Java Full-Stack Developer

Core Job Description

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love. We’re looking for a **Java Full-Stack Developer** to join our team.

As an experienced developer within Mindera, you need to have an excellent understanding of how to define and deliver solutions iteratively and collaboratively. You’ll be challenged to solve complex problems and build seamless user interactions to world-class standards.

When you join Mindera, we welcome you into a fun and politics-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organisation.

At Mindera, we encourage the use of AI to assist with coding and related tasks. We find that a person’s skill in engineering and software craft has a big impact on long-term successful delivery, with or without AI. Our goal in the interview process is to understand the candidate’s knowledge and skill with engineering. If you need to, or plan to use AI, please be transparent with us to avoid misunderstandings that could impact your chances of securing the role or your success at Mindera.

National and international expected traveling time varies according to project/client and organizational needs: **0%-15% estimated**.

Requirements

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Being involved in all areas of delivery, with the technical gravitas to mentor and inspire the development team, helping your team improve by sharing your own knowledge, experience, and insights;
• Taking ownership of your code every step of the way—from development to deployment and maintenance;
• Diagnosing issues in production and devising solutions for them;
• Being an integral part of solutions design and implementation;
• Challenging business requirements to ensure continuous delivery of the best possible outcome;
• Harnessing innovation and driving adoption of new technologies to deliver business value;
• Contributing to shaping our online technology roadmap, influencing our future technical direction, and balancing passion with precision to deliver exceptional online service and solutions for our customers;
• Conducting technical interviews for positions within your area of expertise.

Your Skills & Experience:

• The tech stack you will work with depends on the project:
• Minimum **7 years of experience** with **Java/Kotlin programming language**, including latest versions;
• Experience with **TypeScript;
• Experience with **React/Next.js;
• Experience in any of the popular web frameworks like **Spring (Boot, Cloud, Data Flow)** or **Micronaut;
• Knowledge of architectural styles: **Microservices, Web services, SOA** and API Protocols: **GraphQL Federation, REST API;
• API management with **Apigee;
• Experience in monitoring & observability: **OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace,** or other observability tools;
• Experience with **unit testing, integration testing,** and **test-driven development;
• **Cloud technology experience: Azure or AWS Cloud,** **Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions;
• Experience with databases: **MongoDB, MySQL;
• Experience working with **Application Lifecycle Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, NexusPro** (or similar);
• Working practices: Knowledge and experience of **agile frameworks and practices: Scrum/Kanban, user stories, BDD/TDD, DevOps, Continuous Integration & Delivery, Pair Programming;
• Proficiency in applying **design patterns** effectively to develop scalable and maintainable solutions;
• Fluency in English;
• Mandatory to be located in **Portugal.

Depending on the project, relevant experience in other areas would be necessary:

• Strong understanding of **Product Information Management / Master Data Management platforms** (like **Stibo STEP**), and background in **e-commerce/retail** would be appreciated.

Benefits

The Things We Really Care About:

• Health Insurance, because health comes first;
• Flexible working hours;
• Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself;
• Profit distribution for everyone;
• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!;
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan;
• Child Care vouchers.

Other Good Things:

• Choose **Laptop & Peripherals** that best suit your needs;
• Hotspot with unlimited usage (Portugal), for work or Netflix;
• Amazing offices in **Porto, Aveiro,** and **Coimbra** (physical connection) or remote from Portugal (remote from other countries depends on location and projects);
• Wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy at the offices;
• Partnerships with local businesses.

Most of all, you get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work collaboratively, and communicate openly. Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.