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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Java Developer - **Company:** CodeGuild - **Location:** Rotterdam, Netherlands (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €7,035.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Software as a Service, NoSQL, Software Engineering, Kotlin, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Docker - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.codeguild.nl/en/software-developer-jobs-netherlands/senior-java-developer-rotterdam-1027875#apply ## About the Role * 4+ years of professional experience in backend engineering * Professional experience with Java, Kotlin, or Scala * Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka is a plus * Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes is a plus * Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure is a plus * Experience running NoSQL databases (Cassandra) is a plus * Experience handling large-scale data is a plus * A completed technical Bachelor's or Master's degree is a big plus ## Description * Do you want to make a direct impact on global sustainability by joining a fast-growing tech scale-up? * Would you love to be the right-hand person to the CTO and take full ownership of the further development of their mission-critical platform? * Do you want to be part of a technically intensive environment where you and your colleagues solve a highly tangible and complex global problem through large-scale data challenges? * How about working in an inspiring office near Rotterdam Central Station alongside highly intelligent, high-performing engineering colleagues? Read on! This is the job for you! Your Employer: Groundbreaking Technology Enabling Data-Intensive Assets to Make Radically Better Decisions This highly ambitious, technically advanced, and fast-growing SaaS product company is one of a kind. Here, some of the brightest engineering minds each with decades of experience in building successful software products come together to simplify extreme complexity. Led by visionary technical management with a strong track record of building successful software and tech companies. You will empower the most critical environments in our global infrastructure such as energy and agriculture to make radically better decisions. What is complex becomes extremely simple and intuitive for the user, thanks to hardcore software engineering under the hood. In this way, you contribute disruptively and directly to the sustainability of the world. You'll be part of a high-performance tech culture with highly educated and experienced engineering colleagues, built on innovation, freedom, responsibility, autonomy, and a deep passion for product development. All your colleagues are tech enthusiasts like yourself, with a mindset of "automate as much as possible!" Joining now means making a significant impact on the further development of their mission-critical platform, shaping the organizational growth, and the opportunity to receive stock options., As a Senior Java Developer in Rotterdam, you, alongside the CTO and your elite engineering squad, will take full ownership of the continued development of their advanced high-load SaaS platform. You will tackle the most complex engineering puzzles related to real-time event streaming, load forecasting, REST APIs, scaling, and more. No two days will be the same, and you will have the opportunity to work across a broad scope, allowing you to continuously learn., Additionally, you will work with open-source technologies such as Java, Kafka, Cassandra, and Kubernetes/AWS to maximize performance, drive scaling, collaborate with various stakeholders across the company, and help shape the culture, tech stack, and methodologies of this fast-growing, global tech company. 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