About the role
Our client is a well-established European software company building a cloud-native Digital Experience Platform used by enterprise organizations, public institutions, and global brands. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java, cloud platforms, and distributed systems to help evolve the next generation of the platform. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building scalable backend services, cloud infrastructure capabilities, APIs, and platform components while contributing to architecture decisions and long-term technical strategy.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop core platform features with a strong focus on cloud services and platform architecture.
- Build and maintain scalable Java-based backend systems.
- Contribute to the evolution of the platform's API ecosystem using GraphQL and REST.
- Drive technical design, implementation, and production support activities.
- Improve code quality, maintainability, and engineering standards through peer reviews.
- Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Engineering teams to deliver reliable solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term platform evolution.
- Help modernize cloud infrastructure, deployment workflows, and platform capabilities.
Tech Environment
- Backend: Java (JDK 17 → 21), Java EE, OSGi (Karaf), JCR/Jackrabbit, Lucene.
- APIs: REST (JAX-RS), GraphQL.
- Frontend: JavaScript / TypeScript, React, TSX, micro-frontends.
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS, OVH, Docker, CI/CD pipelines.
- Architecture: Modular platform, distributed systems, clustered deployments.
- Other: Eventing, caching, workflows, headless CMS architecture.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Strong expertise in Java and JVM-based backend development.
- Experience building and operating cloud-native applications.
- Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and/or GraphQL APIs.
- Proficiency with JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Experience working with modern public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Fluent English communication skills.