Java Software Engineer

Talent Acquisition Partner @ Thales Portugal

Location: Paco De Arcos - Q45, Portugal

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very
- range systems, to extended protection across the entire
- space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Thales Edisoft Portugal, S. A. is focused on providing the most advanced solutions in the Aeronautics, Space, Security and Defense domain.

For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems´ security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.

We are looking for a Java Software Engineer to join our Air Mobility Solutions (AMS) team at Thales in Portugal!

Responsibilities

• Develop
  - quality, maintainable, and secure Java applications (Java 11 & 17) that meet business and stakeholder requirements
• Design scalable and efficient software architectures, ensuring compliance with coding standards, security, and data protection regulations
• Write, execute, and maintain unit tests; troubleshoot and resolve bugs; optimize performance and scalability
• Collaborate closely with
  - functional teams, participate in code reviews, and manage technical debt to ensure long‑term software quality
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation and stay updated with emerging technologies and best practices

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering
• Experience in software development and software engineering
• Knowledge of JAVA (mandatory)
• Knowledge of Spring Boot (must have)
• Written and oral proficiency in English

The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20. 6 billion.

For our more than 83, 000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value‑focused management we support diversity actively.

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry‑leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.

Tiago Vital – Talent Acquisition Partner

tiago. vital@thalesgroup.com

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Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing and Defense and Space Manufacturing