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# Senior Java Engineer

- **Company:** LEVY PROFESSIONALS
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Customer Data Management, Elasticsearch, Neo4j, NoSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, Spring-boot, Backend, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Domain Driven Design
- **Published:** June 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nl.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0cfef3a954d9f294

## About the Role

* Minimum 8 years of strong backend development experience with Java 21 and Spring Boot
 * Solid experience with Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and NoSQL databases
 * Experience with Neo4j is a big plus
 * Hands-on with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Hexagonal Architecture, TDD/BDD, and Clean Code principles
 * Experience running software in production (incident handling, monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana/ELK, CI/CD)
 * Strong communication & stakeholder management skills with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset
 * Experience mentoring/coaching engineers and taking technical leadership

## Description

As a Senior Java Engineer you will take ownership of the full development lifecycle in a BizDevOps environment. You will collaborate closely with the Product Owner and peer engineers to translate business requirements into robust features, while playing a key technical leadership role within the squad. You will design, develop, test, and run mission-critical backend services using modern engineering practices.


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