Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled

Backend Engineer

with strong experience in modern Java, cloud-native development, and building scalable distributed systems. You will work across APIs, messaging platforms, cloud services, and containerized environments to deliver high-performing, resilient backend services.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend services using

Java 17+

. Implement and optimize

REST

and

OpenAPI

-based services. Work with

Kafka

for event-driven and streaming architectures. Develop microservices with

containerization

,

Azure

, and modern cloud patterns. Use

SQL & NoSQL databases

efficiently for scalable data access. Implement reliable testing using

Test Containers

. Contribute to CI/CD workflows using

GitHub Actions

. Work with

GraphQL (GQL)

endpoints where required. Ensure strong observability via monitoring and logging frameworks (Dynatrace experience is a bonus). Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, production-grade systems.

Requirements

Must Have

Strong hands-on experience with

Java 17+

. Experience building modern APIs (

REST / OpenAPI

). Good understanding of

containerization

(Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with

Kafka

. Knowledge of

SQL and NoSQL

databases. Experience with

Gradle

as a build tool. Hands-on experience with

Azure Cloud

services. Working knowledge of

GitHub Actions

, CI/CD. Familiarity with observability tools (logs, metrics, tracing).

Nice to Have

Reactive Programming

experience (Project Reactor, RxJava). Experience with

Test Containers

. Experience with

GraphQL (GQL)

. Exposure to

Dynatrace

or any enterprise observability platform.

Benefits

Why Join Mindera?

Work in a collaborative, engineering-driven culture. Opportunity to work with modern tech stacks and cloud-native solutions. Remote-first flexibility with a global mindset. Build meaningful, scalable technology for enterprise-grade clients.

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.


Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.


We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.


You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.


Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.


We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.


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Our offices are located: Aveiro, Portugal | Porto, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India