Mid-Senior Software Engineer

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Fluent English

Job Description

We're looking for a knowledgeable Mid-Senior Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and building reliable, high-quality software for real-time systems.

👥 The team

Join a collaborative core engineering team of eight experienced engineers responsible for maintaining and evolving a real-time bidding (OpenRTB) auction system. The team values knowledge sharing, autonomy, and continuous professional growth while tackling complex engineering challenges.

🎯 Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and implement new features for core products using Node.js and Java
  • Write clean, efficient, and testable code
  • Test work locally and in a sophisticated staging environment
  • Monitor deployments and help maintain the stability, reliability, and performance of production systems
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical and architectural decisions
  • Collaborate in an agile environment, including planning and progress reporting
  • Take ownership of work across the core platform following a “you build it, you run it” approach

🛠️ Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • 2–4 years of experience in a software engineering role
  • Hands-on experience with Java or Node.js
  • Solid theoretical knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
  • Passion for technology and eagerness to learn and grow professionally
  • Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
  • Proficiency with Linux, Git, Docker, and Docker Compose
  • Experience with testing tools and modern CI/CD frameworks

➕ Nice to have

  • Experience with key-value stores and in-memory databases such as Redis or Memcached
  • Familiarity with cloud environments, particularly AWS

🧰 Technology stack

  • Languages: Node.js, Java, Bash, Python
  • Databases: MySQL
  • Cloud and DevOps: AWS, Jenkins, Docker
  • Tools: Git, Jira, Notion

🤗 What we offer

  • Work with a highly motivated, dynamic team
  • Great compensation package
  • Flexible hours
  • Monthly meal voucher allowance through Ticket Restaurant
  • Monthly gym allowance with a choice between DiR and Wellhub
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning and training opportunities
  • Monthly TGIF events
  • Regular team-building events
  • A friendly, collaborative work environment with talented marketers and engineers from more than 40 countries
Smadex is a cutting-edge ad-tech company, we process more than 2,4 million ad requests per second having to reply in less than 100ms. Every day we generate several TBs of data that need to be processed, analyzed, aggregated, and sent as feedback to all the real-time components. Our tech stack is 100% based on AWS, having more than 600 instances running in 4 regions. We are advocates of the “you...

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Young and diversified team
Office
Office 1
After work

Location

Carrer de Roger de Llúria, 50, Barcelona, Spain