Backend Software Engineer

Accenture; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Food allowance

Flexible work hours

22 vacation days

Remote/Hybrid/Onsite options

Hardware/software for remote setup

Quarterly strategy events

Autonomy and ownership culture

Continuous feedback culture

Job summary

Stratio is hiring a Backend Software Engineer to design, implement and scale server-side services and a vehicle information database. You will work in an agile Software Team delivering robust REST/JSON APIs using .NET Core, emphasizing reliability, performance and cost-efficiency.

The role requires C#, SQL Server expertise, software design knowledge, and fluent English. The position offers remote, hybrid, or Coimbra-office options in Portugal, plus a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or similar relevant fields.
• Strong knowledge of C#.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, particularly SQL Server.
• Knowledge of software design and architecture.
• Understanding of various coding methods and computer languages.
• Knowledge of software development life-cycle processes.
• Reliability and great problem-solving skills, with great attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the specification of new features and improvements, supporting our Product Owner.
• Implement and maintain core services with business logic, serving REST/JSON APIs implemented with .NET Core.
• Design and implement the software architecture to support high availability and horizontal scalability.
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.
• Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment.
• Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.

Skills

C#

SQL Server

Relational databases

Software architecture

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Your contribution to a #zerodowntimefuture

As a Backend Software Engineer, you are responsible for curating the structure of server-side information. This means developing, maintaining and scaling up our platform and our vehicle information database, ensuring its reliability, scalability, performance and cost-effectiveness. Be ready to be part of a highly innovative team, always searching for new technologies and standards to keep improving our technological stack in an agile environment.

You will be part of our Software team, where multiple cross-functional and self-organized teams work together to create robust and innovative solutions that increase the value, efficiency and reliability of our web and mobile applications.

As a Backend Software you will

Participate in the specification of new features and improvements, supporting our Product Owner;

Implement and maintain core services with business logic, serving REST/JSON APIs implemented with .NET Core;

Design and implement the software architecture to support high availability and horizontal scalability;

Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance;

Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment.

Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.

This is what we believe is needed for this role

Strong technical background with a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or similar relevant fields;

Strong knowledge of C#;

Strong knowledge of relational databases, particularly SQL Server;

Knowledge of software design and architecture;

Understanding of various coding methods and computer languages;

Knowledge of software development life-cycle processes;

Reliability and great problem-solving skills, with great attention to detail;

Ability to work under pressure;

Fluency in English.

What we offer

Annual Gross Salary Band for the role: 30,000€ - 40,000€

Food Allowance of 10.20€ per working day;

Health Insurance to you and your children;

Fringe Benefits Policy (for Portugal located workers);

Flexible Work Hours - adjust your schedule to your needs;

22 vacation days, plus up to 3 extra time off days according to your tenure;

Work Setup - remote, hybrid, onsite - if your job can be done remotely, and you prefer to, you’re free to choose;

Hardware and software for a full remote setup;

Quarterly Events to discuss Strategy;

Autonomy and Ownership Culture;

Continuous feedback culture;

Location

This role can be performed Remotely in Portugal, or hybrid/office in Coimbra, Portugal.

Regardless of the arrangement, availability to attend in-person meetings at our Coimbra office is expected when required. A minimum average of once every month should be expected.

What you can expect from the recruitment

Screening call with HR

1st Interview (1h)
HR and Hiring Manager
We want to get to know you better and navigate through your experience, skills and motivation.

Take home code test
Software Team
We will send you a code test for you to work offline. Our Software Team will review it, and it will trigger the technical interview if a good assessment is made.

Technical Interview (1h)
Software Team
Deep dive into the code test outputs. Deep dive into your skills and assessment of your technical knowledge.

Cultural Fit Interview (1h)
Head of People and Director of Engineering
Validate the cultural fit between you and Stratio and make sure you’re the person we’re looking for to help us build a #zerodowntimefuture.

Hiring Proposal

References may be required at any stage of the recruitment process.

AI & Transparency

We use AI-supported tools to help our team through the hiring process, here's how:

AI-assisted CV review: summarizes and suggests points for the hiring team to consider and help the team review applications faster; it does not make or influence hiring decisions.

Profile anonymization: your name, gender, and other personal identifiers are hidden during early screening to avoid bias.

Interview transcription: interviews may be recorded and transcribed to help our team focus on the conversation, with your consent.

Every decision about your application is made by a person from the hiring team. These tools assist our hiring team, they don't replace them.

About Stratio

Stratio delivers condition monitoring and predictive maintenance technology that powers a zero downtime future for transportation.
More than 1.3B people travel each year in vehicles using Stratio’s technology. The distance covered every day is remarkable, equal to 50 full journeys around the planet. Behind the scenes, more than 250 thousand maintenance predictions are generated daily, turning potential failures into planned interventions and keeping services running smoothly.

We want inspiring individuals in our teams, where age, race, gender, sexual orientation, politics and religion do not matter, and seek to create a tolerant and open space for everyone. We thrive to provide an inclusive and trustworthy environment.
You can find our Culture Manifesto and more team information here.
Take the road with us!