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# Backend Engineer (Java/Spring Boot)

- **Company:** Spring Spain
- **Location:** Spain
- **Salary:** €60,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, OpenShift, Prometheus, Google Cloud, Grafana, Spring-boot, Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/e28baa7be37ec206c4aced7b73dc89743

## About the Role

1. At least 7 years building and running large-scale backends, with real Java and Spring Boot experience among them. The 7 years don't all have to be in Java or Spring. If you've spent years in another high-level language and know your way around Spring Boot too, that counts. What matters is that you can build and run backends at scale, and also build from scratch.
 2. At least 7 years in cloud-native environments. Microservices, containers (Docker or Podman), ideally Kubernetes or OpenShift.
 3. Experience leading a dev team or being the lead developer. You know how to own a codebase and set the standard, not just follow one.
 4. English at C1 or above. You'll work in it every day.
5.1 You live in Spain, ideally in or near Málaga.
5.2 Or you're a German-speaking native from Austria or Germany, ready to move down here and genuinely excited about it. The sun, the sea, and a young company to help shape. Let's talk., 1. German at B2 or above. Most of our clients are German-speaking, so it's a real edge.

 2. Experience with a hyperscaler like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
 3. Any exposure to observability. OpenTelemetry, the Grafana stack, Prometheus, etc.



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