Freelance Backend SWE

SENIOR BACKEND JAVA ENGINEER (FREELANCE CONTRACT) – HUNGARY Contract Length: 3+ Months Start Date: ASAP Day Rate: 120,000 HUF – 180,000 HUF per day Location: Hungary About the Role Beyond Sports is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Java Engineer to support the development, scaling, and modernisation of our high-performance backend systems and cloud infrastructure. This is a hands-on freelance contract opportunity for a senior engineer with deep Java expertise, strong cloud experience, and a passion for building resilient, scalable systems. You’ll work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to refactor core microservices, improve system architecture, and ensure low-latency integrations across our web and mobile platforms. Key Responsibilities - Design, refactor, and maintain scalable backend microservices and REST APIs using Java and Spring Boot - Re-architect existing backend systems to optimize for maintainability, reliability, and throughput - Implement secure identity, secrets management, and authentication standards across cloud environments - Integrate third-party systems, including real-time sports data feeds, video streams, and commentary providers - Deploy and manage containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes - Provision and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform - Build, automate, and manage deployment workflows using modern CI/CD pipelines - Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application and database performance - Participate in technical planning, architectural discussions, and peer code reviews - Produce clear, maintainable technical documentation for APIs and core backend systems Required Skills & Experience Essential - Strong commercial contracting experience with Java and Spring Boot - Proven background building, deploying, and maintaining applications in production cloud environments (AWS or Azure) - Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes - Expertise in designing and building secure, high-traffic RESTful APIs - Practical experience writing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform - Solid working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB) - Deep understanding of cloud security fundamentals (IAM, secrets management, key vaults) - Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, or ArgoCD) Desirable - Experience with event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka or similar messaging systems - Prior exposure to performance tuning and cloud cost-optimisation strategies - Strong automated testing practices (unit, integration, and regression testing) - Understanding of cloud networking components (VPCs/VNets, API Gateways)