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# Mid Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Fmit Technologies S.l.
- **Location:** Málaga, Spain (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Unit Testing, Software Quality, Databases, Data Integrity, PostgreSQL, Query Optimization, Cloud Platform System, Backend, Fastapi, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/e3a0ab82eae351743942e817800f7ed07

## About the Role

* Solid hands-on experience with Express, FastAPI, or Fastify, and designing scalable backend services.
 * Strong PostgreSQL skills, schema design, query optimization, data integrity.
 * Experience with Kafka or similar for asynchronous, service-to-service communication.
 * Comfortable working across dev, staging, and production environments.
 * You write clean, testable code, and you're just as comfortable reviewing someone else's., * Prior experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers.
 * Exposure to cloud environments and deployment support.
 * A track record of proposing system or process improvements, not just executing them.

## Description

As a Mid Backend Software Engineer, you'll independently design, build, and optimize backend systems, not just implement tickets. You'll help shape scalable architecture, keep code quality high, and act as a technical reference point for junior engineers on the team. This is a role for someone who's past needing guardrails and ready to help set them for others., * Design scalable backend systems with maintainability and performance in mind.

 * Contribute to the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines.
 * Develop unit tests and automate workflows to keep code quality high.
 * Act as a technical reference for junior engineers - guidance, not hand-holding.
 * Document backend systems so the whole team can build on them, not just you.
 * Collaborate cross-functionally to improve APIs and database systems.


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