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From our office at IDB Lisbon we deliver application development, architecture, and IT operations for major European organisations, working as an integrated nearshore extension of our clients' teams.\nThis position is with Cronos Europa Portugal: the person contracts directly with us, as an employee or as a B2B contractor, joins our Lisbon team and is assigned to a long-term client engagement.\nAbout the client\nA major European organisation operating mission-critical aviation systems\nThe client's engineering teams work closely with its functional experts to make European aviation safer and more efficient. They build a wide variety of data-driven solutions that combine operational expertise, technical expertise and uniquely valuable European aviation data.\nThe solutions run mainly on Microsoft Azure and are deployed through Azure DevOps pipelines. Teams follow SAFe / Agile. AI-assisted development is part of how the teams work, and the client values demonstrated experience over familiarity with the concepts.\nThe role includes regular work on site at the client in Brussels: about 30 working days per year, typically 5 consecutive working days every 2 months. There is some flexibility in how these days are spread. Candidates must accept this from the start.\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for senior Backend Developers to join one of the client's development teams and build and run the services behind its solutions.\nThe current stack is Java and Spring Boot, running on Microsoft Azure and deployed through Azure DevOps.\nThe shape of the profile\nA senior Java / Spring Boot engineer who designs, builds and runs services in production - and closely matches every technical requirement below.\nThe client prefers full stack developers. Backend candidates are considered when they are strong and match the technical requirements closely: Java and Spring Boot, Azure and Azure DevOps, PostgreSQL and Oracle, and several architectural styles.\nKey Responsibilities\nBUILD\nDesign and build backend services and APIs\nIntegrate with other systems through well-defined contracts\nDesign and evolve the data model for each solution\nENGINEERING PRACTICE\nApply clean code, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment\nTake part in design and code reviews\nRUN\nRun your services in production: monitoring, alerting, incident response\nWORKING IN THE TEAM\nRefine requirements with the Product Owner and functional experts, and assess technical feasibility\nReview requirements, challenge assumptions when needed, and raise concerns about feasibility or clarity\nRequirements\nMANDATORY\n5+ years building production backend services with Java and Spring Boot\nStrong software design and enterprise integration patterns, with the judgement to pick the right one or keep it simple\nExperience with several architectural styles - for example hexagonal, modular monolith, microservices, event-driven\nHands-on Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps\nData modelling and database design - PostgreSQL and Oracle\nSolid delivery practice: automated testing, quality gates, DevSecOps\nExperience in SAFe / Agile teams\nExperience with AI-assisted development, including handling the problems it introduces\nFluent English, written and spoken - see the language requirement below\nSENIORITY\nSenior - minimum 5 years building production backend services with Java and Spring Boot.\nLANGUAGE - HARD REQUIREMENT\nFluent English, written and spoken, is mandatory - C1 is the level we are aiming for. 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