Junior Backend Develope

We are looking for a

Junior Backend Developer

to join an engineering team in Amsterdam and contribute to the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of Java-based backend applications and services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career developer who wants to strengthen their Java expertise, gain experience across the full software development lifecycle and work within a collaborative engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend applications and services using

Java .

Write clean, maintainable, reusable and well-structured code.

Apply established software engineering principles and design patterns.

Participate in unit, integration and other software testing activities.

Collaborate with other developers, engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Support deployment and release activities.

Assist with production support and troubleshooting.

Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes and technical solutions.

Participate in code reviews and apply feedback from senior team members.

Take increasing ownership of assigned tasks and deliver reliable solutions.

Stay up to date with modern backend development practices and technologies.

Required Skills

Must-have:

1–3 years of relevant backend/software development experience ; the requisition also states 3–5 years, so I would keep the search flexible up to ~5 years.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or a related field.

Good understanding of software engineering fundamentals.

Experience developing backend applications/services.

Knowledge of testing principles.

Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work effectively in a team.

Availability to work

2–3 days onsite in Amsterdam .

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