Logistics is the backbone of everything we do — and technology is what keeps it moving. Join our Logistics team and help design and run the platforms behind large-scale logistics operations. From building robust APIs to operating systems in production, you’ll play a key role in keeping goods, data, and processes flowing.
What you can do
− Design, develop, and maintain RESTful backend services supporting logistics and operational processes
− Contribute to the full software lifecycle: design, development, testing, deployment, and production support
− Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, with a strong focus on automated testing
− Operate and improve applications running in production environments, including monitoring and troubleshooting
− Collaborate closely with remote, cross-functional teams (engineering, product, platform)
− Work within agile methodologies, contributing to continuous improvement of ways of working
− Help evolve our cloud-native architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
Senior Backend Engineer (Java)
Lisbon IT Campus - Swiss Post
Full-time
Permanent employee
Function Description / Professional Tasks
Personal Skills and Education
What you bring with you
− Experience in software design and development, ideally in a REST API context
− Solid understanding of automated testing practices
− Hands-on experience running and supporting applications in production
− Familiarity with agile ways of working
− Comfort working with remote teams, with strong communication and coordination skills
Tech stack:
Java 21+, Spring Boot (Data, Web, Kafka), Kafka, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS with Terraform, Kubernetes, and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Dynatrace.
Education
− University/technical college degree in computer science or comparable.
Language Skills
− English oral and written
− Optional: German oral (and written)
− Experience in software design and development, ideally in a REST API context
− Solid understanding of automated testing practices
− Hands-on experience running and supporting applications in production
− Familiarity with agile ways of working
− Comfort working with remote teams, with strong communication and coordination skills
Tech stack:
Java 21+, Spring Boot (Data, Web, Kafka), Kafka, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS with Terraform, Kubernetes, and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Dynatrace.
Education
− University/technical college degree in computer science or comparable.
Language Skills
− English oral and written
− Optional: German oral (and written)
Additional Comments
− Willingness to travel
− Hybrid Model: One day a week @office (mandatory)
− Hybrid Model: One day a week @office (mandatory)
Why us?
Just by joining us you will get benefits like:
- Open minded company where every employee has to contribute to the development of the company - ideas are welcome as well as independent thinking too
- 25 annual days of vacations
- Flexible working hours
- Annual allowance for Benefits (Training, Gym, Public Transportation, Technologies, etc...)
- An amazing onboarding week at Switzerland
- iPhone
- Second Screen to work at home (Flat or a Curved one)
- First month Tech Allowance to buy your headset or, if you already have one, whatever you need to work comfortably
- Health insurance for you and your family
- Life insurance
- Office Perks (coffee, fruit, stand up desks. etc...)
- So much more...
About us
At the IT Campus, you can grow thanks to challenging IT projects, flat hierarchies, an inspiring environment and state-of-the-art technologies. You also have the opportunity to build up the IT Campus from scratch. You can work flexibly in terms of time and location and benefit from attractive working conditions.
Swiss Post connects people, brings cultures together and is one of the largest IT employers in Switzerland: We handle over 400 software projects each year and run more than 1,000 applications – with these figures set to rise in future.
Swiss Post connects people, brings cultures together and is one of the largest IT employers in Switzerland: We handle over 400 software projects each year and run more than 1,000 applications – with these figures set to rise in future.