Staff Java Backend Engineer (Cloud Integration)
About the Role
We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Backend Engineer with deep expertise in Java backend development and cloud-based integrations.
This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can design and build scalable, integration-heavy systems, while also influencing technical direction, improving engineering practices, and collaborating across teams.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in complex enterprise environments, driving solutions through technical credibility, strong problem-solving, and stakeholder collaboration.
⚙️ Key Responsibilities
🔹 Backend Development & Technical Leadership
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based backend services using frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Security
- Build scalable and secure REST APIs and microservices architectures
- Lead implementation of business logic, validation, and data access layers
- Drive adoption of best practices, code quality standards, and engineering excellence
- Perform code reviews, mentoring, and technical guidance for team members
- Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and reliability
🔹 Integration & Distributed Systems
- Design and implement integration-heavy solutions across multiple systems and platforms
- Work with event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar technologies)
- Handle API-based and message-based integrations
- Build resilient systems with error handling, retries, monitoring, and observability
🔹 Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Develop and operate applications on cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)
- Drive cloud-native architecture and modernization initiatives
- Work with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
🛠 Required Technical Skills
✔ Java & Backend
- Strong proficiency in Java (11 or above)
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem
- Deep understanding of:
- Microservices architecture
- REST API design
- Multithreading & concurrency
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Azure SQL)
✔ Cloud Integration (Learnability Required)
- Candidates with experience in any cloud platform (AWS / GCP / Azure) are welcome. However, they must demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and apply Azure integration services, as Azure will be the primary platform.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)
- Strong understanding of API-based and message-based integrations
- Ability to ramp up on the following Azure services within ~3 months:
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure Functions
- Azure API Management (APIM)
- Azure Key Vault
- Strong understanding of JSON, XML, and HTTP protocols
✔ Security
- Experience with OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect
- Knowledge of secure API design and authentication/authorization
- Experience with managed identities and secure secret handling
🎓 Certifications (Good to Have)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
🤝 Key Competencies
- Strong technical leadership and ownership mindset
- Ability to influence technical decisions across teams
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience working in complex, integration-heavy environments
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus, subject to company performance
- Access to Udemy online training and opportunities to learn and grow within the role
About Mindera
At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.
Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.
We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.
You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.
Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.
We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.
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Our offices are located: Aveiro, Portugal | Porto, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India
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