our Gitlab CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes and infrastructure landscape.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments.
• Monitor and address security related issues through tooling like Aikido and Orca Security.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with Java & Spring Boot
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly Compute Engine, CloudRun, Monitoring, Logging API and Load Balancing.
• Strong understanding of working with REST and GraphQL APIs, both designing them and consuming third-party API integrations (e.g., Shopify API, Stripe API).
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with MySQL, or other relational databases and NoSQL storage solutions
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ).
• Experience working in a SaaS environment.