Software Engineering Jobs in Portugal

There are 356 open Software Engineering jobs in Portugal on freehire right now. 75 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, api and ci-cd.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
EURyear€72,050€75,000€77,50022

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

Most requested skills

  • cloud 49%
  • api 49%
  • ci-cd 43%
  • agile 37%
  • java 35%
  • ai 34%
  • sql 32%
  • aws 26%

How the work is done

  • Hybrid 119 · 33%
  • Remote 67 · 19%
  • Onsite 13 · 4%

Visa sponsorship offered in 57% of the 44 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 153
  • Lead 16
  • Staff 11
  • Junior 6
  • Middle 6
  • Intern 5

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 65
  • 1000+ employees 53
  • 51-200 employees 14
  • 201-500 employees 3
  • 11-50 employees 1

English level

  • C1 77%
  • B2 19%
  • B1 4%

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

356 jobs
Third-Party Job Posts
10 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer

Open 24d RemoteEurope, UKStaff
+3

Lead architecture and hands-on development of AI-powered revenue-intelligence systems for hotels, including pricing engines, demand forecasting, and data pipelines in a remote-first engineering org.

ai api api-design automation aws +18 skills
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Checkmarx
18 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer

HybridEuropeSenior
Portugal

Designs and operates cloud-native microservices with Go/Python, integrating AI-driven features (LLMs/agents) into production systems for a cybersecurity firm.

agentic-ai ai api argocd aws +22 skills
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Nokia
21 hours ago

Junior Software Engineer C++

On-siteEuropeFull-timeJunior
Portugal

The Vision In Nokia, we are building the backbone of global connectivity. As a C++ Software Engineer , you will architect the future of Optical Networks technologies. We operate in a high-trust, international…

ai backbone cpp embedded-systems git +3 skills
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act digital
yesterday

Senior .NET Developer + 9 anos

EuropeSenior
Portugal

Senior .NET Developer building and maintaining C#/.NET backend applications with SQL Server and REST APIs in an Agile/Scrum environment.

agile api csharp dotnet git +4 skills
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bjakcareer
2 days ago

Principal Software Engineer

RemoteAPAC, Europe, North AmericaFull-timePrincipal
+12

Hands-on Principal Engineer owning technical direction and execution for major products and systems (backend, frontend, APIs, databases, infrastructure) at KIRA, a Southeast Asian insurance and financial platform used by millions.

ai api cloud distributed-systems observability +1 skills
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bjakcareer
2 days ago

Lead Software Engineer

RemoteAPAC, Europe, North AmericaFull-timeLead
+12

The Lead Software Engineer will own the technical direction and execution for major financial products, designing scalable systems and writing code while mentoring the engineering team. This hands-on role requires deep expertise in full-stack development and distributed systems to help build next-generation financial applications.

ai api cloud distributed-systems observability +1 skills
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bjakcareer
2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer

RemoteAPAC, Europe, North AmericaFull-timeStaff
+12

Hands-on Staff Software Engineer owning technical direction and execution for major products at KIRA, a mobile-first insurance/fintech platform. Responsibilities span system design, coding, and architecture across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure at scale.

ai api cloud distributed-systems observability +1 skills
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act digital
3 days ago

Lead Salesforce Developer

HybridEuropeLead
Portugal

Lead Salesforce Developer based in Lisbon (hybrid) responsible for end-to-end design, implementation, and unit testing on Salesforce using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning components, and integrations, while leading a team of developers.

apex ci-cd git html javascript +3 skills
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iCapital Network
3 days ago

Software Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Open 79d EuropeFull-timeC-level H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Portugal

Builds and scales backend services for a fintech platform using Scala, Akka, and AWS, while guiding technical decisions and collaborating with product and client teams.

api aws kinesis postgresql rest +1 skills
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iCapital Network
3 days ago

Python Developer

Open 39d APAC, EuropeFull-time H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Builds and deploys Python-based web scraping tools using Playwright and AWS Lambda to extract data from secure portals, handling MFA and CAPTCHAs.

airflow api authentication automation aws +20 skills
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iCapital Network
3 days ago

Software Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Open 79d EuropeFull-timeC-level H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Portugal

Builds and maintains fintech platforms using Ruby on Rails and React, collaborating with product teams to deliver features and fixes.

css cucumber elixir html python +6 skills
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Ryanair
3 days ago

.NET Developer

Open 18d Hybrid

Build and maintain high-performance .NET applications for Ryanair’s travel platform, using C#, microservices, and AWS, while improving payment integrations and customer experience.

agile ai ansible api aws +24 skills
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speechify
3 days ago

Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Lisbon, Portugal

Open 79d EuropeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Portugal

Senior engineer on Speechify’s Core Experiences team building cross-platform SDKs and backend services in Kotlin to power the company’s audio-information product.

api cloud gcp java kotlin
30 000 – 65 000 $
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Continental
3 days ago

Service Owner and Software Developer

HybridEuropeFull-timeSenior
Portugal

Service Owner and Software Developer managing the ContiConnect Service lifecycle—driving ITIL-based service operations, incident/problem/change management, and hands-on Java/Spring Boot feature development and automation.

agile api automation ci-cd confluence +14 skills
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Devoteam
3 days ago

Software Development | .NET Developer

HybridEuropeFull-timeSenior
Portugal

Develop and maintain .NET applications (preferably .NET 6/7/8) with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs/gRPC, Docker/Kubernetes, and Azure cloud integration, collaborating with DevOps, QA, and Product teams.

agile api azure azure-devops ci-cd +16 skills
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Netjets
4 days ago

Software Engineer, Senior (NJE)

RemoteEuropeSenior
Portugal

Senior Software Engineer building full-stack internal applications and microservices on AWS EKS at NetJets, with hands-on DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and integration of AI/LLM capabilities.

agile ai alerting automation aws +28 skills
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anovasolutions
4 days ago

Senior Software Engineer

RemoteEuropeSenior
Portugal

Senior Software Engineer building and operating a real-time IoT telemetry data platform—backend services, data pipelines, and forecasting/anomaly detection—primarily with Python, SQL, and Azure Databricks, using AI-assisted coding tools daily.

agentic-ai ai anomaly-detection api autogen +21 skills
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datadog
4 days ago

Senior Software Engineer - REDAPL Graph Engine

Open 79d EuropeSenior
Portugal

Build and optimize Datadog's referential data platform (REDAPL), a high-scale graph engine tracking infrastructure resources and relationships for observability and security products.

accessibility ai cloud cloud-security data-ingestion +6 skills
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Caixa Mágica Software
4 days ago

Senior Java Developer / Tech Lead

EuropeContractLead
Portugal

Lead the backend architecture for a financial data management system using Java 21 and Spring, ensuring data quality and exposing APIs for reporting insights.

agile api aws ci-cd cloud +11 skills
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Referral Board
4 days ago

Software Engineer II (Networking) - Platform Infra

Open 18d Europe

Build and optimize Elastic’s cloud networking layer (Ingress, DNS, private connectivity) using Go and Kubernetes tooling to scale secure, low-latency interactions with Elasticsearch and Kibana.

accessibility ai aws azure cloud +10 skills
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