Senior Software Engineer
Damia GroupLisbon, Portugal
Posted May 25, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
UpHill is a company that aims to increase clinical capacity so healthcare professionals can focus on what matters most — the patients. They build conversational AI agents, intelligent clinical pathways, and care orchestration tools that empower clinicians to work at their full potential.
Job Description
Uphill Health is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join their team and help build a decision support SaaS platform that will revolutionize healthcare and improve patient outcomes. The role involves designing and developing microservices using Java 17 and Spring Boot 3, contributing to AWS cloud infrastructure, and showcasing implemented solutions.
Requirements
- MSc/BSc in Computer Engineering or similar
- Minimum 7 years of backend development experience using Object-Oriented Programming
- Experience in Java 11 or newer, Spring Boot, and Spring Framework
- Experience in event-driven architecture
- Experience with Relational SQL and Document NoSQL databases
- Strong testing experience — Unit, Integration, E2E
- Rigorous about code quality — usage of tools like SonarQube
- Experience taking part in architectural discussions and decisions
- Strong observability mindset: familiarity with tools like CloudWatch, DataDog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry — understands logging, metrics, and alerting in production-grade SaaS
- Keen awareness of the evolving software landscape, including the integration of AI assistants and productivity tools in day-to-day engineering work
- Experience designing systems for production readiness: health checks, distributed tracing, incident response
- Experience in code reviews and working collaboratively in a team
- Fluency in English
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Top-tier equipment — new MacBook + budget for peripherals
- Flexible schedule and hybrid work model
- No-BS culture
