Tech Lead para Backend

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.We are looking for an experienced Backend Tech Lead to provide technical leadership across backendengineering and DevOps practices within the Digital Experience Layer (DxL). This role is responsible fordriving the technical vision, architecture, engineering excellence, and delivery of scalable backend solutionsaligned with Vodafone standards, TM Forum Open APIs, and Vodafone Framework Assets (VFAs/JServices).
The Backend Tech Lead will work closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, Engineering Managers,and cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions. Besidescontributing hands-on to software development, this role will mentor engineers, define technical bestpractices, and lead technical decision-making throughout the software development lifecycle.

What you’ll do

• Provide technical leadership for Backend and DevOps activities across the DxL domain;
• Own the technical architecture and solution design for backend services and microservices;
• Ensure alignment with TM Forum Open APIs, Vodafone Framework Assets (VFAs/JServices), andenterprise architecture standards;
• Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable, resilient, and secure backend applications;
• Drive engineering excellence through coding standards, code reviews, technical governance, andsoftware quality practices;
• Mentor and coach backend engineers, promoting technical growth and knowledge sharing;
• Define and promote best practices for API design, microservices architecture, observability, andcloud-native development;
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to define and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies,infrastructure automation, and operational excellence;
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability requirements;
• Support technical planning, estimation, backlog refinement, and architectural decision-making;
• Work closely with architects and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technicalsolutions;
• Drive continuous improvement across development processes, automation, monitoring, andplatform reliability;
• Act as the technical reference point for backend technologies within the team.

Who you are

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field;
• Extensive experience developing enterprise-grade backend applications using Java;
• Strong knowledge of Java ecosystem, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and microservicesarchitecture;
• Solid understanding of TM Forum Open APIs and experience implementing TMF-compliant solutions;
• Experience working with Vodafone Framework Assets (VFAs/JServices) or similar enterprise serviceframeworks;
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, OpenAPI specifications, JSON, XML, and API lifecycle management;
• Experience designing distributed systems with high availability, scalability, and resilience;
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, Clean Architecture, andDomain-Driven Design;
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL);
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Git, andautomated testing frameworks;
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms such asKubernetes/OpenShift;
• Good understanding of Infrastructure as Code, deployment automation, observability, logging, andmonitoring;
• Knowledge of security best practices for enterprise backend applications;
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills;
• Ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams;
• Proven mentoring and technical leadership capabilities;
• Strong ownership, accountability, and delivery mindset;
• Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership responsibilities.

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