Staff Software Engineer

TomTom; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading navigation technology company in Madrid is seeking an Expert Software Engineer to join the Map Advanced Analytics team. You will design and build scalable data and analytics solutions for assessing map quality. The role involves solving complex problems, providing technical leadership, and supporting all phases of project lifecycles. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or extensive experience in modern programming languages, especially Java, with strong software engineering practices.

Servicios

Personal development budget

Paid learning days

Work flexibility with hybrid model

Competitive holiday plan

Formación

• 8+ years of experience in at least one modern programming language, including Java.
• Proven ability to learn new languages and lead others.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles and best practices.

Responsabilidades

• Solve complex problems at scale and own the software architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and enable team success.
• Participate in all phases of the project lifecycle.

Conocimientos

Java

Object-oriented design

Data structures

Algorithm design

Software development best practices

Cloud technologies

Communication in English

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Descripción del empleo

Join us in shaping the future of navigation with the best maps in the world, leveraging diverse sources and the latest techniques for automated data processing at scale. We are seeking a highly motivated Expert Software Engineer to join our Map Advanced Analytics team. You will design and build robust data and analytics solutions and platforms to assess map quality at scale, enabling fast, data-driven and cost-effective strategic decision-making.

What you will do:

• Solve complex problems at scale cross teams, owning the software architecture and technical designs
• Provide technical leadership and expertise, acting as a force multiplier
• Enable your team for success through interaction with the technical community at an organization level
• Drive the technical decisions to improve engineering, test, and operational excellence best practices
• Participate to all phases of the project lifecycle – gathering requirements, designing solutions, building new interfaces, integration with existing architectures, development, and testing code
• Build scalable, highly available and resilient applications by utilizing the optimal cloud technologies and programming languages and frameworks that best suit your use cases
• Support hiring for team vacancies, and investments into team and product health

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or 8+ years of equivalent experience in at least one modern programming language, including Java
• Proven ability to learn new languages and technologies, and lead others in acquiring new skills
• Comfortable with written and/or verbal communication in English
• Strong Computer Science and development fundamentals, including object‑oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Strong knowledge and practice of professional software engineering and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade‑offs
• Experience building scalable, distributed, production software systems with an understanding of design for performance and reliability
• Experience working with data processing tools/frameworks and cloud technologies

What we offer

A competitive compensation package, of course. Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e‑learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning. Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities. Work flexibility, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It’s all about getting the best out of both worlds – we ask TomTom’ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location. Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance. Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we’re mapping. Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday. Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world. Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom! Find out more about our global benefits and enjoy additional local benefits tailored to your location.

Meet your team

We’re Maps, a global team within TomTom’s Location Technology Products technical unit. Our team is driven to deliver the most up‑to‑date, accurate and detailed maps for hundreds of millions of users around the world. Joining our team, you’ll continuously innovate our mapmaking processes, directly contributing to our vision: engineering the world’s most trusted and useful map.

At TomTom...

You’ll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first‑ever real‑time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet.

Work with a team of 3,600+ unique, curious and passionate problem‑solvers. Together, we’ll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them.