Requirements: English
Company: UST Espaa & Latam
Region: Madrid , Community of Madrid
UST is looking for the very Top Talentand we would be delighted if you were to join our family!
More in detail, UST is a multinational company based in North America, certified as a Top Employer and Great Place to Work company with over 35.000 employees all over the world and a presence in more than 35 countries. We are leaders on digital technology services, and we provide large-scale technologic solutions to big companies.
What are we looking for?
For our specialized team, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, with at least 9 years of experience in the position.
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, youll take technical ownership of critical systems and drive architectural direction across multiple teams. In our agile, DevOps-centric environment, youll lead the end-to-end lifecycle of high-impact servicesshaping design, delivery, and operationswhile mentoring engineering leads and influencing best practices at scale.
Work location: Madrid (Spain)
Work mode: Hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days remote)
Key Responsibilities
Technical Strategy & Architecture
- Define and evolve the architecture for large-scale, microservices-based systems. o Lead cross-team design reviews, ensuring alignment with performance, security, and scalability goals.
DevOps & Delivery Excellence
- Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex, multi-team workflows.
- Champion observability, resilience, and everything as code across infrastructure and deployments.
Feature Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership
- Own the delivery of major features, coordinating with Product, UX, and Operations to meet business objectives.
- Act as a senior technical liaison for stakeholderstranslating strategic goals into actionable roadmaps.
Quality & Engineering Standards
- Establish and enforce coding standards, testing requirements (TDD/BDD), and performance benchmarks.
- Introduce and evangelize new tools, frameworks, and processes that elevate team productivity and code quality.
Mentorship & Organizational Impact
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineersguiding career growth, architectural thinking, and technical decision-making.
- Lead brown-bags, hackathons, and guild meetings to foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Candidate Profile
Experience & Education
- 912 years building and scaling distributed systems in agile/DevOps organizations.
- o BS/MS in Computer Science (or equivalent industry experience).
Technical Mastery
- Expert in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and event-driven architectures (Kafka, Avro).
- Strong frontend acumen with React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and API-first integration (OpenAPI).
- Deep familiarity with Kubernetes orchestration, container security, and infrastructure as code.
Architectural & Analytical Skills
- Proven track record designing for high availability, performance, and maintainability.
- Skilled at performance tuning, capacity planning, and defining non-functional requirements.
Leadership & Communication
- Exceptional English communicationable to articulate complex technical strategies to executives and engineers alike.
- Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive consensus.
Collaboration & Vision
- Entrepreneurial mindset: you spot opportunities, prototype solutions, and lead adoption of new technologies.
- Passion for continuous improvement and fostering a world-class engineering culture.
Technology Stack
- Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Entity Framework, REST
- Frontend: React, Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript
- Data & Messaging: Oracle, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Avro
- Infrastructure & DevOps: Kubernetes (PKS), Docker, Helm, Terraform
- APIs & Modeling: API-first (OpenAPI), UML
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What can we offer?
- 23 days of Annual Leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days!
- Numerous benefits (Health Care Plan, teleworking compensation, Life and Accident Insurance).
- `Retribucin Flexible Program: (Meals, Kinder Garden, Transport, online English lessons, Health Care Plan)
- Free access to several training platforms
- Professional stability and career plans
- UST also, compensates referrals from which you could benefit when you refer professionals.
- The option to pick between 12 or 14 p