Engineering Lead – Backend, Java, Spring Boot

Engel & Völkers Deutschland

. Take over the strategic, technical, and disciplinary responsibility for one of the engineering teams building the Agent Platform.

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeAthens • GreeceSenior💰 €70,000 - €80,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams to deliver scalable and reliable services, with a strong focus on cloud-native architectures, DevOps practices, and AI integration throughout the software development lifecycle.

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Lead Software EngineeringJava DevelopmentSpring Boot FrameworkCloud-Native ArchitecturesCI/CD Implementation

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Hard Skills

API DesignRelational Database DesignSQLPostgreSQLContainersDockerKubernetesEvent-Driven SystemsDistributed SystemsPerformance Tuning

Soft Skills

ProactiveCollaborativeProduct-MindedOwnershipCoaching

Tools & Technologies

GCPDevOps ToolsLoggingTracingAlerting

Industry Keywords

B2B CRMReal Estate PlatformSecurity by DesignObservability Best PracticesSLIs/SLOs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPostgresSDLCSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take over the strategic, technical, and disciplinary responsibility for one of the engineering teams building the Agent Platform.
Define and align technical goals for the team, setting measurable objectives to ensure efficient and high-quality delivery.
Lead and steer the full DevOps lifecycle, from architecture, technical design and development through deployment, operations and continuous optimization.
Foster adoption and integration of AI across the entire SDLC in alignment with other teams and departments.
Implement security, reliability, and observability best practices, including SLIs/SLOs, logging, tracing and alerting.
Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Cloud, Security, Data teams and C-level management.
Coach and mentor engineers and support their professional growth.
Accelerate the evolution of Engel & Völkers’ global real estate platform and proprietary B2B CRM.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Several years of experience in a Principal/Lead Software Engineering role - previous leadership experience is a big plus.
Strong experience building state-of-the-art, scalable and reliable services in a highly complex, distributed environment, based on Java and Spring Boot.
Versed in designing APIs and writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code (unit, integration, contract tests).
Excellent and deep understanding of relational database design and SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).
Proven expertise and experience in cloud-native architectures (GCP preferred), containers/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD.
Highly proactive, collaborative and product-minded with a strong sense of ownership.
Event-driven systems, domain modeling, distributed systems at scale, security by design, performance tuning.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Minimum 25 days annual leave plus 24.12 / 31.12 off
Hybrid working model with 50% attendance at our newly established office in the heart of Athens
A competitive salary
Comprehensive private health insurance
Udemy learning flatrate + courses from the Engel & Völkers academy
Monthly meal allowance
Regular performance reviews ensuring clear career progression paths
State of the art equipment
Personal responsibility and creative freedom
Individual development opportunities