Senior Cloud Native Development Engineer

29/06/2026

Our client is looking for a Senior Cloud Native Development Engineer

Context

We are the Group Application Services department. We deal with all application that need to run on group level.
Our team works all year round on new features, optimizing our architecture and making sure our solutions remain future proof.
Joining us, means joining an innovative, young and fun team that loves challenges.
 

Job description

As an experienced Cloud native developer:

  • You will develop new capabilities and as such, you work with micro-services design, API integration, AWS and container technology. You are eager to work with a hexagonal architecture in a complex and evolving landscape;
  • You create and execute tests cases, and modify existing software for production;
  • You conduct self & peer code review;
  • You resolve the assigned incidents and defects and track to closure;
  • You execute technical integration testing of the application in relation with interfacing applications;
  • You bring your own code to different test environments and to production.
  • You improve the existing code and keep our systems healthy;
  • You work together with many other motivated developers;
  • You make sure that the product is a success.

Your assets

  • You know Java, Spring (Boot, Cloud, …), AWS (EKS, RDS, DynamoDb, SQS, …) and Kubernetes. You put security first and have experience with common patterns like OIDC and mTLS.;
  • Can write new code, based on functional description
  • Can write unit tests, integration tests, …
  • Can set up a testing approach
  • Can take ownership of complex stories / multiple stories in parallel
  • Can challenge existing development patterns
  • Can communicate in proper English with a development team
  • Can write and review technical designs
  • Can review pull requests
  • Knows best practices of SAST tooling, can set them up
  • Can set up a basic CI / CD pipeline
  • Has extensive knowledge of Git
  • Can write guidelines on how to set up a development environment
  • Has some experience in the financial sector
  • Knows how to work with the fallacies of distributed computing
  • Has an understanding of integration patterns
  • Can spot improvements in the secure development lifecycle

Profile

As a senior Cloud Native Development Engineer, you have over 5 years of experience in creating designs and codes for cloud applications :

  • You comprehend the functional design, based on the functional specifications;
  • You draw up the program structure based on the technical design;
  • You work with micro-services design, API integration, lambda and container technology;
  • You create and execute tests cases, and modify existing programs for production;
  • You design related changes to be updated in the design document;
  • You conduct self & peer code review;
  • You resolve the assigned incidents and defects and track to closure;
  • You execute technical integration testing of the application in relation with interfacing applications.

Next to a proven experience in cloud software development, you have the following core competences : Agile Methodologies, Analytical thinking, Collaborating, Eager to learn, Independent, Problem solving, Result driven.

Job specifications

ID: 13525

Duration: 01/07/2026-31/12/2027

Location: Leuven

Type: Freelance

Viktor Feyt

IT Recruitment Consultant
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