Senior Backend Engineer

Playtomic; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to develop robust solutions that ensure high performance and security. In this role, you will create and maintain APIs, collaborate with diverse teams, and uphold high code quality standards. This dynamic environment offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies like Spring Boot and Kubernetes, while contributing to a mission-driven company focused on socializing sports practice through their app. Join a talented team and enjoy a range of benefits, including flexible salary options and generous vacation time.

Servicios

Health Insurance

Restaurant Tickets

Gympass Discounts

23 Days of Vacation

Birthday Off

Wellness Days

Additional Day Off per Year Worked

Formación

• Proven experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in API development.
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, Java, and database design.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain APIs for seamless frontend-backend communication.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to devise innovative solutions.

Conocimientos

Backend Engineering

API Development

Spring Boot 3

Java 17

MongoDB

MySQL (Aurora)

Kubernetes

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Educación

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Engineering

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Spring Boot

MongoDB

MySQL

Descripción del empleo

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Playtomic, you will be responsible for developing robust and scalable solutions for our product, ensuring high performance, consistent and secure transactions.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and maintain APIs and their services, enabling seamless communication between the frontend and backend, and facilitating third-party integrations.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, product designers and frontend / mobile engineers, to devise innovative solutions.
• Ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests from the frontend.
• Maintain a high code quality by continuously optimizing and improving our backend through code reviews, profiling, and implementing best practices and company's standards.

Who you’ll be playing with

You will be part of the engineering team (30 people) reporting directly to an Engineering Manager, working in daily collaboration with Product and other engineers.

Our Ideal "Player"

• Proven experience as a Backend Engineer. Familiarity with the whole web stack, including protocols, system architecture, database design, and web server optimization techniques. In particular, experience with Spring Boot 3, Java 17, MongoDB, MySQL (aurora), Kubernetes is preferred.
• Extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining APIs.
• Strong communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing technical challenges.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions within specified timelines.
• Located in Madrid or able to travel to Madrid when needed.
• Excellent spoken and written English is a must.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven track record in designing and implementing payment systems or financial platforms.
• Experience working with remote and partially remote and multicultural teams.
• Experience working in start-ups and scale-ups.

What’s in it for you

• Salary 60k-80k.
• Social benefits (63 € a month in one of these: health insurance / tickets restaurant), flexible salary in training and kindergarten.
• Gympass discounts in several plans that include gyms, personal classes, access to free apps of wellbeing, nutrition etc.
• Opportunity to work in a top international team.
• 23 days of vacation + day off on your birthday + 2 days off for Wellness days in August.
• 1 additional day off per year worked.

Our hiring process

• 1st interview with People Team.
• 2nd interview with Playtomic's Engineering Managers, Technical Leadership and Product to assess your technical, product and communication skills.
• Final Interview with Playtomic's CTO.

About PLAYTOMIC

We are the world’s largest racket sports App for players and clubs. Our goal is to socialize sports practice: through the app, players can book courts, find other players with similar skill levels, and join a social community dedicated to playing.

Since 2017, Playtomic has earned the trust of national and international investors, consolidating it as one of the main world players in sports digitalization. You will find +150 co-workers around the world with headquarters in Spain and offices in Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, UK, EEUU and Mexico.