JAVA SENIOR BACKEND DEVELOPER, MADRID

Java Senior Backend Developer
WELCOME TO BASF

Global Digital Services is providing its internal partners, the BASF business and service units, with innovative, effective and efficient business solutions anywhere in the world with competitive costs globally. The unit Digitalization of Services Core Systems are supporting mainly BASF service units with differentiated solutions/IT products and providing platform product and services to BASF group globally. This means, offering new and innovative services, that help them meet BASF Group growth targets.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

- As part of an agile DevOps team, you will independently drive the further development of the BASF Procurement solution into a central platform based on microservices.
- You will be responsible for both the design and end-to-end implementation of individual microservices and ensure their smooth operation to build a stable and sustainable API-Layer for several consuming applications.
- Taking care of the smooth and secure integration of new services into the overall BASF system landscape and existing backend systems will be in your responsibility.
- You will take care of code quality by defining coding conventions and development guidelines, ensuring high test coverage and introducing code quality tools
- Through the continuous optimization of our CI/CD pipelines and test frameworks, you will make a significant contribution to the automation of development and deployment processes within the team.

REQUIREMENTS

- Several years of professional experience in Java backend development (very good knowledge of Java 8+)
- In-depth knowledge of the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, and Spring Security
- 7 years of Java and 3 years of Spring experience
- Proficiency in RESTful API design and implementation
- Experience with unit testing frameworks, such as JUnit, for writing comprehensive and reliable tests, including mocking techniques and Spring Boot tests
- Familiarity with code quality tools, such as SonarQube, to ensure high-quality code
- Experience with relational and/or No-SQL database systems, such as PostgreSQL or MongoDB and respective Java mapping tools (e.g., Hibernate)
- Basic knowledge about messaging and streaming technologies like JMS or Apache Kafka
- Certain familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Knowledge of DevOps principles and practices, including containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure (preferred)
- Ideally basic experience in monitoring services and solutions (with e.g. DataDog) in hybrid cloud environments

WHAT WE OFFER

- A secure work environment because your health, safety and wellbeing is always our top priority.
- Flexible work schedule and Home-office options, so that you can balance your working life and private life.
- Learning and development opportunities
- 23 holiday days per year
- 5 additional days (readjustment)
- 2 cultural days
- A collaborative, trustful and innovative work environment
- Being part of an international team and work in global projects
- Relocation assistance to Madrid provided

At BASF, the chemistry is right

Because we are counting on innovative solutions, on sustainable actions, and on connected thinking. And on you. Become a part of our formula for success and develop the future with us - in a global team that embraces diversity and equal opportunities irrespective of gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, disability or belief.

ABOUT US

At BASF Digital Hub Madrid we develop innovative digital solutions for BASF, create new exciting customer experiences and business growth, and drive efficiencies in processes, helping to strengthen BASFs position as the digital leader in the chemical industry. We believe the right path is through creativity, trial and error and great people working and learning together. Become part of our team and develop the future with us - in a global team that embraces diversity and equal opportunities.

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