Senior Java Developer (AWS) - Remote
UST · Madrid, Spain
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Role description We are still looking for the very Top Talent…and we would be delighted if you were to join our team!
More in details, UST is a multinational company based in North America, certified as a Top Employer and Great Place to Work company with over 35,000 employees all over the world and presence in more than 35 countries. We are leaders in digital technology services, and we provide large-scale technological solutions to big companies.
What we look for?
We are looking for a Senior Java Developer to join a highly innovative team working within a microservice-based cloud environment in the utility technology sector.
You will play a key role in designing, developing, and supporting secure, scalable, and maintainable Java services, APIs, and integrations that connect critical business systems and internal tools.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Design and implement Java services, REST APIs, integration adapters, and extension components using Java and the Spring ecosystem.
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Translate business requirements, user stories, and interface specifications into clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
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Develop RESTful APIs with proper validation, versioning, pagination, security, and error-handling mechanisms.
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Implement reliable event-driven and asynchronous integrations, ensuring resiliency through retry, timeout, correlation, idempotency, and dead-letter patterns.
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Build and optimize persistence layers using Hibernate/JPA and SQL best practices.
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Integrate microservices and internal tools with CRM, finance, payment, analytics, web, and mobile platforms.
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Create and maintain unit, integration, component, and contract tests to ensure high-quality software delivery.
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Participate in code reviews, technical design sessions, backlog refinement, and secure development practices.
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Troubleshoot production incidents using logs, metrics, traces, and database analysis, providing sustainable root-cause solutions.
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Support CI/CD pipelines, automated quality controls, deployment processes, and cloud-native engineering practices.
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Contribute to technical documentation, operational procedures, and service supportability improvements.
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Ensure solutions meet performance, reliability, scalability, and security standards.
Mandatory Requirements:
- Strong professional experience developing enterprise applications with Java.
- Hands-on experience with Spring Framework and Spring Boot.
- Solid knowledge of Hibernate/JPA, relational databases, and SQL optimization.
- Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and working with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
- Experience with event-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging, or distributed systems.
- Strong testing experience using JUnit, Mockito, and integration/contract testing frameworks.
- Experience working with Git, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD pipelines, and code review practices.
- Understanding of secure coding principles, authentication, authorization, observability, logging, and monitoring.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
- Excellent communication skills andfluent English.
Nice to have:
- Experience in utility, customer information, billing, payment, or energy-sector platforms.
- Knowledge of platforms such as SAP Utilities, Oracle Utilities, Kraken Technologies, or Hansen.
Experience with AWS, including:
- API Gateway
- Lambda
- Fargate
- EventBridge
- SQS/SNS
- Aurora
- CloudWatch
- IAM
- Secrets Manager
- Experience with containers, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
- Knowledge of distributed tracing, performance testing, and production support for high-volume systems.
- Understanding of customer, metering, usage, tariff, billing, payment, and debt-management processes within utilities.
What can we offer?
- 23 days of Annual Leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days!
- Numerous benefits (Health Care Plan, Internet Connectivity, Life and Accident Insurances).
- Retribución Flexible Program: (Meals, Kindergarten, Transport, Online English Lessons, Health Care Plan…)
- Free access to several training platforms.
- Professional stability and career plans.
- UST also compensates referrals, from which you could benefit when you refer professionals.
- The option to pick between 12 or 14 payments along the year.
- Real Work-Life Balance measures (flexibility, WFH or remote work policy, compacted hours during summertime…).
- UST Club Platform discounts and gym access discounts.
If you would like to know more, do not hesitate to apply and we’ll get in touch to fill you in details. UST is waiting for you!
At UST, we are committed to equal opportunities in our selection processes and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or nationality. We have a special commitment to Disability & Inclusion, so we are interested in hiring people with a disability certificate.
Skills
Java, AWS, REST
About UST
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.