Medior/Senior Java Software Engineer

Rabobank

. Design and build scalable Java services and APIs within a distributed, event-driven landscape .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeUtrecht • NetherlandsSenior💰 €5,030 - €7,183 per monthWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building scalable Java services and APIs within distributed systems, with a strong focus on cloud engineering and observability. Proven ability to collaborate in agile environments and contribute to continuous improvement and technical discussions.

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Java 17+Spring 3.5+Distributed Systems DesignAWS Cloud EngineeringKubernetes

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Hard Skills

MicroservicesEvent-Driven ArchitectureDomain-Driven DesignAPI-First ApproachKafkaCI/CDInfrastructure-As-CodeRelational DatabasesNoSQL DatabasesObservability Tooling

Soft Skills

English Communication

Tools & Technologies

TerraformCloudFormationPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetrySplunkRedisMemcachedPulsar

Industry Keywords

ScalabilityFault ToleranceHigh AvailabilityConsistencyReplicationPartitioning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLPrometheusPulsarRedisSplunkSpringTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build scalable Java services and APIs within a distributed, event-driven landscape
Design, build and operate scalable services
Maintain and improve services and dependencies with engineering teams
Prevent and resolve production incidents in line with agreed SLAs and identify root causes
Improve the technology stack and engineering processes with scalable solutions
Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, guilds, chapters and engineering communities
Take ownership of applications from design and development through production and continuous improvement
Collaborate in an agile environment with software engineers, specialists, and back-end and front-end teams
Explore new technologies and contribute to guilds, chapters and workgroups
Develop expertise while helping other engineers grow

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant bachelor's degree
Approximately 5 to 8 years of software engineering experience
Experience designing and operating distributed systems
Strong hands-on experience with Java 17 or higher and Spring 3.5+
Preferably experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, Domain-Driven Design and an API-first approach
Solid knowledge of distributed systems, including scalability, fault tolerance, high availability, consistency, replication and partitioning
Experience using Kafka or a comparable streaming platform
Hands-on experience with cloud and platform engineering, preferably AWS
Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry or Splunk
English communication skills
Candidates must already hold a valid visa that allows them to work in the Netherlands
Experience with Redis, Memcached or Pulsar, large-scale event-streaming platforms, or open-source distributed-systems projects is an advantage
Dutch is considered an advantage

Benefits

Comp & perks

Thirteenth month's salary
8% holiday allowance
10% Employee Benefit Budget
EUR 1,400 development budget per year
Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)
Pension, with the option to set the maximum amount of personal contribution