Damia Group
Senior Software Engineer (TechOps)
Lisbon
We're currently hiring a Senior Software Engineer (TechOps) to join an amazing team
About the company: It helps companies achieve scalable growth by combining proven IT expertise with world-class talent acquisition strategies. With nearly two decades of industry experience and operations in over 20 countries, Inscale specializes in building dedicated tech teams.
Their approach is rooted in deep market understanding, rigorous analysis, and a commitment to long-term success for both clients and talent. By delivering turnkey solutions aligned with each client’s goals, they continue to be a trusted partner in driving innovation, growth, and operational excellence across the tech industry.
Their approach is rooted in deep market understanding, rigorous analysis, and a commitment to long-term success for both clients and talent. By delivering turnkey solutions aligned with each client’s goals, they continue to be a trusted partner in driving innovation, growth, and operational excellence across the tech industry.
About the role: The Java team is responsible for building and maintaining a diverse portfolio of in-house applications. As a Senior Java Engineer, you will work with cutting-edge technologies and play a key role in designing scalable, flexible software architectures. You will also contribute to driving best practices in code quality, testing, and distributed systems.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a Senior Java Engineer, taking full ownership of complex technical tasks and ensuring effective stakeholder collaboration;
- Lead the design and implementation of backend solutions using Java and Spring Boot, with a strong emphasis on performance, scalability, and reliability;
- Support production environments by handling incidents (L3 support), performing root cause analysis, and facilitating postmortems;
- Coordinate and estimate your work, ensuring alignment with technical strategy and team goals;
- Contribute actively to software development within the support team, including product breakdown and agile delivery processes;
- Guide technical discussions and decisions, mentor peers, and promote best practices within the team;
- Proactively plan and manage your personal and professional development in alignment with the team lead;
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver stable, high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is mandatory;
- Over 6 years of professional experience in Java software development;
- 5+ years of solid experience with Spring Boot;
- Strong experience with SQL databases;
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems and concurrency;
- Experience writing clean, testable code with a focus on software architecture;
- Strong communication skills, proactive problem-solving mindset, ability to work well under pressure, manage priorities independently, and mentor others;
- Experience with Cloud Native development, Kafka event streaming, Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration, and hands-on Test Driven Development (TDD) is a plus.
Soft Skills:
- Proactive and solution-oriented mindset;
- Ability to remain calm and make sound decisions under pressure;
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability;
- Comfortable challenging the status quo and improving processes;
- Strong time management and priority-setting skills;
- Willingness to mentor others and support knowledge sharing;
- Sees collaboration and help-seeking as strengths;
- Brings a support-focused mindset to engineering work.
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