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Backend Software Engineer - Evinova

Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Job ID R-236630 Date posted 05/10/2025

LOCATION: Barcelona office (3 days office – 2 working from home)


Transform billions of patients’ lives through technology, data, and groundbreaking ways of working. You’re innovative, decisive, and transformative. Someone excited to use technology to improve patients’ health. We’re building a new health-tech business – Evinova, a fully-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Group.

We are seeking an experienced Developer to join Unified Trials. We’re leading in developing software to connect patients with medical trials. Unified Trials has more than 25 software engineering teams in multiple locations: Sweden, UK, Bulgaria, USA and Spain. This role will be instrumental in the development, maintenance, and scaling our device integrations.

This is what you will do:

As a Backend Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the Unified Trials Solution (UTS). You will act as a subject matter expert for backend development, working with Java and Node.js to design, build, and maintain scalable software solutions within the UTS ecosystem.

Requirements for the role are as follows.

Must have:

  • Computer Science or similar degree

  • More than 7+ years of Software development experience

  • More than 5+ years of JDK,and proven ability to build and maintain scalable backend systems using Java and Kotlin.

  • More than 3+ years of NodeJSand comfortable integrating Node.js components within a microservices architecture.

  • Strong command of TypeScript, particularly for shared APIs with frontend teams.

  • Ability to write outstanding unit and integrations tests

  • Experience writing Gherkin-based test scenarios and integration into CI/CD pipelines.

  • Solid computer science foundations: algorithms, data structures, concurrency and threading.

  • Strong knowledge of Microservices architectures, framework and lifecycles

  • Good understanding of Software Design Patterns & Object-Oriented Programming

  • Knowledge of open-source and commercial libraries commonly used in JAVA ecosystem and NodeJS

  • Experience publishing software with CDK or Terraform

  • Strong expertise in AWS Cloud and EKS and LocalStack

  • Good expertise in MongoDB and Atlas

  • Worked with the version management tool GIT

  • Devops mindset with GitHub Actions or similar

  • Enthusiastic using agile methodologies: scrum, kanban or xp

  • Fluent in English; comfortable with global and cross-cultural teams.

Good to have:

  • Fluent in using AI tools such as GitHub Co-pilot, Claude, ...  

  • Experience withElasticSearch and Kibana for logging.

  • Observability tooling with Graphana and similar tools (DataDog, Sentry,...).

  • Participation in open source projects.

Person:

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Motivated and able to achieve deadlines and work independently

  • Team player and leading by example

  • You'll love to write clean, reusable code and have a passion for software development

  • AI mindset, use the AI to upskill our solutions and speed up the delivery

  • Solid communication skills and team-working capability

  • Positive and logical approach together with a willingness to learn.

  • Attention to detail and a passion for quality

  • Enthusiastic and fun to work with

  • A desire to work with a fresh, dynamic and digital health techcompany

Who You Are

  • Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong problem-solving skills.

  • Self-motivated and proactive in communication, able to deliver independently.

  • A team player who thrives on collaboration and knowledge sharing.

  • Passionate about writing clean, reusable, and high-quality code.

  • Curious, adaptable, and enthusiastic about working in a dynamic environment.

  • User-focused andcommitted to building solutions that truly serve end users.

  • Open to feedback and continuous improvement and growth

  • A pioneer in leveraging AI tools to upskill solutions, boost delivery speed, and drive innovation.

Why Join Us

  • Be part of a fast-growing digital health company where your work creates real-world impact on patients.

Date Posted

06-oct-2025

Closing Date

20-oct-2025

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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