Java Backend Developer

Decskill; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Decskill is expanding and seeks a Java Backend Developer to join our international team. You will work on automotive IoT projects, building cloud-native microservices, APIs and near-vehicle services with end-to-end ownership across the software lifecycle.

The role requires hands-on experience with Java Spring Boot/Kotlin, RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures, plus cloud services (AWS) and CI/CD. Excellent English communication and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in backend development
• Experience conceiving and implementing complex software solutions in an international context
• Agile and DevOps mindset with focus on quality and architecture

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy and operate customer-facing solutions and internal services on modern cloud infrastructure
• Develop and maintain functionality for truck-related software using agile methodologies
• Create products, prototypes and MVPs for near-vehicle services
• Design, develop and operate cloud-native microservices using serverless functions, containers, RESTful APIs and event streaming
• Take end-to-end responsibility for products and collaborate with other teams to test software as part of the complete system
• Advise teams on backend development in EV area and improve tooling, processes and service quality

Skills

Java backend

Spring Boot

Kotlin

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Kafka/Kinesis/SQS

CI/CD

Serverless/containers

AWS

SQL/NoSQL

Python (Flask)

SAFe/Jira/Confluence

English proficiency

Tools

Git

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people!

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We are looking for an Java Backend Developer!

Responsibilities:

• Working in the context of automotive IoT you will create, test, deploy and run (DevOps) customer-facing solutions and internal services running on modern cloud infrastructure.
• You will develop and maintain functionality for our trucks using agile methodologies, being responsible for integral parts of our technical roadmap.
• You will create products, prototypes and MVPs for near-vehicle services.
• You will design, develop and operate cloud native microservices using serverless functions, containers, RESTful APIs and event streaming.
• Be able to take end to end responsibility for the products you build, working closely with other departments to test your software as part of the complete system.
• Advise your team and other teams on all questions around Backend development in electric vehicle area and work together on continuously improving the service, tooling and processes. Take initiative to solve problems and overcome roadblocks, being the interface between design, technology and user.
• You are a result-oriented individual. Learn new technologies and to solve problems in innovative and pragmatic ways.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 (L2) or 5 (L3) years of experience.
• Relevant experience in the conception and implementation of complex software solutions in an international context. Has an Agile and DevOps mindset.
• Solid experience with Clean Code and Clean Architecture principles as well as common software design patterns. Emphasis on quality, maintainability and usability.
• Familiarity with version control tools such as Git. Experience with SAFe framework is a plus. Experience with Jira and Confluence is a plus.
• Solid experience with backend development in Java (Spring Boot)/Kotlin with focus on RESTful APIs and event driven architecture (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, MQTT). Experience with CI/CD and micro-service architectures, not only using but building it.
• Experience in using and integrating cloud services (preference for AWS), knowing cloud paradigms like Infrastructure- as-Code, PaaS, alerting and monitoring.
• Relevant knowledge of database management systems (SQL, NoSQL) Knowledge of Python (preferably Flask) for rapid prototyping and tooling is also an advantage.
• Very good English skills, both written and spoken.
• High level of self-organization and sense of ownership.
• Proactive in communicating and taking action.
• Curious, likes to investigate and understand how things work.
• Motivated by a strong passion to learn and continuously improve, solving problems in an innovative and pragmatic way.
• Communicate and collaborate with empathy and clarity - you care about supporting those around you.
• Proficiency in English.

What you can expect from us?

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally.
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

Your next challenge might start here.

Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent, based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being