Senior Java Software Developer
Summary
Senior Java engineer building and maintaining backend systems with Java 17, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka for a tech recruitment agency.
About Damia:
Damia is a specialist tech recruitment agency in Portugal, focused on technology, product, and engineering roles. We work with funded scaleups, international companies building teams in Portugal, and established tech organisations scaling critical hires.
Our approach is consultative, not transactional. Every mandate runs through a structured methodology, from strategic discovery and talent mapping to curated shortlists and post-hire follow-up, led by senior recruiters who understand the market and the roles they recruit for.
We are part of the Triveris Group ecosystem alongside We Are META and Landing.Jobs, giving us reach across the full spectrum of tech talent in Portugal.
Requirements
- 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
- 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