Long-term B2B Contract | Remote within EU
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Java Tech Lead / Lead Backend Engineer who combines strong hands-on backend engineering with technical leadership and architectural ownership.
You will work on cloud-native, distributed systems, taking ownership of complex technical problems from design through implementation and production. This is a hands-on engineering role: you will actively develop software while helping shape architecture, engineering standards and technical direction across the team.
The environment is best suited to someone who enjoys solving difficult backend and platform problems, working across team boundaries, mentoring other engineers and taking responsibility for the long-term quality, scalability and reliability of the systems they build.
Key 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
- Take ownership of systems throughout their lifecycle, from initial design through production operation
- Identify performance, scalability, reliability and maintainability improvements
- Establish strong engineering practices around automated testing, integration testing and code quality
- Review code and technical designs and provide clear technical guidance to other engineers
- Mentor engineers and help raise engineering standards across the team
- Collaborate closely with Product, Platform and other engineering teams
- Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs and risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Contribute to CI/CD, observability and pr

📌 Lead Backend Engineer (España)
🏢 Salve.Inno Consulting
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