Sr Java Backend Developer

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Job Type:1 Year Fixed Term role

Hybrid: 3 days onsite a week

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We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architectures to design, build, and scale backend systems in a cloud-native environment. The role requires a hands-on engineer who can deliver high-quality services, collaborate across teams, and contribute to architectural and design decisions.

Key skills: Java Coding, AWS, solution Design, logical thinking etc.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and APIs using Java and related frameworks (Spring Boot).
• Build and integrate RESTful web services, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Work on AWS-based cloud infrastructure, supporting application deployment, configuration, and monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with product, frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform bug fixing, and ensure system stability.
• Monitor application health using Grafana and system metrics, proactively identifying performance bottlenecks.
• Follow best practices in code quality, security, and documentation.

Required Skill Set

Programming & Backend Development

• Strong hands‑on experience in Java for backend development.
• Working knowledge of Groovy for scripting and automation.
• Experience with Spring Boot, microservices architecture, and enterprise backend systems.

API & Integration

• Proven experience in designing, developing, testing, and integrating RESTful APIs.
• Good understanding of API security, versioning, and performance optimization.

Cloud & AWS

• Experience working in AWS cloud environments, including services such as:
• EC2, S3, RDS
• Lambda
• Cloud Watch
• IAM
• Understanding of cloud-native architecture and scalable backend systems.

Version Control & CI/CD

• Strong experience with Git for source code management.
• Hands-on expertise in CI/CD pipeline configuration and management using modern tools.

Monitoring & Observability

• Experience with Grafana for monitoring dashboards and observability.

Ability to track system metrics and diagnose performance or availability issues

Contact

brahmi.g@i-q.co

+31 475 7883 89