Java Backend Developer

Ovyo; Portugal; Teletrabalho; EUR 45 000 - 60 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A technology services company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join their agile Core Platform Engineering team. The role involves designing, building, and optimising large-scale platforms that deliver Video on Demand and Live Events globally. Candidates should have strong Java development skills, experience with AWS, and a solid understanding of relational databases. This is a contract position perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with Java.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining backend services.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and software design patterns.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, maintain, and optimise backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with product, QA, and DevOps in agile teams.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and best practices.

Conhecimentos

Strong commercial experience with Java 11+

Solid experience with relational databases

Strong understanding of software design principles

Experience working with event-driven architectures

Experience building RESTful APIs

Experience with automated testing

Ferramentas

AWS

Docker

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Talent Acquisition Specialist at Ovyo – Hiring video, satcoms and telcoms professionals across the world

Location: Remote

About Ovyo:

Ovyo is a B2B services company providing flexible Engineering team & talent services to the streaming (video/media), satellite and comms industries. In 2024, we merged with The Loop co., a Portuguese software services company, so we now boast over 250 Engineers across the different locations (UK, India, Portugal, South Africa, Brazil, US and eastern Europe). At Ovyo, our people build the platforms that shape the way the world watches video and connects, working on a mix of long-term customer engagements and shorter consulting projects, quickly fast tracking their experience within the industry, and their career.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our multidisciplinary, agile Core Platform Engineering team. You will play a key role in designing, building, and optimising a large-scale platform that delivers Video on Demand and Live Events to users worldwide.

The platform is built on Java-based, event-driven microservices and RESTful APIs running on AWS, and the team are solving complex, high-scale engineering challenges every day. This role suits someone who thrives in a fast-paced, technically demanding environment and takes real ownership of the systems they build.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain and optimise backend services and APIs
• Develop and operate event-driven microservices running on AWS
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, performance and security
• Collaborate closely with product, QA and DevOps in agile delivery teams
• Create and maintain automated tests (unit & integration)
• Take ownership of features and services from design through to production
• Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering best practices

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Java 11+
• Solid experience with relational databases (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL)
• Strong understanding of software design principles & design patterns
• Experience working with event-driven architectures
• Experience building RESTful APIs (JAX‑RS, Dropwizard, Spring Boot or similar)
• Experience with automated testing (unit & integration)

Nice to Have

• AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB)
• Docker & containerised workloads

To apply for the role or for more information get in touch with the team at Ovyo at [e-mail]

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Contract

Job function: Information Technology, Consulting, and Other

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Technology, Information and Media, and Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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