Lead Software Engineer - barcelona

Overview

In this role you will lead the development of Pathfinder, a strategic Life Sciences platform. You will drive architectural decisions within a cross-functional team, delivering a modern, scalable backend and improving engineering practices. You will mentor engineers and steer a greenfield product from concept to production, aligning with long-term platform strategy. This is a hands-on leadership role in an agile environment that aims to accelerate delivery and impact the life sciences industry.

Compensaciones / Beneficios Private health and life & disability insurances

Tax-free benefits (Ticket Restaurant, kindergarten, transport cards)

Volunteer time with paid hours

30 working days of vacation

Hybrid work in Barcelona (2-3 days on-site)

Dynamic, multinational team environment

Responsabilidades Design, develop, and maintain Java backend services and APIs within a microservices architecture

Build scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions using Java and Spring Boot

Deploy and operate cloud-native applications on AWS, using Docker and CI/CD pipelines

Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code following backend best practices

Troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain existing systems for reliability and performance

Collaborate cross-functionally with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams

Requisitos principales 5 years of experience with Java (Spring Boot) and NodeJS and backend RESTful services in microservices

Experience with SQL, Elastic Search and AWS

5 years of experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture

Good knowledge of Version Control tools (preferably Git)

Experience in Agile delivery environments, Docker, and Jenkins

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring and people leadership

Proactive problem solving

Java

Spring Boot

NodeJS