Java Developer

Description

Job Summary: We are looking for a technical leader with strong people management skills who promotes technical excellence, strategic collaboration, and innovation. Key Highlights: 1. Active mentoring and fostering team autonomy. 2. Promotion of best practices and reduction of technical debt. 3. Strategic collaboration with the Product Owner and clear communication. We are knowmad mood! We are a leading digital transformation company, constantly evolving and at the forefront of technology. We were founded to drive real change through innovation and sustainable development, with a mission to deliver value to our clients and empower our talent. Composed of over 3\.000 creative, digital, and innovative individuals connected to a shared purpose and capable of building connections with people worldwide. A responsible, flexible team with high adaptability to our clients’ and the market’s needs—while consistently delivering value, vision, creativity, expertise, professionalism, and passion for technology in every project. The values guiding us toward excellence are collaboration, innovation, commitment, fun, and trust. **What Do We Value?** Hybrid Technology Ecosystem: * Significant Legacy Component: IBM technologies requiring maintenance and stability. Includes a Core Monolith in Java 8, Spring Framework 5\.3\.x (without Spring Boot), Hibernate \+ IBM DB2, workflows with jBPM, and EAR deployment on IBM WebSphere. * Microservices: Satellite services in Java (e.g., fraud adapter). * Quality and Observability: SonarQube, JaCoCo, JUnit, Mockito. Monitoring via Logback, Graylog, and internal metrics. "Must\-Haves" Leadership and People Management (High Priority) * Active Mentoring: Close and empathetic task follow-up, especially for new team members; helping them gain autonomy. * Assertive Feedback: Ability to constructively communicate areas for improvement, acting as an enabler. * Psychological Safety: Fostering an environment where errors are treated as learning opportunities and team mental health is actively promoted. Technical Excellence and Quality * Engineering Standards: Promoting best practices within the development team, including internalized practices such as code review. * Architecture: Collaborating closely with the unit’s architect to jointly make strategic decisions in both legacy and modern environments; prioritizing and planning technical debt reduction. * Continuous Delivery and Monitoring: Ensuring production service health using existing metrics and defining new ones. Strategic Collaboration * Close Collaboration with the Product Owner: Actively participating in backlog refinements, providing realistic technical estimates and impact analysis. * Motivator and Catalyst: Seeking someone with a proactive attitude, able to inject positive energy into the team and maintain high morale—especially when tackling technical debt challenges. * Excellent and Approachable Communication: Ability to clearly and assertively convey ideas and objectives; must be an enabler who removes barriers—not someone who creates tension. * Fostering Collaboration: Prioritizing collective success over individual achievement, promoting teamwork, mutual support, and a strong sense of belonging. Profile Requirements Technical Skills (Hard Skills) * Experience with Legacy Systems: Proven ability to work in similar environments (Java 8, WebSphere, XML configurations, IBM DB2 databases). * Knowledge of Microservices: Understanding of patterns, inter-service communication, and REST APIs. Spring Boot experience is a plus. * Clean Code: Mastery of design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture. * Testing and Tooling: Solid experience with JUnit, Mockito, Maven, Git, and coverage tools (SonarQube). * Workflows (Desirable): Experience with jBPM or similar BPMN2 engines. Soft Skills * Emotional Intelligence and motivation to lead and grow others. * Clear Communication: Ability to explain complex concepts simply. * Resilience and Adaptability: Comfort navigating between older technologies and newer tools. **And with us, you can enjoy:** Permanent Contract **100% REMOTE** Internal training and access to certifications. Check our calendar here: https://www.knowmadmood.com/es/talento/formacion Flexible compensation plan (health insurance, transportation, childcare vouchers, meal vouchers) Become a brand ambassador through our referral program Refer your friends and earn extra rewards! Events, meetups, tech days, talks… and much more! 26 days of leave (22 vacation days, 2 discretionary days, and December 24th and 31st as default holidays) Working hours: 8\.30–18:00 (flexible) Monday–Thursday; Friday 8:00–15:00; Summer Intensive (July & August): 8:00–15:00 Stay updated on our news by following us here \-\> knowmad mood *At* ***knowmad mood*** *we are committed to equal opportunity and respect for diversity. We implement our Equality Plan and the principle of non-discrimination across all recruitment processes.*