Back End Engineer

WE ARE PUBLICIS PRODUCTION, THE FIRST INTELLIGENT CONTENT COMPANY
Within Publicis Groupe’s Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world’s biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content.We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways.
We are looking for a Senior Back End Engineer with strong experience in Java development and microservices architectures. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable APIs and services, working closely with frontend, QA, and operations teams to ensure quality, performance, and availability of the solutions.
Responsabilities:Design, develop, and maintain back-end services and microservices using Java and Spring (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data).Develop and consume RESTful APIs following best practices for design and security.Participate in defining architecture, design patterns, and technical decisions for scalability and robustness.Write unit and integration tests (JUnit, Mockito) and ensure code quality through code reviews.Optimize queries and schemas in relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and collaborate on integrations with NoSQL databases when applicable.Automate build and deployment processes (Maven/Gradle, CI/CD) and manage containers (Docker).Collaborate with frontend teams for integrations (React, Angular, or JS) and ensure stable API contracts.Monitor, analyze, and improve service performance, observability, and resilience.Document designs, APIs, and operational procedures; keep repositories and runbooks up to date.Mentor and guide more junior developers, promoting best practices and code standardization.Participate in estimation, planning, and delivery within agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in back-end development with Java.Strong experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, and microservices patterns.Proven experience designing and consuming REST APIs.Knowledge of JavaScript for integration with frontends (React, Angular, or vanilla JS).Strong understanding of OOP, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and familiarity with NoSQL databases.Experience with build tools such as Maven or Gradle.Experience with containers (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).Knowledge in AEM is a PLUS!