Senior Software Engineer

HiveMQ; España; Presencial; EUR 58.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HiveMQ in Spain is seeking a skilled software engineer to architect and maintain their platform for global IoT deployments. Key responsibilities include developing high-quality, self-healing software, enhancing system scalability and availability, and utilizing modern tools like AI. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in backend development, strong interpersonal skills, and a solid foundation in software engineering principles. Competitive salaries range from €58K to €120K.

Formación

• 5+ years in software engineering with focus on backend applications.
• Ability to debug complex problems.
• Experience with event-driven systems and resilient communication.

Responsabilidades

• Architect and maintain the HiveMQ platform software.
• Develop self-healing software systems.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and implement solutions.

Conocimientos

Great interpersonal skills

Experience developing scalable software

Strong software engineering background

Experience using Git

Experience with NoSQL and Kafka

Herramientas

CI/CD tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Descripción del empleo

Location

Germany; Spain; United Kingdom

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Product and Engineering

Compensation

• €58K – €120K

The salary range reflects variations in location and experience. Final compensation will depend on individual qualifications and market factors.

HiveMQ is the Industrial AI Platform helping enterprises move from connected devices to intelligent operations. Built on the MQTT standard and a distributed edge-to-cloud architecture, HiveMQ connects and governs industrial data in real time, enabling global leaders like Audi, BMW, Eli Lilly, and Siemens to operationalize AI and drive innovation at scale.

At HiveMQ, our culture is Effortless → Empowered → Relentless. We make the complex simple, act with confidence and ownership, and never stop pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Join us to power the future of intelligent industry.

HiveMQ’s Vision for this role

The HiveMQ Dev team is dedicated to ensuring application resiliency and delivering the HiveMQ software platform in the highest quality. As a member of the HiveMQ development team, you will design, develop, and deliver solutions that enhance the scalability, availability, and efficiency of the HiveMQ software portfolio. We work with agile principles and believe ruthless automation and smart use of AI tools enables us to move fast while continuously meriting the trust that our customers place in us.

You will…

• Architect, build, and maintain the HiveMQ platform software for massively-scalable global IoT deployments.
• Create self-healing software systems with state-of-the-art tools.
• Develop and implement concurrent, maintainable, and performant algorithms.
• Build, maintain and refactor existing codebases, extend APIs, improve test coverage and address security vulnerabilities.
• Work with profilers, benchmarking, and state analysis tools.
• Leverage AI tools such as Claude Code, GH Copilot.
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks.
• Solve edge cases and find the common truths behind them.

You have…

• Great interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively coordinate and work in a team.
• A high sense of ownership and take pride in the work you accomplish.
• Experience developing and shipping business relevant software.
• Experience writing reliable and scalable software.
• A strong software engineering background (5+ years) and profound experience in architecting, developing and delivering modern and robust backend applications running in a JVM.
• Experience using Git, different testing approaches, and CI/CD tools.
• Ability to debug complex problems to find and implement solutions for the future.
• Experience designing high-throughput data-intensive applications.
• You have experience with different architectures, event-driven systems, and designing resilient inter-service communication. Technologies like NoSQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, ArgoCD are no strangers to you.

Employment Equity Statement

Job advertisements of HiveMQ GmbH are always directed at female, male and various applicants, regardless of age, gender, religion, sexual identity, disability, race, ethnic origin, world view, etc. The selection of a candidate is exclusively based on qualifications.

Compensation Range: €58K - €120K