Senior Backend Engineer

Volkswagen Group Services is excited to present a fantastic opportunity to join our Volkswagen Digital:Hub in Spain. As part of the global Software Development Centre network in the Volkswagen Group, we constantly seek talented individuals ready to bring their unique skills to our projects.

Our start-up environment is collaborative, innovative, and open to new ideas. We strive to cultivate a work culture that encourages individual growth, team empowerment, and project excellence. We value respect, teamwork, and the common purpose that binds us as a group. If you're ready to thrive in a dynamic start-up environment and be part of our family, supported by one of the largest companies in the world, we invite you to read further.

About the Team and the HUB:

• Our culture is centered around fostering individual growth and team empowerment within a flexible and supportive environment.
• We prioritize respect, teamwork, and inclusivity, recognizing and valuing the unique contributions of each member.
• We embrace a work-life balance philosophy and encourage continuous personal and professional development.

Responsibilities:
•    Develop and Maintain: Design, develop, and maintain complex web applications/microservices.
•    Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams including designers, product managers, and backend developers to create seamless and performant user experiences. Collaborate in the design of the cluster architecture.
•    Create of new automated tests/alerts.
•    Lead and Mentor: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers, ensuring best practices and coding standards are followed.
•    Optimize: Optimize components. Analysis of new functionalities/system improvements.
•    Dev ops: Pipeline's maintenance, creation + Deployment configuration maintenance, creation.
•    Innovate: Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies, suggesting improvements and implementing innovative solutions to enhance our products.
•    Debug and Troubleshoot: Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, bugs, and bottlenecks in a timely manner.
•    Documentation and technical support to all the environments, business, etc.

Requirements:
•    BA Degree in Computer Sciences (or FP) and/or professional experience in Software.
•    At least 5  experience in development with Java and Spring Ecosystem (Boot, Cloud, Security) or Python and/or other languages and frameworks.
•    Solid experience working with Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes and ability to detect or improve designs that may cause crashes or impair performance.
•    Solid experience and deeply understanding of cloud architectures, AWS is a plus.
•    Experience developing serverless architectures.
•    Experience with static code analysis tools like SonarQube.
•    Solid experience working with Git, CI/CD, Agile, SCRUM and Kanban.
•    Solid understanding of database technologies (relational and no-relational).
•    Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Solid experience solving complex problems that can represent a challenge for the team.
•    Ability to help other team members to resolve stuck tasks.
•    Ability to collaborate effectively within a diverse, international and remote team environment, as well as work seamlessly with cross-functional teams.
•    Willingness to learn new tools, technologies, and processes.
•    Capability to adapt and perform effectively in rapidly changing and high-paced settings.
•    Strong organizational skills to balance multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
•    Open to giving and receiving feedback constructively.
•    Fluent English and/or Spanish speaker (German is a plus)

What we Offer:

• Fully remote work capability, with an option to work from our office when needed.
• Access to professional development tools and free language courses.
• Flexible working hours to accommodate personal and professional needs.
• A competitive holiday package and access to a variety of employee discounts.

Ref: Level C