About the project
Europa Search is supporting a leading European consultancy, in expanding its Java team working on digital government and healthcare platforms in Belgium (clients include CHU-Brugmann, Christelijke Mutualiteit, NIHDI–INAMI–RIZIV, and Jette Local Administration).
You’ll join the Java team responsible for the back-end of a digital wallet application, contributing to long-term, high-impact public sector systems.
Your day-to-day
* Develop, test, and maintain back-end services using Java 17+ and Spring Boot.
* Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum team and ensure production-quality code.
* Work on distributed and enterprise-scale systems, integrating APIs and databases.
* (Senior) Take ownership of solution design, mentor team members, and support architectural decisions.
Essential skills
* Strong experience with Java 17 and above
* Excellent knowledge of Spring / Spring Boot
* Experience building RESTful APIs and working with relational databases
* Fluent in English + French or Dutch
Bonus / Nice-to-have skills
* Front-end exposure with Vue.js or Nuxt.js
* Broader Java ecosystem experience: Java EE, Quarkus, Vaadin
* CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, OpenShift, ArgoCD)
* Testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, Selenium)
* Database experience (PostgreSQL, Oracle, Neo4J)
* Knowledge of security standards (OAuth, WS Security)
* Familiarity with monitoring tools like Kibana, and code quality tools (Sonar, Snyk)
* Agile, Scrum, TDD, or DDD experience
Personal traits
* Takes ownership and delivers consistent results
* Reliable, proactive, and team-oriented
* Comfortable working in a hybrid international environment