SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MADRID

Senior Software Engineer
Who Are We?

Welcome to Welltech-where health meets innovation! As a global leader in Health Fitness industry, weve crossed over 200 million installs with five life-changing apps, all designed to boost well-being for millions. Our mission? To transform lives through intuitive nutrition trackers, powerful fitness solutions, and personalized wellness journeys-all powered by a diverse team of over 700 passionate professionals with presence across 5 hubs.

Why Welltech? Imagine joining a team where your impact on global health and wellness is felt daily. At Welltech, we strive to be proactive wellness partners for our users, while continually evolving ourselves.

What Were Looking For

We are seeking a pioneering Senior Software Engineer to be the foundational hire for our new IT Platform Team. This is a unique opportunity to explore the problem space from the ground up, make critical technology decisions, and lay the architectural groundwork for the systems that will become the brain of our IT operations.

You will be instrumental in shifting IT from a traditional support model to a proactive, software-driven function. Youll work closely with our frontline IT support staff (who will be part of your integrated team) to deeply understand their challenges and build innovative solutions that automate processes, enhance reliability, and leverage cutting-edge technologies, including AI. This role is for a builder, a problem-solver, and a visionary who is passionate about using software engineering to create transformative efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:
- Explore Define: Dive deep into existing IT operational workflows, helpdesk processes, and infrastructure to identify inefficiencies and prime opportunities for automation and AI-driven solutions.
- Architect Design: Play a lead role in designing the architecture for our new IT operational platform, making key technology choices for automation frameworks, integration strategies, data management, and potential AI tooling. Your decisions will set the foundation for the teams future.
- Build Implement: Develop robust, scalable, and maintainable software solutions to automate IT processes, integrate disparate systems, and build internal tools. This includes everything from sophisticated workflow automation to intelligent bots and foundational AI models.
- Champion Software Engineering Best Practices: Establish and advocate for best practices in version control (Git), CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, and secure coding standards within the team from day one.
- Collaborate Deeply: Work hand-in-hand with integrated IT support colleagues, the Systems Administration team, and stakeholders across Welltech to understand needs, gather requirements, and ensure solutions are impactful and user-centric.
- AI Exploration Implementation: Research, prototype, and implement AI solutions, with a strong interest in agentic AI systems, to create intelligent virtual agents, predictive operational insights, and automated decision-making within IT and potentially for other Welltech departments.
- Own Solutions End-to-End: Take responsibility for the full lifecycle of the solutions you build, from initial concept through deployment, monitoring, and ongoing iteration.
- Mentorship Guidance (Future): As the team grows, provide technical guidance and mentorship to more junior engineers.

Required skills:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing, building, and deploying complex software solutions
- Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, TypeScript)
- Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and API development
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and their services (e.g., serverless functions, messaging queues, databases)
- Demonstrable interest and hands-on experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts and technologies, especially on agentic AI

Will be a Plus:
- Understanding of ITSM concepts (ITIL) and platforms (e.g. Jira Service Management) is a plus.
- Practical experience building applications leveraging open standards like Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Candidate journey

Recruiter call --> Live --> Skills assessment--> Meet the Leadership team

Why Youll Love Being Part of Welltech:
- Grow Together: Join a culture that champions both personal and professional growth. Here, youll thrive as we learn, evolve, and succeed together.
- Lead by Example: No matter your role, your leadership matters. Every team member is empowered to inspire and make an impact.
- Results-Driven: Were all about achieving meaningful outcomes. Its not just about the effort, but the difference we make every day.
- We Are Well-Makers: Be part of a movement thats creating a healthier, happier world. Together, we make well-being a reality!

Python, Go, Java, TypeScript

Python, Go, Java, TypeScript