JAVA TECH LEAD (HYBRID)

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Summary: Lead architectural decisions, ensure quality, and evolve distributed, scalable, and resilient cloud-native solutions as a Java Technical Lead. Highlights: 1. Lead architectural decisions and ensure solution quality 2. Evolve cloud-native architecture based on microservices and APIs 3. Promote best practices, clean code, and automated testing #### **JAVA TECH LEAD (HYBRID ALFRAGIDE)** Portuguese Company Hiring for a Hybrid Position Location: Alfragide, Portugal * Important: Candidates must already be based in Portugal. Work Model: Hybrid (3 days per week in the office) Language Requirements: Fluent Portuguese \| English minimum B1/B2 * ️ Experience Level: Senior (6\+ years) Contract: B2B Industry: Private Sector Rate: €2,600 – €2,900 RV * Application Instructions: Please submit your CV in English and ensure that it includes all skills and experience relevant to the job requirements. This will significantly increase your chances of success. #### **Your Role** You will act as the project's technical reference, leading architectural decisions and ensuring the quality and evolution of distributed, scalable, and resilient solutions. #### **️ Responsibilities** * Act as the technical focal point, ensuring alignment between architecture and development * Evolve the cloud\-native architecture based on microservices, APIs, and event\-driven systems while maintaining cloud agnosticism * Ensure quality from design through production deployment * Conduct code reviews, promoting best practices, clean code, and automated testing * Manage and prioritize technical debt * Ensure non\-functional requirements such as performance, security, resilience, scalability, and observability * Support high\-availability strategies (active\-active), data consistency, and disaster recovery * Promote and maintain up\-to\-date technical documentation #### **✅ Mandatory Requirements** * Strong experience with Java (recent versions) * Solid experience with Spring Boot (Spring Cloud is a plus) * Proven experience with:Distributed architectures and microservicesEvent\-driven architecturesContainers and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) * Distributed architectures and microservices * Event\-driven architectures * Containers and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) * Knowledge of microservices patterns, including:Circuit BreakerSagaRetriesAPI GatewayService DiscoveryService Mesh * Circuit Breaker * Saga * Retries * API Gateway * Service Discovery * Service Mesh * Experience with messaging and streaming technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, or similar) * Knowledge of:Active\-active topologies and high availabilityDistributed databases (SQL and/or NoSQL)Data consistency models * Active\-active topologies and high availability * Distributed databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) * Data consistency models * Experience with application and API security (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, etc.) * Hands\-on experience with CI/CD and DevOps methodologies * **Nice to Have** * Experience migrating legacy systems to cloud\-native architectures * Knowledge of observability practices (logging, metrics, distributed tracing) and SRE principles * Experience with critical financial systems or payment platforms * Knowledge of standards such as ISO 20022 or SEPA Instant * Certifications in Cloud, Cloud Architecture, or Kubernetes #### **Keywords** Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Microservices, Cloud Native, Event\-Driven Architecture, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps, API Security, OAuth2, Active\-Active, High Availability, Distributed Systems, Observability, Tech Lead, Alfragide, Hybrid \#CL/IG