Senior Java Developer (Aws/Rxjava)

Ust España & Latam; Lugo; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits

Career development

Remote-friendly policy

Training access

Flexible compensation

Descripción de la vacante

UST España & Latam is seeking a Senior Java Developer in Lugo to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services using Java 17/21 and Spring Boot.

You will build reactive microservices, work with gRPC/Protobuf, Kafka, and cloud infra (AWS). Strong testing, code reviews, and documentation are expected.

Formación

• 8+ years of professional Java development.
• 2+ years with Java 17/21 features (records, sealed classes, pattern matching, virtual threads).
• Strong Spring Framework/Spring Boot experience in production environments.
• Reactive programming with Project Reactor or RxJava, or asynchronous programming with CompletableFuture.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java 17/21 and Spring Boot.
• Build scalable microservices with reactive programming.
• Develop and maintain gRPC APIs and Protobuf schemas with backward compatibility.
• Implement highly concurrent and efficient solutions.
• Work with Kafka-based architectures and production data stores.
• Create automated tests: unit/integration/contract tests.

Conocimientos

Java

Java 17/21

Spring Boot

Reactive programming

gRPC

Protobuf

Concurrency

Kafka

JUnit/Mockito/AssertJ

AWS

Databases (PostgreSQL/Redis/MongoDB)

English (C1+)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Herramientas

RxJava

Project Reactor

JUnit 5

Mockito

AssertJ

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD (TeamCity/GitHub Actions)

Descripción del empleo

Senior Java Developer (AWS/RxJava) UST España & Latam•Lugo, ES

Descripción del trabajo

We are still looking for the very Top Talent…and we would be delighted if you were to join our team! 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 worldwide and presence in more than 35 countries. We are leaders in digital technology services, providing large-scale technological solutions to some of the world's most renowned organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services using Java 17/21 and Spring Boot.
• Build scalable and resilient microservices leveraging reactive programming principles.
• Develop and maintain gRPC APIs and Protobuf schemas, ensuring backward compatibility and proper schema evolution.
• Implement highly concurrent and performant solutions, applying advanced thread-safety and concurrency patterns.
• Work with Kafka-based event-driven architectures and production-scale data stores.
• Create and maintain automated testing suites, including unit, integration, and contract tests.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on architecture decisions, design reviews, and technical documentation.
• Participate in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and postmortem activities.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerized deployments.
• Produce clear technical documentation, design proposals, and pull request descriptions.

Mandatory Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience with Java development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Java 17 or Java 21, including modern language features such as records, sealed classes, pattern matching, and virtual threads when applicable.
• Strong expertise in Spring Framework and Spring Boot in production environments.
• Proven experience with reactive programming using Project Reactor or RxJava (Mono, Flux, backpressure, retry strategies, hot vs. cold publishers), or advanced asynchronous programming with CompletableFuture and structured concurrency.
• Production experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers, including streaming RPCs, deadlines, interceptors, and schema evolution.
• Strong understanding of concurrency fundamentals, executor services, lock-free patterns, and thread lifecycle management.
• Solid testing practices using JUnit 5, Mockito, and AssertJ.
• Experience developing integration tests against real dependencies and contract/parity testing.
• Strong knowledge of Kafka consumer and producer semantics.
• Production experience with at least one of the following technologies: Redis, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Cloud experience with AWS (or equivalent cloud platforms), including services such as S3, IAM, managed Kafka solutions, and container runtimes.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to create design documents, postmortems, and technical documentation.
• English level C1 or higher.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading large-scale migrations or refactoring initiatives across multi-module codebases.
• Knowledge of container packaging and multi-architecture image builds (Linux/AMD64 and Linux/ARM64).
• Python knowledge with the ability to read, understand, and debug existing code.
• Experience working with Apache Arrow or other columnar data formats.
• CI/CD pipeline ownership using TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
• Experience contributing to architecture and technical strategy discussions.

What can we offer

• 23 days of Annual Leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days!
• Numerous benefits (Health Care Plan, Internet Connectivity, Life and Accident Insurances).
• Flexible Compensation Program: meals, kindergarten, transport, online English lessons, health care plan, and more.
• Free access to several training platforms.
• Professional stability and personalized career development plans.
• Referral Program with attractive bonuses for successful recommendations.
• The option to choose between 12 or 14 salary payments per year.
• Real Work-Life Balance measures (flexibility, remote work policy, summer schedule, and more).
• Access to UST Club discounts and gym membership benefits.

At UST, we are committed to equal opportunities throughout our recruitment processes and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or nationality. We have a special commitment to Disability & Inclusion and actively encourage applications from professionals with a disability certificate.