Backend Jobs in Portugal
There are 336 open Backend jobs in Portugal on freehire right now. 219 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, java and cloud.
Most requested skills
- api 63%
- java 57%
- cloud 47%
- ci-cd 45%
- microservices 43%
- rest 40%
- agile 40%
- aws 38%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 113 · 34%
- Remote 68 · 20%
- Onsite 17 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 50% of the 14 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 123
- Middle 14
- Staff 11
- Junior 10
- Lead 7
- Principal 3
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 22
- 501-1000 employees 14
- 51-200 employees 7
- 11-50 employees 2
- 201-500 employees 1
English level
- C1 84%
- B2 16%
Share of the postings that state a required level (at least 20% of this market do).
Software Engineer Backend
Backend engineer building the services and APIs behind Intermedia's Agent Studio, a platform for creating, configuring, deploying, and managing AI agents. Day-to-day work spans microservices, REST APIs, LLM integrations, orchestration, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS/Azure, done remotely from Portugal.
Senior Java Backend Engineer
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Senior Backend Engineer (.NET)
Senior Backend Engineer on LastPass's Commerce team, modernizing and scaling the .NET services, REST APIs, and payment gateway integrations that power LastPass subscription billing and e-commerce worldwide. Core stack: C#/.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, relational databases, Docker, and microservices.
Weekend Backend Engineer
Build and maintain high-traffic microservices for a global sports platform using Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS, with weekend shift rotations.
Senior Back-End Engineer
A backend engineer who designs, develops, and maintains scalable, high-performance Java services and APIs using Quarkus and Spring Boot, while ensuring code quality, optimizing performance, and supporting production incident resolution in a distributed, international team.
Java Back End Engineer
Design, build, and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices for a high-performance payment optimisation platform that processes transactions in near real time. Day to day involves REST/gRPC APIs, event-driven messaging, cloud deployments, CI/CD, and observability while collaborating in agile, distributed teams.
Sr. Software Engineer, Backend
The Senior Software Engineer will develop complex cloud-native applications for the Altium 365 electronics design platform using .NET and microservices. The role involves building scalable infrastructure, data modeling, and implementing AI/ML-powered search capabilities.
Senior Back-End Engineer (Rust / Python / Cloud-Native Robotics Platform)
Company Overview: - A robotics software company building the autonomy platform that powers the next generation of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in large-scale industrial and logistics environments. - Their platform…
AI Backend Engineer
Just Vargas is a human resources consultancy that recruits, trains, accompanies, challenges, and encourages candidates and companies to make the best use of their talents. We are currently looking for a AI Backend…
Java Backend Developer
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Backend Developer C++
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Developer Java backend
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Backend Developer - intern
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Senior Java Backend Developer
Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market. Wire IT's…
Java Backend Developer with Kotlin
Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market. Wire IT's…
Senior Backend Engineer - AI Products
Location: 100% Remote Start date: ASAP Languages: Fluent English (required) Who This Role Is For If youve shipped scalable systems at AI or fintech startups , thrived in VC-backed environments , or built features that…
DEV - BACKEND - SÊNIOR
Build and maintain enterprise applications in C#/.NET, design REST APIs and microservices, and mentor junior developers while ensuring system stability and performance.
Back End Developer - AI Experience
Build and maintain Java/Quarkus backend services and APIs while using AI tools like GitLab Duo and Claude Code to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging.

Senior Backend Engineer
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our backend team at Zerion. This team builds and evolves the backend systems at the core of our products and customer-facing solutions. In this role, you'll design…