Senior Java Software Developer

At Damia Group Portugal (Permanent), in Lisbon, Portugal

Expires at: 2027-05-12

Remote policy: Partial remote

About the company:

Damia Group is an international tech recruitment agency with 3 decades of experience. Our arrival in Portugal, 7 years later, was set on a mission to transform IT recruitment experiences and, through them, achieve better results. We believe in long-term relationships with a transparent and relaxed mindset. In a short period, we have reached the hearts of both scale-ups and larger organisations by delivering spot-on curated candidate shortlists, increased job offer acceptance rates and shorter time-to-fill.

Main requirements

About the role: The Java team is responsible for building and maintaining a diverse portfolio of in-house applications. As a Senior Java Engineer, you will work with cutting-edge technologies and play a key role in designing scalable, flexible software architectures. You will also contribute to driving best practices in code quality, testing, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain backend systems using Java 17 and Spring Boot

Leverage modern tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Apache Kafka for deployment and scalability

Design and interact with relational databases (SQL) to support robust data-driven applications

Utilize CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native services to streamline development and deployment workflows

Contribute to system architecture design and participate in strategic technical decisions

Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and define effective technical solutions

Perform code reviews and implement automated testing to ensure high-quality, maintainable code

Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance application performance, scalability, and reliability

Mentor junior developers and foster a collaborative, knowledge-sharing team culture

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Requirements:

A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is mandatory

Over 6 years of professional experience in Java software development

5+ years of solid experience with Spring Boot

Strong experience with SQL databases

Deep knowledge of distributed systems and concurrency

Experience writing clean, testable code with a focus on software architecture

Strong communication skills, proactive problem-solving mindset, ability to work well under pressure, manage priorities independently, and mentor others

Experience with Cloud Native development, Kafka event streaming, Docker, and Kubernetes container orchestration, and hands-on Test Driven Development (TDD) is a plus