Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Volkswagen Group Services' Volkswagen Digital:Hub in Spain as a Backend Engineer. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable services on AWS within a collaborative, innovative, and Agile team environment. You will write high-quality, well-tested code, utilize best practices, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. The position requires significant experience in Java and Spring, cloud technologies, and Agile methodologies. Volkswagen offers a fully remote work capability, flexible hours, professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package.

Requirements

• BA Degree in Computer Sciences (or FP) and/or professional experience in Software
• At least 5 or 6 years experience in development with Java and Spring Ecosystem (Boot, Cloud, Security) 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
• 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

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well tested code and confortable with Object-Oriented programming
• Ensure code quality using unit testing frameworks and code coverage tools
• Working using best practices (testing, code reviews, DDD, CI/CD, clean code...) and Agile methodologies
• Awareness of potential risks and errors in systems before they arise
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of code, software designs and workflows to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintainability

Preferred Qualifications

• GoLang is a plus
• AWS is a plus
• German is a plus

Benefits

• 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