Senior Java Developer

• Maintain and evolve mission-critical backend data platforms used across multiple healthcare products and teams.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot.

• Build and support microservices, REST APIs, and data integrations across a distributed platform ecosystem.

• Drive platform modernization initiatives and contribute to the evolution towards a more scalable and centralized architecture.

• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, Product Owners, architects, and other stakeholders to deliver robust technical solutions.

• Identify architectural risks, scalability bottlenecks, and operational challenges, proposing improvements and influencing technical decisions.

• Contribute to engineering excellence through CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, and technical documentation.

• Improve platform observability, reliability, and operational efficiency through metrics, logging, monitoring, and debugging practices.

• Support multiple teams by building platform capabilities that enable product development at scale., * Technical Exercise - A Java backend exercise reviewed by our backend engineering team, focused on architecture, code quality, and problem-solving.

• Technical Interview - Meet the engineering team, discuss the technical exercise, and explore the role and tech environment in depth.

• Final Interview with the client - A conversation with the principal technical architect of the data platform team.

Do you have experience in Scrum?, * Strong experience as a senior Java backend developer.

• Solid hands-on experience with Spring Boot and microservices.
• Strong grasp of REST APIs, integration patterns, and service-to-service communication.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Experience in cloud environments, ideally AWS.
• Good understanding of CI/CD and tools like GitHub Actions.
• Ability to write clean, testable code and contribute to code reviews.
• Experience with automated backend testing (unit, integration, API).
• Comfortable in complex ecosystems with multiple services and stakeholders.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in non-trivial environments.
• Agile/Scrum experience and collaborative mindset.
• Fluent in professional English.
• Ownership mindset, proactive, clear communicator, adaptable.

Nice to have:

• Healthcare, digital health, or regulated environment experience.
• Deeper AWS
• Datadog or similar observability tools.
• Docker and containerized environments.
• Maven, OpenAPI/Swagger, contract-first development.

• Flexible Work & Work-Life Balance: enjoy options to balance work and personal life, including every other Friday off.
• 100% remote work, based in Barcelona, with occasional (non-mandatory) meetups in client sites
• Seniority Program: additional benefits and privileges as you grow with the company.
• Social & Team Budget: Even though we primarily work remotely, we encourage team gatherings and activities, with a dedicated budget.
• Continuous Learning: training, mentorship and an annual professional development budget
• Health and wellness benefits, including private health insurance and gym subsidy

Nuvolar is a global technology consulting company with over 14 years of experience delivering IT solutions, cloud-based platforms, and mobile and web applications for complex industries like pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and consumer goods, including Salesforce-powered projects. At Nuvolar, people come first. We're a multicultural team of more than 100 professionals who thrive on collaboration, continuous learning, and mutual support. We believe great technology is built by people who feel valued , so we foster an environment where diversity, flexibility, and personal well-being are as important as technical excellence.