Backend Engineer - Italia (DRWN)
Darwin Recruitment
Contact person: Khayelihle Matshayana
Milano e provincia, Italy
Description
Back-End Developer (Java) (DRWN)
Job title - Back-End Developer (Java)
Client Location - Milan, Italy
Remote work offering - 100%
Client Industry - HR Tech / Fintech
Contract Length - 12 months (to at least end of 2027, with scope to extend)
Contract type - Freelance
Project focus
You'll join the Italian engineering team of an established, fast-growing HR Tech / Fintech business whose SaaS platform is used by millions of people across Europe. The role covers building and maintaining the back-end services and APIs behind its web applications on a modern Java stack, working as a fully embedded member of the team alongside front-end, mobile and DevOps colleagues.
Key skills and Experience required
If this role is of interest, please apply with an updated CV.
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Job title - Back-End Developer (Java)
Client Location - Milan, Italy
Remote work offering - 100%
Client Industry - HR Tech / Fintech
Contract Length - 12 months (to at least end of 2027, with scope to extend)
Contract type - Freelance
Project focus
You'll join the Italian engineering team of an established, fast-growing HR Tech / Fintech business whose SaaS platform is used by millions of people across Europe. The role covers building and maintaining the back-end services and APIs behind its web applications on a modern Java stack, working as a fully embedded member of the team alongside front-end, mobile and DevOps colleagues.
Key skills and Experience required
- Mid-level commercial experience as a Java back-end developer
- Hands-on, recent experience with modern Java (21 or 25), not mainly legacy versions
- Proven track record building back ends and APIs for web applications
- Background working on SaaS or web products
- Writing clean, tested code and taking part in code reviews
- Fluent, professional Italian
- AWS experience is a plus
- HR Tech, fintech or payments exposure and AI-assisted development tools are a bonus
- Available to start by 1 January 2027
If this role is of interest, please apply with an updated CV.
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.