Senior Java Developer (Spring Boot/Shopify) - Portugal Full Remote
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Senior Java Developer (Spring Boot/Shopify) - Portugal Full Remote
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Join a global software engineering company known for its people-first, politics-free culture, built on lean principles and self-organising teams. As a Senior Java Developer, you'll own solutions end to end, from design to deployment and production support. You'll mentor fellow engineers and help shape the technical direction of large-scale digital commerce platforms. AI-assisted development is encouraged, and engineering craft is what's valued most.
PROJECT & CONTEXT
You'll work on complex, production-level e-commerce systems built around Shopify integrations and event-driven backend services. Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing and implementing scalable backend services and APIs
- Owning your code through development, deployment and maintenance
- Diagnosing and resolving production issues
- Challenging business requirements to deliver the best outcomes
- Driving adoption of new technologies and contributing to the technology roadmap
- Mentoring the team and conducting technical interviews
Working hours are 08:00–17:00 CET. Occasional national or international travel may be required (0–15%, depending on project needs).
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)
- Solid experience as a Senior Java Developer (Java 17+/21) on complex, production-grade backend systems
- Proven hands-on experience running, maintaining and troubleshooting Shopify integrations in production
- Strong experience with Spring Boot 3.x, building and maintaining scalable services and APIs
- Solid experience designing, developing and maintaining GraphQL APIs
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Must be based in Portugal
- AWS DynamoDB and AWS secrets management solutions (e.g., Secrets Manager)
- Apache Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies in asynchronous, event-driven architectures
- OpenTelemetry and observability practices (monitoring and distributed tracing)
- Experience mentoring engineers and taking part in technical hiring
Compensation: €2,550 – €3,350/month net, depending on experience and seniority level.
Why HumanIT people stay (4.4 Glassdoor, 89% recommend)
- 15th month salary
- Health insurance covering your family
- Birthday off
- Mobility program for digital nomads
- Real work-life balance
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