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Senior Back-end Developer - Java / Kotlin/ Ruby in Barcelona

New Work SE

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Job Description

XING provides advice and support to its more than 18 million members during the upheaval processes in the world of work. In an environment marked by a shortage of skilled workers, digitalization, and changes in values, XING helps its members achieve as harmonious a work/life balance as possible: For a better working life.

Senior Backend - Java-Kotlin/Ruby (m/f/d)

We believe in a world of work where people can find their true self and achieve their full potential. This not only makes individuals more satisfied and happier, it also makes companies more successful.

While most of our products focus on the German speaking market, our development teams are collaborating from 6 offices across Europe. Our working culture is international, our working language English and you will find a technology-driven environment that enables you to grow professionally.

XING, a New Work SE subsidiary, is the leading online business network in German-speaking countries and supports its 18 million members in working in line with their way of life and individual preferences. Professionals from every industry connect with one another, look and apply for jobs, and seek inspiration about the latest trends in the world of work. Thanks to the broad news portfolio, XING members can keep their finger on the pulse and discuss the latest developments.

A challenging task

Doing engineering at our scale is a significant and rewarding technical challenge. Our production system consists of 180 services of different sizes, posing plenty of challenges.

  • Work with both our Stacks Ruby on Rails and Kotlin 
  • Help us migrate our existing Ruby on Rails monolith into Kotlin Microservices, 
  • Help us shape the future of the sw-architecture of a very complex system. 
  • Work on a insights driven team and use monitoring and metrics to base your decisions. 
  • CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, deployed to Kubernetes clusters hosted in our data centres in Amsterdam.
  • Kafka and RabbitMQ as message queues, the former is now increasingly used for event-driven systems.
  • Different databases for different needs: MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, MongoDB, Elastic Search...
  • GraphQL (implemented in Scala & Sangria) for our mobile and web APIs

A convincing background

We have offices in various parts of Europe (Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Barcelona, Porto and Valencia). XING employees come from more than 30 different countries and bring their
collective experiences and culture to work every day. Some of us studied computer science, while
others come from other fields or don't even have a degree-level qualification. The key common
ingredient is a willingness to learn and grow.

  • you care about the craft of software development and strive to build testable, predictable and simple code,
  • you are passionate about software architecture and familiar with event driven architecture. 
  • you like working together with peers (pair programming). 
  • You have a structured and organized approach to problems. 
  • you want to tackle the engineering challenges that come with building systems at scale (highly available, low latency and high throughput),
  • you are curious and interested in learning new languages and frameworks,
  • you have a good sense of humour and keep calm in difficult situations,
  • you value transparency, honesty, humility and helping your teammates grow.

An inspiring environment

Check our Twitter account! https://twitter.com/NewWork_es

  • The New Work SE offers a dynamic environment, as well as flexible working hours. Heading to more flexibility of working remotely, our New Mobile Office 50% policy combines both – more flexibility in working outside our Offices & face-to-face collaboration.
  • The chance to work on a large, highly distributed platform with over 18 million users
  • Varied tasks, uncomplicated interactions with your colleagues as well as many opportunities to bring in your own ideas.
  • Innovation/hack weeks every few months where you can unleash your creativity and ideas.
  • Training, conferences and many opportunities to learn, experiment and grow.
  • Restaurant tickets, coffee and snacks.
  • Spanish / English/ German lessons.
  • A mobile device of your choice (iPhone, iPad, Android…).
  • A great, multicultural and diverse environment.
  • A referral bonus for recommending talent to our company
  • Want to bring your pet to the office? No problem at NEW WORK
  • A sunny office located in the centre of Barcelona, with a large terrace.
  • Flexible Compensation Plan: Health insurance/ Transport/ Nursery Tickets
  • Extended holidays
  • Competitive salary and a Permanent contract
  • Bicycle park and package reception
  • Relocation pack if needed.
 

About New Work SE

  • Recruiting

  • Hamburg, Germany

  • 1,000-5,000

  • 2003

We don’t see “New Work” as a buzzword. To us, it’s a promise. We strive to make happiness at work a reality. Because it’s not only about the money, it’s also about the working environment and appreciation. It’s about creating the best team setup you can imagine, and about getting involved in things you’re passionate about. And you can be part of it! We want our employees to innovate and we enable them to do what they really, really want.

Based on this conviction, New Work SE aligns its brands, products and services around its vision – For a better working life.

You can find the New Work SE as an employer at its headquarter in Hamburg and other locations like Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Barcelona, Valencia and Porto. Currently, around 1600 employees from 55 different nations are actively shaping the future of work.

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