Lead Backend Engineer, Java, Python, AWS

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Lead Backend Engineer designing Java, Python, AWS and Kubernetes-based distributed systems. Guiding architecture, reliability and engineering standards for Salve.Inno Consulting’s international opportunities.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop and evolve backend services using Java and modern JVM technologies
  • Remain hands-on with implementation, testing, debugging and production problem-solving
  • Own technical design and architecture decisions for complex backend and distributed systems
  • Design scalable microservices, APIs and event-driven architectures
  • Contribute to services, automation or data workflows using Python
  • Build and operate applications in AWS and Kubernetes-based environments
  • Own systems throughout their lifecycle, from initial design through production operation
  • Identify performance, scalability, reliability and maintainability improvements
  • Establish engineering practices around automated testing, integration testing and code quality
  • Review code and technical designs and provide technical guidance to other engineers
  • Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards across the team
  • Collaborate with Product, Platform and other engineering teams
  • Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Contribute to CI/CD, observability and production-readiness practices

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Excellent, recent hands-on Java development experience
  • Strong experience with Spring / Spring Boot
  • Professional production experience with Python
  • Strong experience designing microservices and distributed systems
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and technologies such as Kafka
  • Strong commercial experience with AWS
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
  • Experience designing and integrating REST APIs
  • Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL
  • Experience with CI/CD and modern software delivery practices
  • Strong automated testing practices, including unit and integration testing
  • Proven experience making meaningful architecture and system-design decisions
  • Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code/design reviews or acting as a technical lead
  • Experience owning complex features or services end-to-end, including their operation in production
  • Strong communication skills and confidence working across teams and with stakeholders
  • Fluent English (C1+)
  • B2B contract engagement

Benefits:

  • Long-term B2B engagement
  • Hands-on role with genuine influence over technical direction
  • Opportunity to work on AI-powered systems used internationally
  • Collaboration with experienced, multidisciplinary engineering teams
  • More than 20 days of paid time off
  • Apple equipment
  • Training and professional-development budget
  • Inclusive, respectful workplace
  • Diversity and inclusion commitment