Senior Java Engineer

Vigil365 Limited; Portugal; Teletrabalho; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Fully remote

Travel opportunities

Resumo da oferta

Vigil365 Limited in Portugal is seeking an experienced Java Engineer to join a collaborative, agile team delivering Java/Spring Boot and Vue.js solutions. You will contribute across the stack, own features, and influence engineering standards.

This hands-on role emphasizes secure coding, automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with product stakeholders and engineering leadership.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of commercial Java experience
• Frontend exposure with Vue.js or similar
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs
• Experience with automated testing (unit & integration)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Drone)
• Agile environment with short delivery cycles
• Proficient with Git and codebase management
• Focus on code quality, security, and performance
• Experience reviewing code and giving feedback
• Strong problem-solving and ownership mentality
• Clear communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent English communication skills

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services with Java & Spring Boot with frontend exposure
• Write and maintain automated test suites (unit/integration/E2E)
• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and performance
• Contribute to service and feature design discussions
• Debug and resolve issues in distributed systems
• Follow secure coding, CI/CD, source control, and release practices
• Mentor junior engineers to raise quality
• Provide 3rd-line support when required
• Collaborate with leadership to improve ways of working

Conhecimentos

Java

Spring

Vue.js

REST APIs

Automated testing

CI/CD

Git

Agile

Security

Code quality

Ferramentas

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Kustomize

GitHub Actions

Drone

Descrição da oferta de emprego

• Brazil / Portugal - Remote (within locations)

We’re looking for an experienced Java Engineer to join a collaborative, agile engineering team working on Java / Spring Boot / Vue.js solutions. You’ll contribute across the stack, work closely with senior engineers and product stakeholders, and help continuously deliver secure, high-quality software that genuinely makes an impact.

This is a hands-on role with strong ownership, technical depth, and real influence over design and engineering standards.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING:

You will be joining our engineering team and will be a valued member working closely in a collaborative, autonomous, cross-functional team. You will help with the following:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java & Spring Boot, with exposure to Vue.js on the frontend
• Write and maintain a strong automated test suite (unit, integration, and end-to-end)
• Participate actively in code reviews, ensuring quality, performance, and maintainability
• Contribute to service and feature design discussions
• Debug and resolve complex issues in distributed systems
• Follow best practices around secure coding, CI/CD, source control, and release processes
• Coach and mentor junior engineers, raising the overall quality bar
• Provide predominantly 3rd-line support when required
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to continuously improve ways of working

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• 5+ years of commercial experience with Java & Spring
• Experience working alongside a modern frontend framework (Vue.js or similar)
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs
• Solid experience with automated testing (unit & integration)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Drone, similar)
• Comfortable working in Agile environments with short delivery cycles
• Confident using Git and modern codebase management practices
• Strong focus on code quality, security, and performance
• Experience reviewing code and providing constructive feedback
• Strong problem-solving skills and a real ownership mentality
• Clear communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

AWESOME BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience with large-scale, high-performance systems
• Exposure to microservices architectures
• Knowledge of cloud-native development
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize
• Familiarity with event-driven/event-based architectures
• Leadership or mentoring experience

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Be part of our collegial environment where responsibility and authority are shared equally amongst colleagues, and help create our company culture
• A culture in which we don’t criticise failure but ensure we learn from our mistakes
• An Agile environment where your ideas are welcome
• The possibility to grow and experience different projects
• Fully remote
• The possibility of travelling