Job Description
About You
You are a Senior Java Backend Engineer with strong experience building scalable, high-performance backend systems within distributed and cloud-native environments. You are passionate about designing reliable architectures, improving platform resilience, and delivering secure, maintainable solutions that support high-volume transactional systems. You bring a proactive and solution-oriented mindset, capable of working across complex microservices ecosystems while balancing scalability, performance, and operational excellence.
You are comfortable navigating modern backend architectures, containerized environments, observability practices, and cloud infrastructure while collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. You thrive in environments where ownership, technical leadership, and continuous improvement are highly valued. You are adaptable, detail-oriented, and capable of mentoring engineers, driving technical decisions, and contributing to architecture and platform evolution initiatives. This position is offered under a
2-month contractor model .



You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience. 6+ years of professional experience in
Java backend development . 2+ years of hands-on experience with
Spring Boot
and
Spring WebFlux . Strong experience designing and maintaining
Microservices architectures
and distributed systems. Solid understanding and practical application of
Hexagonal Architecture (Ports & Adapters) . Proven experience building and optimizing backend applications in high-throughput, low-latency environments. Experience with relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or DynamoDB. Familiarity with distributed caching technologies such as Redis or Memcached. Hands-on experience with
Azure cloud services , including
AKS, App Service, Application

📌 Senior Java Developer (Santa Cruz de Rosales)
🏢 Applaudo Studios
📍 Santa Cruz de Rosales