Principal Software Engineer

Solera; Galapagar; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative technology company is seeking a Senior Engineer to join its Product Development team in Galapagar, Spain. The successful candidate will lead projects for customer-facing applications, ensuring high-quality delivery while mentoring junior team members. Key requirements include over 10 years of IT project experience and strong expertise in Java and agile methodologies. The role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Formación

• Over 10 years of experience in delivering IT development projects.
• More than 3 years of experience as a Technical Lead.
• Strong analytical and solution design skills.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver projects related to the technical development and maintenance of applications.
• Champion technological standards and coach team members.
• Promote continuous improvement and innovative practices.

Conocimientos

Java

Scrum

Agile Methodologies

CI/CD

Unix

Educación

Related degree or equivalent qualifications

Herramientas

Jenkins

Selenium

Tomcat

Descripción del empleo

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets : our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visitsolera.com.

At CAP-HPI we use our data, combined with our knowledge, experience and expertise, to enable us to create award-winning automotive products. Over 75 years, our extensive dataset and unique understanding of the automotive market help businesses of all shapes and sizes manage risk and increase profit. We provide data and insight into vehicle identification, valuations and complete history checks.

The Role

As a member of the Product Development team, you will be responsible for delivering projects related to the technical development, support and maintenance of the company’s customer facing applications and internal applications to defined standards and to a high quality. You will champion areas of technologies, assist in defining standards, interact and communicate with other areas of the business, gather requirements and effectively manage expectations.

As a Senior Engineer you will have a strong working knowledge of the design, development and maintenance of web-based applications. You will develop solutions, from often complex requirements, to defined standards and will be seen as an expert of the relevant technology stack. You will keep on top of the latest technologies and bring innovation and motivation to the team. You will aid other team members in a coaching and mentoring capacity and be expected to work as part of an autonomous team.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure the squad develop robust, resilient solutions.
• Champion Solera Standards – encouraging others to do the same
• Maintain a strong technical understanding and promote the use of the latest software and technologies.
• Provide regular feedback to, and coaching of, the Tribe members to ensure improvement of individual performance and contribution to project deliverables.
• Represent Product Development with stakeholders both within and outside of allocated Tribe.
• Work with Architecture to define, maintain and ensure adherence to technical standards.
• Advocate Testing practices and champion the rollout of automation within the business area of remit.
• Suggest and deliver continuous improvement items aligned with the strategic direction of Product Development.
• Suggest innovative approaches to new and existing ways of working.
• Tech Debt – take ownership, lead the squad to do the same and discuss prioritisation with Product.
• Align with wider department.
• Promote strong morale within the squads.
• What You’ll Bring
• Technical Experience
• As a Principal Engineer within the Development Team, you should have : -
• Over 3 years’ experience being a Technical Lead in the team
• Over 10 years’ experience of delivering IT development projects
• A related degree or equivalent qualifications / experience

Required :

• Java – up to v21
• Java Webapps (such as Tomcat 11 / Websphere, Spring MVC)
• CI / CD tools such as Jenkins, Concourse, Git, GitLab, Octopus
• Stored Procedures (MSSQL, DB2, Mongo, Postgres)
• Agile Methodologies - Scrum, Kanban, Pair Programming, TDD
• Test tooling - Selenium, JUnit, Mockito, PowerMock, Karma, Jasmine
• Build tools (Maven, Ant)
• Unix
• ELK stack

Required Attributes and Characteristics

• High attention to detail
• Flexibility
• Forward-thinking with drive and determination
• Strong analytical & solution design skills
• Team player with the ability to work independently where needed
• Logical approach to problem solving and strong troubleshooting skills

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.

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