Senior Backend Engineer (APIs)

Senior Backend Engineer

Who is Parser?

Technology alone does not create impact - the right teams do. Founded in 2018, Parser is a boutique technology services and consulting firm helping global organisations solve complex business challenges through digital transformation, product development and AI enablement.

We are a fast-growing team of 340+ engineers and consultants across Europe (UK, Spain, Portugal), the Americas (US, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia), and the Middle East. We combine global reach with a mindset focused on agility, senior expertise, and close collaboration. We work as an extension of our clients’ teams, helping them define the right problems, shape solutions, and deliver technology-driven outcomes that create measurable business value. Our expertise spans software engineering, AI & data, product development, and customer experience, delivered by teams that combine strong technical depth with a consulting mindset.

Why Join Us?

If you are looking for a place where you can think beyond execution, take true ownership of outcomes, influence decisions, and continuously learn alongside top-tier specialists in a truly global environment, we’d love to meet you.

How will you impact?

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will contribute to the design and evolution of distributed backend systems that power the end-to-end protection lifecycle from eligibility and quoting to purchase, s ervicing, claims, cancellations, refunds, reporting, and reconciliation.

This is a backend/platform-focused engineering role centered around APIs, integrations, scalability, operational excellence, and distributed systems.

Your key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using JVM technologies such as Java or Kotlin, and Spring Boot.
• Develop integration layers with third-party insurance and assurance providers.
• Build systems supporting the full Trip Protection lifecycle, including eligibility, quoting, purchase, servicing, claims, cancellations, and refunds.
• Design clean, maintainable, observable, and testable software using sound software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Create APIs and backend workflows consumed by multiple internal and external partners.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design discussions for moderately complex distributed systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, platform, compliance, finance, and partner teams.
• Support production systems through monitoring, debugging, troubleshooting, and operational improvements.
• Participate in code reviews and help guide engineering best practices across the team.
• Contribute to reporting, reconciliation, and operational data flows required to support the business.
• Work closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable platform capabilities across multiple markets and lines of business.

What you'll bring to the role

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a Master’s degree.
• Strong backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in JVM-based technologies, where Java and Kotlin are preferred, and Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and building APIs and integrations between distributed systems.
• Experience working with cloud-native architectures in public or hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of microservices, asynchronous processing, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases and scalable data access patterns.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and production troubleshooting.
• Ability to design maintainable, modular, and testable systems with strong operational awareness.
• Understanding of software design principles, data structures, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience working in agile engineering teams and collaborating across organizational boundaries.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex production environments.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across engineering and business stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience in travel, fintech, insurance, e-commerce, or other highly regulated domains.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
• Familiarity with compliance-sensitive systems and operational workflows.
• Exposure to frontend/customer-facing flows is a plus, but this role is primarily backend/platform focused.

Location

• Madrid, Spain: Hybrid model, 3 days per week in the office

You will receive

• The chance to join an organization with triple-digit growth that is changing the paradigm on how software products are built.
• The opportunity to form part of an amazing, multicultural community of tech experts.
• A highly competitive compensation package.
• Medical insurance.

Parser is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to support your participation.

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Parser may use AI-assisted tools during certain stages of the recruitment process to support operational efficiency. Our recruiting teams use AI to streamline note-taking and scheduling. All hiring decisions are made by people, with human review and oversight

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