Backend Engineer

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Job Description:

The Embedded Automotive Senior Backend Engineer (Java) is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, cloud-native backend solutions that power next-generation automotive platforms and connected vehicle ecosystems. The role combines deep expertise in Java development, distributed systems, microservices architecture, cloud technologies, and data-driven solutions to deliver high-quality, secure, and high-performance applications.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services.
• Build and optimize microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and CQRS-based solutions.
• Develop scalable data processing solutions leveraging Big Data and stream processing technologies.
• Implement and manage integration with message brokers such as Kafka.
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs while ensuring security through OAuth2 authentication and authorization mechanisms (Keycloak).
• Develop and optimize data storage solutions using relational and NoSQL databases, including BigQuery.
• Deploy, monitor, and manage applications on Google Cloud Platform, leveraging GKE, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, and BigQuery.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams using Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jira, Docker, and Kubernetes to enable CI/CD best practices.
• Lead technical discussions, mentor junior developers, and contribute to software architecture decisions.
• Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, documentation, and adherence to software engineering best practices.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in software development.
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Java development.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong experience designing and developing microservices, distributed systems, event-sourced systems, and CQRS architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Java 21 and Python.
• Experience working with Big Data architectures, stream processing systems, and Kafka.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, programming methodologies, and algorithms.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Cloud SQL).
• Knowledge of OAuth2 authentication and authorization frameworks, preferably Keycloak.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jira, and modern DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with functional programming concepts.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.