Senior software engineer backend

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Intermedia is looking for a Senior Software Engineer Backend to join the organization. You will design and build the backend services, APIs, and data capabilities that power intuitive analytics and visualizations across products, transforming complex data into reliable and performant information.

O que vais fazer

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power analytics, dashboards and visualizations
• Build services that process, aggregate, enrich, and serve structured and unstructured data for interactive analytics experiences
• Develop APIs and data services optimized for efficient consumption by dashboards, visualizations, reporting interfaces, and other customer-facing experiences
• Build backend capabilities that enable users to explore, filter, compare, drill into, and understand complex datasets and insights
• Partner closely with frontend engineers and UX teams to define service interfaces and data structures that enable intuitive, responsive visualization experiences
• Work with data engineers to establish reliable data flows between source systems, analytical platforms, visualization services, and downstream applications
• Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to translate customer and business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to technical design decisions for backend services, analytics APIs, data models, processing workflows, caching strategies, and integrations
• Design systems that deliver timely and accurate analytics while maintaining appropriate data quality and consistency
• Optimize data access, aggregation, and service performance to support responsive and interactive customer experiences
• Design backend capabilities that can support both predefined analytics experiences and more dynamic exploration of data
• Analyze and improve the performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability of analytics services
• Write high-quality, readable, testable code that follows established engineering standards and best practices
• Participate in code and design reviews and contribute to strong engineering and quality practices across the team
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across backend services, analytics workflows, data processing, and frontend integrations
• Build appropriate monitoring, logging, testing, and observability into production services
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to support reliable deployment and operation of Analytics Visualizations services
• Stay current with emerging technologies and engineering approaches related to analytics, data visualization, data processing, and backend development
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product performance, reliability, customer experience, and engineering efficiency

O que é pedido

• While primarily remote, this role requires occasional visits to the office in Coimbra or in Aveiro
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated experience developing backend applications and services
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages and associated frameworks
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, or other service-oriented applications
• Solid understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems concepts
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Experience designing applications that process, transform, aggregate, or serve significant volumes of data
• Experience developing backend services or APIs that support data-rich, interactive applications
• Experience building and supporting scalable, reliable production applications
• Understanding of data modeling, aggregation, filtering, querying, and other patterns commonly used in analytics applications
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure and cloud-based application architectures
• Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD, source control, and modern software development practices
• Strong understanding of application performance and the ability to optimize services and data access for responsive user experiences
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently investigate and resolve complex technical issues
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across backend, frontend, data, UX, and product teams
• Working understanding of Agile development methodologies and frameworks

O que é oferecido

• flexibility to work remotely while also coming together in the office for collaboration and teamwork

✸ Valores e cultura (8)

• Ambiente internacional
• Equipa com senioridade elevada
• Full remote
• Igualdade de género
• Igualdade racial
• Incentivo à criatividade & inovação
• Membros impressionantes na equipa
• Tecnologias de ponta