OutSystems

There are NO limits to your career: come shape the future and be part of a truly unique global culture at OutSystems!

About This Role 

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our highly skilled and autonomous team, working on critical backend components of our product. Our team is distributed across Portugal and Spain and operates with a high level of maturity, self-organization, and innovation. Here, every team member makes a difference, and we ensure that no one is left behind!

As part of this role, you will work extensively on the backend of our product, covering areas such as installation and configuration, code generation and compilation, and application execution. If you are passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems and thrive in an environment that values collaboration and continuous learning, we’d love to hear from you!

What You Will Lead/Do or Key Responsibilities 

• Design and develop solutions with a high level of autonomy, following best development practices (e.g., TDD, BDD, code reviews).
• Optimize the performance of the platform components you’ll work on.
• Write and test code in short development cycles with a high degree of automation.
• Gather feedback from end-users and adapt your solutions accordingly.
• Build maintainable solutions that scale to thousands of users.
• Support and mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and improvement.
• Contribute to the design and communication of high-level functional architectures.

Qualifications / What You Need To Succeed 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3 - 8 years of software development experience.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented design.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C# (preferred), Java, or Python.
• Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle - valued).
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a passion for analyzing and designing elegant solutions.
• Good communication skills and fluency in English.

Plus:

• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and microservices development.
• Knowledge of continuous delivery and testing techniques.
• Passion for innovation and bringing development best practices into the team.
• Drive to explore and adopt emerging technologies and frameworks.

The Longer Story:

OutSystems is a global leader transforming how companies innovate through software, empowering IT leaders with a better way to build the software that matters most.We are looking for talented and motivated people to join us in helping companies solve some of their most strategic business challenges, from modernizing their workplace processes to transforming their employee and customer experiences. As a member of the OutSystems global team, you will help build, deliver, manage, and evolve the software that is a low-code market leader and preferred by professional developers around the world.

OutSystems is a truly global company, with more than 800,000 developer community members, 1,700 employees, more than 500 partners, and thousands of active customers in over 75 countries and across 21 industries. Founded in 2001, OutSystems has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, the UAE, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, India, and Singapore, and of course has a thriving, worldwide community of remote employees.

Working at OutSystems

Our goal is to ensure that OutSystems is a place for bright, happy, and motivated people who share a common purpose and take pride in excellent work towards our vision. Our culture is focused on building agility at scale, which allows us to operate with a high drive in a competitive market. In our federation of teams culture, if we have every team operating like a startup, we can all learn, grow, and innovate while having the space to be proactive and creative. We encourage our team members to collaborate, focus on results, act quickly, understand our business, and adopt a growth mindset.

What do we have to offer you? 

• A company that continues to grow, change and innovate, and gives our teams the space to be proactive and creative. 
• Real career opportunities. We care about growth and development. Vertical career progression is an obvious possibility, but we also offer the possibility for lateral moves, joining different teams, and mastering specific skills. 
• Work colleagues that are as smart, hardworking and driven as you – and a team that is global. 
• Disrupting the status quo is in our DNA. In fact, it’s why our company exists.
• We “Ask Why” a lot. It helps us connect our individual work to the bigger picture and sometimes even uncover a better way.

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Then we’d love to hear from you!

OutSystems nurtures an inclusive culture of diversity, where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self and perform at their best. A company that embraces the creativity and innovation that comes through diverse perspectives. We are committed to creating a team that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive equal consideration regardless of race, place of origin, color, age, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by law.

Join us in disrupting the status quo of the low-code market, we give you the power to "Ask Why", you give our customers the power to innovate through software!