Senior Backend Engineer (m/w/d) – Spring Boot & Cloud-Native

An established and respected company in the IT Services & Consulting sector is expanding its cloud-native engineering team in Nürnberg. We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer who combines technical excellence with architectural thinking and a strong sense of ownership. If you value clean architecture, system reliability, and long-term technical quality over short-term fixes — this role is for you. Your Impact You wont just write code. You will actively shape backend architecture for mission-critical enterprise systems and help define engineering standards in a modern, cloud-native environment. Your responsibilities include: Translating structured business requirements into robust, production-grade Spring Boot / Quarkus services Co-designing scalable architectures (CQRS, event-driven systems, asynchronous decoupling, BFF patterns) Building and operating highly available, distributed backend systems Running services in Kubernetes environments with production responsibility Implementing GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux) Establishing strong observability practices (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Jaeger) Working closely with Architects, Product Owners, QA, and DevOps in an integrated DevOps culture You will have real influence on architecture decisions — not just implementation tasks. Your Profile We are looking for a senior-level engineer with a strong technical backbone and a pragmatic, structured working style. Must-Haves 5+ years of professional Java backend experience Several years of Spring Boot in production environments Proven experience in high-availability or mission-critical systems Deep understanding of distributed systems and non-functional requirements (scalability, resilience, observability, security) Hands-on Kubernetes experience in live environments Strong knowledge of Hibernate/JPA, REST API design, SQL, Docker, Git, Maven/Gradle Experience owning CI/CD pipelines and implementing automated testing (unit & integration) German language skills at C1 level (essential for stakeholder communication) Nice-to-Haves GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize) Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) Kafka or similar messaging systems Spec-driven or model-driven development approaches What You Can Expect Direct influence on architecture and technology decisions Challenging, mission-critical enterprise projects with a modern cloud stack Clear engineering standards and structured processes Integrated DevOps culture with build-and-run ownership Hybrid working model with substantial home-office flexibility A professional environment that values technical quality and responsibility Compensation & Framework Base salary: €65,000 – €90,000 gross per year (depending on experience) Permanent employment contract 30 vacation days (negotiable) Full-time position Who Thrives Here? Engineers who: Think in systems, not tickets Take ownership beyond their code Care about reliability, maintainability, and long-term architecture Prefer structured collaboration over chaos If you are ready to shape cloud-native backend systems in a professional and technically demanding environment, we look forward to receiving your application.