Senior Backend Engineer

Join the Fotocasa Group Tech Team as an Backend Engineer

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We are Fotocasa Group, Spain’s real estate tech leaders.

Now part of the Scout24 Group, we are stronger than ever. We are combining our local market expertise with the power of a leading European digital ecosystem. Our mission: to connect people and homes through intelligent tools and the best market offerings.

We are currently redesigning our processes and culture to lead the market. If you’re a status-quo-challenger who thrives on innovation and matchmaking, we want you on board for this journey

As a Backend Engineer, you will work in one of the product teams by providing services and solutions that would help millions of users.

What You’ll Do:

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• Lead technical direction within your product team, architecting scalable solutions that support millions of users.
  
• You will work closely together with the team to analyze problems and define hypotheses to solve them, even being able to propose solutions with ambiguity.
  
• Those hypotheses will be validated through iterative solutions, experimentation, and a fail‑fast culture.
  
• Be a driver of technical evolution within the Backend community, identifying and introducing emerging technologies and best practices from the industry to continuously raise the engineering bar across the organization.
  
• Align between several teams is important to provide solutions that could fit all stakeholders at the right moment.
  
• You will mentor other engineers, lead technical design reviews, and foster a culture of engineering excellence
  
• You will take ownership of cross‑team initiatives, bridging the gap between product strategy and technical implementation.
  
• You will think beyond the backend: understanding the full end-to-end product experience and ensuring technical decisions are grounded in business and user impact.
  

What We’re Looking For
Technical skills

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• 8+ years of experience in backend development, with significant experience in high‑scale distributed systems.
  
• Kotlin, Java.
  
• Deep experience in system architecture, microservices design patterns, and performance optimization.
  
• Experience building microservices (Spring boot, spring cloud).
  
• Hands‑on experience with AWS services (e.g. Lambda, S3, RDS) in production environments.
  
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, ECS, Docker Swarm.
  
• Experience with streaming processing tools like Kafka.
  
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana), including defining alerting strategies and SLOs.
  
• Experience with CI/CD tools.
  
• Good development practices (SOLID, testing), security care and proficiency in building well‑tested code.
  
• Experience working with Agile frameworks (scrum).
  
• Ability to drive technical initiatives end‑to‑end, from problem definition to delivery, with a high level of ownership and attention to detail.
  
• You will own the technical vision: simplifying our architecture, reducing accidental complexity, and ensuring every technical decision is grounded in business alignment and long‑term engineering excellence.
  
• Accelerate metrics
  
• Mentoring and Interviewing skills
  
• Cross‑Team Collaboration: Strong communication skills with a proven ability to align multiple engineering teams.
  
• Pragmatic & Outcome‑Driven: Focused on delivery, strong ownership, and operational excellence.
  
• DevEx & Team Growth: Passionate about improving developer experience, mentoring, and elevating team performance.
  
• Technical Leadership: Expert in architectural trade‑offs, leading technical discovery, and navigating ambiguity.
  
• Talent Acquisition: Experienced in conducting technical interviews.
  
• Fluency in Spanish and English.
  
• Competitive Salary + Bonus: We offer a package that reflects your experience and impact.
  
• Flexibility & Balance: Enjoy a hybrid work model (2 days in the office), 25 vacation days, and 20 "work from anywhere" days per year.
  
• Professional Development: Grow your skills with an individual budget dedicated to your training and certifications.
  
• Top‑Tier Offices: Work from our incredible spaces in Glòries (Barcelona), featuring terraces, an on‑site canteen, and free breakfast.
  
• Health Insurance: Stay covered with 100% premium health insurance for you.
  
• Flexible Remuneration: Save on taxes with options for public transport, gy