Back End Lead Developer
Summary
Lead back-end developer at Wellmo, a wellness and health service platform company in Espoo (Otaniemi), Finland. You lead architecture and back-end development, coach the team, and work with Java/Spring, MongoDB, and Node/PostgreSQL in a Dockerized Linux/Kubernetes environment. Hybrid: 2 days onsite.
Wellmo Back End Lead Developer Job Description
At Wellmo, customer experience is at the forefront of everything we do. To help us develop world class services that improve customer experience we are now looking for a new lead back-end developer. You will be responsible for leading architecture and back-end development to provide wellness and health service platform capabilities. If you have a solid background in back-end development and are familiar with Cloud Services, wed love to speak with you.
Objectives of this Role
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Leading back-end architecture and development
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Coaching and guiding team on back-end architecture and development
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Focusing on high quality software, reliability and scalability
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Welcome change as your best friend
Skills and Qualifications
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Ability to learn and understand comprehensive java back-end relatively fast and be productive working with java + spring, morphia, mongodb backend as well as node + postgress on dockerized linux + Kubernetes environment.
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Ability to develop and maintain APIs, use and consume various third party APIs
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Understanding trackers, queues, and authentication methods (Oauth, SAML)
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Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or alternatively versatile experience on the field. A background in healthcare or medical informatics is a plus.
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Proven experience as a back-end development working with small software development teams, preferably in the medical IT sector.
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Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills.
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Understanding of Scrum and Agile methodologies
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Good Interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse team members and stakeholders.
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Familiarity with software development processes and the specific challenges faced in the development of medical IT services and applications.
What we have Java/Jakarta EE, Spring, Jetty, Node.js, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Valkey, RabbitMQ, OpenSearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Packer, Datadog, BitBucket ( & Pipelines), UpCloud, AWS, Azure for back-end React.JS, TypeScript, HTML, CSS on front-end Swift, Kotlin for mobile
Send your application, CV and salary request to recruitment@wellmo.com. Latest 31.10.2026
Start: As soon as possible
Location: Hybrid, 2d onsite Espoo Otaniemi
