
Experienced Back-end Developer
Key Skills
Job Description
🔍 Experienced Back-end Developer
📍 Location: Remote (across EU time-zone)
🕓 Type: Full-time
📃 Contract: Employee contract
You’ll be joining the backend development of a live medical device SaaS platform used across Europe. Small team. High autonomy. Modern stack. And yes, we expect you to use AI tools. Seriously.
💡 What’s in it for you?
Real ownership: you're not a ticket-taker, you take responsibility in the small team
Meaningful product: medical device compliance software that genuinely matters to patients
Remote first within the EU time zone: we care about output, not where you sit
Regulatory support included: QbD's expert team has your back on compliance questions
🏢 What you’ll be doing
IFUcare is a SaaS platform that delivers electronic Instructions for Use (eIFU) for medical devices - a regulated, high-stakes domain where what you ship genuinely matters. The platform runs on AWS, serves customers across multiple countries, and is actively evolving.
Initially, you'll own the entire backend across a newly to be developed platform: the APIs, the data layer and the integrations that keep the business running, and the evolution of the architecture as the platform grows. In the long run, you'll work alongside a frontend and backend developer and collaborate with a DevOps team and external customer teams.
The technology:
Backend – Must-have:
Java 25
Kotllin 2.3
Spring Boot 4
MySQL (Amazon Aurora)
REST / OpenAPI 3.0
JWT / OAuth2 / SSO
Docker, Jenkins, AWS
Frontend – Good-to-have:
React 18+ / Next.js 15
TypeScript
Redux Toolkit / TanStack Query
Tailwind CSS + Styled Components
i18next
💪 What you bring
6–7+ years of backend experience, ideally in a SaaS product
Your Java / Spring Boot experience: it is your primary tool, you know it deeply, not just casually
Solid experience designing and consuming REST APIs, and working with relational databases (MySQL or similar)
Code quality is your priority and you find tests as important as the production code itself.
Comfortable owning a new codebase, contributing to an existing one and making architectural decisions
Familiar with AWS, CI/CD and containerized environments (Docker, Jenkins)
You actively use AI coding assistance (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor…) and it has genuinely changed how you work. You use AI as a coding helper but you still design the architecture and review anything the AI generates. You're well aware of AI hallucinations and know the importance of not only having 'code that works', but a high-quality and performant one.
Strong English: this is mainly a remote role and async communication is everything. However, we would like to meet our local team on a regular basis at one of our QbD offices in Belgium or in Spain.
You don't panic when you inherit legacy code; you figure it out
Experience in regulated industries or with EU MDR / eIFU is a genuine bonus, but absolutely not required. We have regulatory experts in-house who will support you on the compliance side.
🫵 Who you are
Our culture is driven by values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in:
You’re resilient and tackle challenges with a positive mindset
You’re curious and always up for learning something new
You have a no non-sense approach honest, clear, respectful
You’re innovative and bring ideas, not just opinions
And above all, you’re serious about your work, but not too serious about yourself
✨ About us
We support life sciences companies from idea to patient — offering tailored solutions in development, clinical, regulatory, compliance, production, and distribution. With 500+ experts across 8 countries, we help drive innovation in ATMP, biotech, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and pharma.
We believe in JPEG:
Joy. Partnership. Going the Extra Mile. Getting Things Done.
You won’t just be taking a job — you’ll be joining a community where people grow, laugh, build, and contribute to something bigger.
📩 Interested? Let’s talk.
Send us your CV and motivation letter. You could be the next one to join the QbD family.
Core Responsibilities
You will own the backend development of a medical device SaaS platform, including APIs, data layers, and integrations. You will collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and customer teams to evolve the platform architecture.
Requirements
The role requires 6-7+ years of backend experience with deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot. Candidates must be comfortable with AWS, containerized environments, and using AI coding assistants to maintain high-quality, performant code.
Benefits
- Remote work
- High autonomy
- Regulatory support
- Professional growth
About QbD Group
Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
QbD Group is your strategic partner in life sciences, supporting companies from early-stage innovation to full market access and lifecycle management. We combine deep regulatory, clinical, and quality expertise to help clients accelerate development, reduce risk, and meet the highest industry standards. Our mission is simple: bring life science innovations to patients faster, safer, and with confidence. With 600+ professionals and a presence across Europe and beyond, we support the full journey - from idea to submission, from validation to market, from start-up to scale-up. Our core solution areas include: - Product Development: Supporting innovators in MedTech and Biotech from idea to patient. - Gateway to Europe: Enabling non-EU companies to access and thrive in the European market. - Operational Excellence: Strengthening manufacturing quality and lifecycle activities. We act as an extension of our clients’ teams - with short decision lines, hands-on delivery, and a passion for solving complex challenges. At QbD Group, we believe that every innovation deserves to reach the patient - and we’re here to make that happen.