Hey there, Welcome to tb.lx – we are building sustainable transportation solutions in a hybrid work setup.
Join us - we are looking for you!
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play an important role in designing, building, and maintaining our backend systems that power real-time streaming and web applications.
Each day, you'll work closely with the operations team to troubleshoot issues, monitor performance metrics, and ensure our systems are optimized, secure, and resilient.
In your day-to-day work, you'll be responsible for designing and implementing backend components with a focus on scalability, security, and performance.
You'll also work collaboratively to detect and resolve bugs, monitor metrics, and maintain application stability; while also building and testing APIs to serve and integrate data with API management tools.
As a Senior, you'll also get the chance to mentor teammates, participate in code reviews, and contribute to a collaborative team culture.
You'll also have the opportunity to leverage cutting-edge technologies such as Kotlin, Java, and Apache Kafka to manage and operationalize large-scale data flows, while supporting your team in finding innovative solutions and celebrating shared achievements.
A stable, high-quality product is the entire team's responsibility, and as a Senior Backend Engineer you are responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting complex, distributed, and real-time data to ensure accuracy, detect issues quickly, and maintain performance.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TEAM: You have strong experience in Kotlin, Java, or Spring Boot, with a proven track record in backend development for applications in active production; You are proficient in implementing RESTful APIs to serve data and integrate them with API management tools; You are experienced in implementing CI/CD pipelines for fast and reliable deployments; You have a deep understanding of Application and Infrastructure Design in a Cloud Environment; You are knowledgeable about best practices in software development, such as documenting solutions, completing pull requests, and writing simple, effective code; You are comfortable with databases such as Postgres; You are used to working in Agile environments (Kanban, Scrum) and are familiar with best practices in collaborative software development; You are experienced with deep trade-off thinking when reviewing technical decisions; You have experience working in a feedback and knowledge-sharing driven culture; You are fluent in English. NICE-TO-HAVE: You have experience with the Azure Environment and cloud deployment; You have experience with Streaming technologies, namely Kafka, Flink, Spark or others; You know infrastructure and networking – understanding the importance of Observability and Monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus. WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF… You are motivated by working on impactful products; You thrive working in a real hybrid work setting; You are open to a transparent feedback culture; You have strong sustainability values; You always communicate with a positive intent. BENEFITS Financial You will receive a fair salary that reflects the job market, your experience, and your impact; A monthly remote allowance to help you cover additional expenses due to working from home; A lunch allowance that can be used for meals with your colleagues, shopping in the supermarket, or having dinner out with friends; We have two flexible vacation days for cultural and religious holidays that are not included in the Portuguese holiday calendar, and in your first year, you will have up to 24 vacation days; A flexible monthly budget to spend on benefits of your choice (varying from childcare and elderly support, streaming, music subscriptions, books, or even plane tickets, and more). Hybrid company You will have work-life flexibility: we are a hybrid company.
This means we trust you to choose where you work best: from our office in Lisbon, from your home, or from any other place in the world (as long as it has a stable internet connection); We equip you with the proper working tools: a MacBook and an iPhone, and everything you need to work comfortably from wherever you are (monitor, laptop support, etc.
); You will have relocation assistance if you live outside Portugal (and we can help you with a Tech Visa); When you are working from our office in the heart of Lisbon, you will find free healthy snacks and drinks available; We also want to keep our people-centric culture, so we do in-person team events sometimes, which you're welcome to join whenever you want! Career Development As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be actively supported by your People Partner and People Manager; You will have people investing and working alongside you on achieving your personal and professional goals, through the creation of a customized Personal Growth Plan; You will have access to training materials and a training budget, so you can follow a personalized learning path that meets your needs; You can join our internal Mentorship Program (either as a mentor or mentee); You will have access to a professional coach if you need some help along the way; At tb.lx, we keep our internal mobility possibilities open, so you can be creative when you think about your career progression. Wellbeing & Family You and your family will receive private health insurance; Mental Health: we provide access to professionals in the field, as well as the possibility to use your monthly, flexible budget for other expenses like mindfulness apps and gym subscriptions; Family Care: your monthly flexible budget can also be used for childcare or elderly support; Work-life empathy: we understand that as individuals, we all have our needs in all the dimensions of our lives, so we give you the flexibility and autonomy to organize your working hours and dedicate time to the other dimensions of your life.
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