Senior Java Spring Developer

If you're passionate about technology and ready for a challenge, join our team of talented individuals and show your technical skills, creativity, and drive for impact.
You'll work with the best in the industry in a supportive, happy, and human-centric environment, making seamless technology. That’s why we were recognized as Best Workplace® in Europe (medium companies), Best Quality of Life Company® and the 2nd Best Great Place to Work® in Portugal by Great Place to Work®. See for yourself by checking our Glassdoor reviews.
What exciting projects will you have to make an impact and work on?
At Imaginary Cloud, our work improves and simplifies people's lives by creating easy and intuitive digital products. Our day-to-day tasks include development, problem-solving, management, and human interaction.
Together, we will drive innovation by creating innovative projects for some of the best companies around the world. You'll be able to grow as you engage with multidisciplinary teams, multiple industries, and projects, overcoming the many challenges that will test and build your skills.
Here's an overview of the technical skills you'll likely have to embark on our team:
5+ years of working experience in Back-end Development with Java.
Deep expertise in the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, REST/gRPC), reactive patterns, and JVM internals (memory barriers, JIT compilation, and Heap management).
Outstanding proficiency in using Agentic AI tools like Cursor IDE and GitHub Copilot to accelerate code development, refactoring, and complex debugging.
C++ Professional working knowledge would be a plus
Solid experience with PostgreSQL, Redis caching layers, and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code.
Daily use of GitLab CI pipelines and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) is second nature to you.
Experience with distributed systems and the monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger) required to keep them healthy.
Outstanding proficiency in writing well-designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.
Fluency in English, both spoken and written.
We seek team members who live in Portugal or are willing and legally qualified to live and work there.
The salary range for this position is 35 310,00€ - 54 400,00€ gross per year
Get to know our tech stack:
Javascript (React.js, Angular.js, Vue.js, Node.js)
C# / .Net
Kotlin
Java Spring
Ruby / Ruby on Rails
Python / Django
Git
SQL (MySQL / PostgreSQL/ MS SQL Server)
Mobile development (iOS, Android, React Native)
Linux / Mac OS - command line
Automated provisioning tools (Docker / Ansible / Capistrano)
Cloud & container orchestration (AWS, Kubernetes)
Testing frameworks (JUnit, Testcontainers)
Observability & monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus)
NoSQL (Mongo, Redis, etc.)
Photoshop / Figma
We want you to feel comfortable here. Get the best of your potential with our benefits:
Salary according to your experience and performance
Paid sick days
Health and dental insurance
Comfort budget
What you get:
A remote-first company
Flexible working hours
Global projects with industry-leading clients
A human-centric culture that values people and empowers them
Informal environment
Team events to share knowledge and celebrate collectively
Mentoring and performance appraisals for solid growth potential
Does this sound exactly like what you’re looking for? Then apply now, and let's get the conversation started!

Work arrangement
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