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Software Engineering Jobs in Portugal

There are 700 open Software Engineering jobs in Portugal on freehire right now. 245 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, api and ci-cd.

Salary

Currency	Period	25th	Median	75th	Postings
EUR	year	€72,050	€72,050	€79,750	28

From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.

Most requested skills

cloud 49%
api 45%
ci-cd 41%
java 39%
agile 36%
ai 35%
sql 31%
python 28%

How the work is done

Hybrid 206 · 29%
Remote 112 · 16%
Onsite 18 · 3%

Visa sponsorship offered in 52% of the 33 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

Senior 262
Lead 39
Principal 18
Staff 15
Middle 12
Junior 10

Who is hiring

1000+ employees 83
501-1000 employees 39
51-200 employees 6
201-500 employees 3
11-50 employees 2

English level

C1 82%
B2 14%
B1 4%
C2 1%

Share of the postings that state a required level (at least 20% of this market do).

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Java Developer

NewBe an early applicant RemoteEuropeFull-time

Remote Java Developer (based in Portugal or Brazil) at Wire IT, an IT consulting firm. Day to day you build and maintain Java applications on the Java EE stack — JSF/PrimeFaces, JPA/Hibernate, EJB, CDI, and Java Swing — working in Agile teams with SVN and SQL.

Agile Hibernate Java JPA SQL +1 skills

Staff Software Engineer

Open 43d RemoteAPAC, Europe, North AmericaFull-timeStaff

The Staff Software Engineer will lead technical direction and execution for major products and systems, working hands-on with backend, frontend, and infrastructure. This role involves designing scalable systems, mentoring engineers, and driving critical engineering initiatives in a distributed, global environment.

API Cloud Distributed Systems Observability Prototyping

Principal Software Engineer

Open 43d RemoteAPAC, Europe, North AmericaFull-timePrincipal

The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical direction and execution for major products, designing scalable systems and remaining hands-on with coding and architecture. This role involves driving engineering initiatives, mentoring team members, and solving complex production problems in a distributed, international environment.

API Cloud Distributed Systems Observability Prototyping

Lead Software Engineer

Open 43d RemoteAPAC, Europe, North AmericaFull-timeLead

The Lead Software Engineer will own technical direction and execution for major products, designing scalable systems and writing code while mentoring engineers. This hands-on role requires deep expertise in backend, frontend, and distributed systems to solve complex engineering problems.

API Cloud Distributed Systems Observability Prototyping

Systems Engineer (Linux & Windows)

NewBe an early applicant RemoteAfrica, Europe, UKFull-time

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Systems Engineer (Linux & Windows) based in Ireland. We are looking for an…

Active Directory AI Cloud Envoy Gdpr +7 skills

.Net Developer

NewBe an early applicant RemoteAfrica, APAC, Europe, LATAM, MENA, North America, UKContract

A contract-based .NET Developer role based in India, working remotely to build, maintain, and support web applications, RESTful APIs, and backend services using C#, .NET, and ASP.NET Core. The role combines hands-on development with production support, troubleshooting, and CI/CD collaboration alongside DevOps and QA teams.

AI API Automation Azure Azure DevOps +10 skills

Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Discovery

NewBe an early applicant On-siteEurope, UKSenior

Senior software engineer on Cloudflare's Emerging Technologies & Incubation team, serving as a technical anchor for Agentic Discovery: architecting high-throughput edge services that make websites readable, discoverable, and callable for AI agents (MCP/WebMCP), writing specs, and mentoring engineers. Hybrid role based in Lisbon or London.

Agentic AI AI API Data Pipelines DNS +6 skills

66K – 91K €

Software Engineer, Agentic Discovery

NewBe an early applicant On-siteEurope, UK

Software engineer on Cloudflare's Agentic Discovery team (Lisbon or London, hybrid) building the services, protocols, and developer tools that let AI agents discover, read, and safely interact with websites. Day-to-day spans edge infrastructure, data pipelines, and standards like MCP/WebMCP, using distributed systems, HTTP/proxies/caching, and Rust or TypeScript.

Agentic AI AI Analytics API Cloud +8 skills

54K – 75K €

Mid/Senior Java Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant EuropeSenior

Mid/Senior backend engineer at Revolut in Portugal building mobile APIs and microservices for business-critical systems like risk management, fraud detection, and payment processing. Stack centers on Java 17/21, GCP, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and Redis, with TDD, DDD, and CI/CD practices.

API CI/CD GCP Grafana Java +9 skills

Gebit Solutions GmbH

Senior Java Developer — Impactful Retail Tech, Lisbon

NewBe an early applicant HybridEuropeSenior

Senior Java developer in Lisbon building software that helps millions of people shop efficiently. Day to day: working in agile, hybrid teams on a modern Java stack — Java SE/EE, UML design, REST/gRPC services, and automated testing with JUnit 5 and Mockito.

Agile gRPC Java JUnit Mockito +1 skills

Gebit Solutions GmbH

(Senior) Java Developer (f/m/d)

NewBe an early applicant HybridEuropeFull-timeSenior

Senior Java developer at GEBIT Solutions in Lisbon building IT systems for leading retail companies. Day to day: designing software with modern Java (SE/EE) and UML, building web/mobile services with REST, gRPC and Dart/Flutter, testing with JUnit 5 and Mockito, and collaborating in small Scrum teams with hybrid, flexible work.

Agile Dart Flutter gRPC Java +4 skills

act digital EMEA - Alter Solutions

Java Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant HybridEurope

A senior Java developer (7-8 yrs) builds a Middle Office application from scratch for a global investment bank, managing client trade limits and exposure. Day-to-day: backend and frontend work with Java 8-21, Spring Boot, Angular, and microservices, plus Java 21 migration and mentoring juniors, hybrid (2 days onsite) in Lisbon/Porto.

Agile Angular Java Jira Microservices +3 skills

Software Development Engineer in Test (Windows)

NewBe an early applicant EuropeFull-timeJunior

SDET building automated test frameworks for Windows kernel/driver-level endpoint security software that protects company data on unmanaged and BYOD computers without VDI. Daily work involves Win32 APIs, Windows internals debugging (WinDbg, Process Monitor) and test automation. Pays $7,500/month, based in Portugal.

AI API Automation C++ C# +4 skills

8K – 8K $ / mo

Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant HybridEurope

We are the platform turning browsing into shopping . We connect 200 million shoppers with deals they love while boosting local sales for hundreds of top retailers and brands. We help consumers save time and money while…

Agentic AI AI AWS CI/CD Claude Code +16 skills

Senior Systems Engineer, MCP Server Portals

NewBe an early applicant HybridEuropeSenior

Senior systems engineer at Cloudflare in Lisbon (hybrid) who designs, ships, and operates the globally distributed services behind MCP Server Portals — authenticating users, managing OAuth credentials and sessions, enforcing Zero Trust policies, and proxying MCP traffic across Cloudflare's network. Core work is distributed backend engineering (e.g., TypeScript, Go, Rust) on Cloudflare's Developer

Agentic AI AI API Authentication C++ +11 skills

66K – 91K €

Systems Engineer, MCP Portals

Open 21d HybridEurope

Systems Engineer on Cloudflare's MCP Portals team in Lisbon, building and operating globally distributed services that securely connect AI agents to internal and third-party tools via the Model Context Protocol — handling OAuth/Access authentication, Zero Trust policy enforcement, and MCP traffic proxying on Cloudflare's edge network. Core tech: TypeScript/Go/Rust-class languages, HTTP, distribute

Agentic AI AI API Authentication C++ +11 skills

45K – 62K €

Integration Engineer

Open 37d HybridEurope

Integration Engineer at Shield implements, configures, and maintains the company's SaaS and on-prem compliance platform, taking deployments from handover to go-live and troubleshooting production issues alongside dev teams and customer IT departments. Core stack includes Kubernetes, Argo CD (GitOps), Ansible/Helm/Terraform, Bash/Python, and Prometheus/Grafana.

AI AKS Ansible Automation AWS +18 skills

Web Engineer – React

NewBe an early applicant RemoteEurope, LATAM

SUMMARY: We are looking for a Web Engineer with strong React and Node.js experience to join an engineering team focused on Performance Marketing, Growth and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO). The team builds the…

Agile AI API ChatGPT CSS +8 skills

Onsite System Engineer

NewBe an early applicant RemoteEuropeFull-time

Onsite Service Engineer - Sines At Dell Technologies, we take pride in providing our customers with a quality of service that more than matches the quality of our products. Our Field Service team is integral to making…

Ccna Fiber Firmware Networking

Dell Technologies

Onsite System Engineer

NewBe an early applicant RemoteEuropeFull-time

Onsite Service Engineer - Sines At Dell Technologies, we take pride in providing our customers with a quality of service that more than matches the quality of our products. Our Field Service team is integral to making…

Ccna Fiber Firmware Networking