Senior Java Backend Engineer

Hey there!
We’re Fever, the world’s leading tech platform for culture and live entertainment.

Our mission? To democratize access to culture and entertainment. With our proprietary cutting-edge technology and data-driven approach, we’re revolutionizing the way people engage with live entertainment.

Every month, our platform inspires over 300 million people in +55 countries (and counting) to discover unforgettable experiences while also empowering event creators with our data and technology, helping them scale, innovate, and enhance their events to reach new audiences.

Our results? We’ve teamed up with major industry leaders like Netflix, F.C. Barcelona, and Primavera Sound, presented international award-winning experiences, and are backed by several leading global investors! Impressive, right?

To achieve our mission, we are looking for bar-raisers with a hands‑on mindset who are eager to help shape the future of entertainment!

Ready to be part of the experience?

Now, let’s discuss this role and what you will do to help achieve Fever’s mission.

Location:

Spain

What are we looking for:

We are looking for a Java Backend Engineer to join the engineering team with outstanding software development talent proven by great work results/experience. Somebody that cares about code quality and not just get things done, but get things done right.

If you’re smart, have great energy, can’t think about a system without a CI/CD pipeline and you want to thrive in a fast paced environment, we are in sync.

What would you do at Fever?

During your first month at Fever (Onboarding period):

You’ll join a structured onboarding program designed to help you ramp up smoothly. During this period, you will:

• Meet your buddy and team, and get to know Fever’s culture and ways of working.
• Set up your local environment and become familiar with our based stack, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Learn about our architecture and observability tools while contributing small improvements and fixes.
• Have your first code running in production and a clear understanding of our delivery flow and processes.
• By the end of the onboarding, you’ll be ready to join your long‑term squad and start contributing to larger initiatives.

After 3 months at Fever:

You’ll be confidently collaborating and delivering at full speed. You will:

• Design and implement end‑to‑end features within your squad.
• Participate in architectural discussions and propose improvements across our services and APIs.
• Work with event‑driven systems and focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Data, and other Engineering teams to enhance our platform and developer experience.

By your 6th month at Fever:

You’ll be fully established as a key contributor in your team. You will:

• Take ownership of core components and help evolve their architecture.
• Lead by example through code reviews, design sessions, and mentoring.
• Contribute to best practices in areas like scalability, observability, and system design.
• Drive continuous improvement and have a visible impact on how we build high‑performing services at scale.
• Become an expert of your domain, using business context and technical excellence to drive strategic initiatives forward

Must have skills:

• Strong knowledge on good practices, testing and design patterns
• You are proficient in business English
• You know how to deliver code from development to production
• Experience with RESTful APIs (implementation and consumption)
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL

We use these technologies, so it would be a plus if you have experience in:

• Java (J2EE/ Java 25)
• Spring / Spring Boot frameworks
• REST APIs
• No
  
  SQL databases
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes environments
• Used to working with tools like Git,…