For more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defense 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.
If you want to be part of Thales in Portugal and have experience as a Software Developer with Java, this is the right opportunity for you!
Responsibilities:
Develop high-quality, maintainable, and secure Java applications (Java 21);
Design scalable and efficient software architectures;
Write, execute, and maintain unit tests, troubleshoot and resolve bugs;
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams;
Create and maintain clear technical documentation and stay updated with emerging technologies and best practices.
Requirements:
Bachelor degree in Engineering or similar area;
Around 5 years of experience with JAVA and Springboot (mandatory);
Experience in software development and software engineering;
Comfortable with Agile Methodology;
Written and Oral proficiency in English.
The Group invests more than €4.5 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
In 2025, the Group generated sales of €22.1 billion.
For our more than 85,000 employees in 65 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.
If you are interested send you CV in English.
Say HI* – Your journey to us
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 Jéssica Carrasqueira is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.
Jéssica Carrasqueira – Talent Acquisition Partner
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a similar area
- Around 5 years of experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Experience in software development and software engineering
- Comfort with Agile methodology
- Written and oral proficiency in English
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
