Senior Backend Engineer - Hybrid Healthcare SaaS (Java)

UpHill, Lda.; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health insurance

Top-tier equipment — new MacBook + _?

Flexible schedule and hybrid work mode

No-BS culture

Job summary

UpHill, Lda. in Portugal is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team building a decision support SaaS platform for healthcare.

You will design and implement microservices in Java 17 / Spring Boot 3, deploy on AWS, and ensure scalable, secure solutions that improve patient outcomes. You will work autonomously yet collaboratively with product, design, and ops, uphold coding standards, and drive production readiness while maintaining a strong focus on quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher in computer engineering or equivalent.
• Strong backend experience with Java/Spring in production.
• Experience with microservices and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design microservices in collaboration with the architect and define APIs and data models.
• Develop, test, and maintain microservices with Java 17 and Spring Boot 3.
• Contribute to AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment practices.
• Showcase solutions during reviews with clear design decisions.
• Define and uphold coding conventions across the team.
• Own initiatives and deliver end-to-end features.
• Operate autonomously while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Focus on product value and user outcomes.

Skills

Java 17 / Java 11+

Spring Boot 3

Docker

AWS Cloud

Relational SQL

NoSQL databases

Testing (Unit/Integration)

Observability (CloudWatch/DataDog/Prom

Microservices architecture

English fluency

Education

MSc/BSc in Computer Engineering or similar

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Prometheus/OpenTelemetry

CloudWatch

DataDog

Job description

UpHill, Lda. in Portugal is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team building a decision support SaaS platform for healthcare.

You will design and implement microservices in Java 17 / Spring Boot 3, deploy on AWS, and ensure scalable, secure solutions that improve patient outcomes. You will work autonomously yet collaboratively with product, design, and ops, uphold coding standards, and drive production readiness while maintaining a strong focus on quality and