Developer

API & Integration Developer

📍 Brugge, Belgium | Hybrid (2 days onsite per week)

We're recruiting for a Senior API & Integration Developer to join a well-established in-house engineering team, working on a long-term digital transformation programme. This is an opportunity to build business-critical integration solutions that connect systems across a large organisation, with a focus on modern technologies, clean architecture and engineering excellence.

What you'll be doing

• Design, develop and maintain Java-based APIs and integration solutions.
• Build secure and scalable RESTful services using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
• Develop integrations between internal and external business applications.
• Create event-driven solutions using messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ.
• Collaborate with developers, architects and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code, following Agile and TDD best practices.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of integration architecture and development standards.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years' commercial Java development experience.
• Strong experience with Java 11+ and Spring Boot.
• Experience building REST APIs and system integrations.
• Knowledge of messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, ActiveMQ or similar.
• Experience with Hibernate/JPA and SQL databases.
• Understanding of OAuth and API security.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Spring Cloud
• Azure API Management
• Kafka
• Event-Driven Architecture
• NoSQL databases
• Performance optimisation and distributed systems experience

Why apply?

• Join a large, collaborative in-house engineering function.
• Work on long-term strategic products instead of short-term client projects.
• Gain exposure to modern Java technologies, APIs and event-driven architecture.
• Be part of a team that values clean code, testing and continuous improvement.
• Hybrid working with just 2 days onsite per week in Brugge.
• Excellent opportunity to influence technical direction while continuing to develop your skills.

If you're looking for a role where you'll have real ownership, work on meaningful integration challenges and be part of a modern engineering environment, we'd love to hear from you.