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).
Java Backend Developer — Microservices & Cloud APIs
Dellent is hiring an experienced Java backend developer to design and build microservices for Checkout, MyAccount and ODR Processing, owning features end to end from architecture and implementation through testing, review and deploy. Core stack: Java, Keycloak/Okta, REST & GraphQL with OpenAPI, AWS SQS and Solace events, SonarQube and Snyk.
Senior Java Backend Developer – P&L Systems
Senior Java backend developer on a bank Risk-department project to modernize the platform that loads, certifies, and publishes the bank's P&L results. Day-to-day work involves Java/Spring Boot services, SQL databases, SingleStore, Kafka, and OpenShift, with automated testing in an Agile/TDD environment.
Hybrid Java Backend Developer - Microservices & IAM
Java back-end developer designing, building, and owning features end-to-end in scalable microservices with API integrations and IAM, on a Lisbon-based project covering Checkout, MyAccount, and ODR processing. Hybrid: 3 days per week in the Lisbon office; residency in Portugal required.
Senior Developer Backend
Senior backend developer at a sleep-health company, designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems for the Nox Cloud platform in Agile teams. Core stack is Java/Kotlin with Spring, Hibernate, and SQL/NoSQL databases, plus production troubleshooting and code reviews.
Java Backend Developer - Junior to Mid | Hybrid Lisbon
Junior-to-mid Java backend developer, hybrid in Lisbon, embedded in an international luxury retail team. Day to day: building and maintaining Java microservices for Checkout, MyAccount and ODR processing, developing RESTful and GraphQL APIs, writing tests, and ensuring code quality with SonarQube and Snyk.
Senior Backend Developer (Java | ELK )
Senior backend developer on a large-scale digital platform in downtown Lisbon (hybrid, 3x/week on-site). Day to day: designing RESTful APIs and backend services in Java (WildFly, EJB, Jakarta), with Elasticsearch as the core search engine, plus GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Redis, and MongoDB in an agile team.
Staff Java Backend Developer
Staff-level backend developer at Mindera designing and building robust, scalable backend systems in Kotlin/Java, owning the technical side of development across the full SDLC in an Agile team, including mentoring juniors. Core stack: Terraform, Kafka, Kubernetes, GraphQL Federation, Azure Cloud, Git and CI/CD, with TDD-driven testing.
Senior Java Backend Developer
Fully remote Senior Java Backend Developer (7+ years) joining an international team on a large-scale project. Day to day is backend engineering with Java, Spring Boot, Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Kafka, Terraform, and GraphQL Federation.
Senior Java Backend Developer
Planck Technologies is hiring a Senior Java Backend Developer in Lisbon (hybrid, 3 days/week onsite) to lead Java microservices work on a global luxury-goods client's Unified Commerce platform. Core focus: IAM architecture (Keycloak, Okta, OIDC), security, code quality tooling, and mentoring junior developers.
Java Backend Developer – Luxury Retail (Hybrid, Lisbon)
Builds and maintains Java microservices and RESTful APIs for luxury retail digital products (Checkout, MyAccount, ODR Processing) at act digital in Lisbon, working hybrid alongside senior engineers, writing tests and applying security best practices. Familiarity with GraphQL, IAM (Keycloak, Okta, OIDC) and DevOps is expected.
Backend go developer in fintech
Senior backend engineer owning Go feature delivery end to end on AWS (Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, RDS) for a fintech: event-driven APIs, PostgreSQL tuning, ADR/HLD documentation, CI/CD, and GDPR/EU AI Act compliance. Mentors juniors and reviews AI-agent (Claude Code) output. Hybrid Lisbon: 2 office days, 3 from home.
Backend Developer (.NET) — Data APIs & CI/CD
Backend Developer (.NET) at Bosch in Lisbon, Portugal, designing and maintaining C#/.NET backend services, APIs, and data solutions. Day to day involves modeling relational databases, building data access layers with EF Core, and working with CI/CD pipelines in Scrum teams.
Backend Developer (.Net) (F/M/Div.)
Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data solutions at Bosch Car Multimedia (automotive electronics), including knowledge graph solutions under a data mesh strategy. Core stack: .NET/C#, Entity Framework Core, SQL Server/PostgreSQL, CI/CD pipelines, and Scrum.
Backend Developer (.NET / APIs / Sistemas Core)
Backend Developer at BiG, a Portuguese investment bank, building and maintaining critical backend services and REST APIs in the Microsoft stack (.NET/C#), working on integrations between internal and external systems, and contributing to architecture, quality and CI/CD best practices for core banking platforms.
Junior Backend Developer - Sports Trading
Junior backend developer building real-time sports trading infrastructure in Lisbon (hybrid): designing and deploying scalable APIs and databases that aggregate odds and liquidity from multiple sportsbooks. Core stack is SQL, Node.js and TypeScript, with Rust and Python as pluses.