(Senior) Backend Developer

Location: Lousado, Braga, pt

Company Description

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €39.7 billion in 2024 and currently employs around 95,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

Tire solutions from the Tires group sector make mobility safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Its premium portfolio encompasses car, truck, bus, two-wheel, and specialty tires as well as smart solutions and services for fleets and tire retailers. Continental has been delivering top performance for more than 150 years and is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. In fiscal 2024, the Tires group sector generated sales of 13.9 billion euros. Continental's tire division employs more than 57,000 people worldwide and has 20 production and 16 development sites.

Job Description

Continental’s Data and Customer Solution Competence Center create a wide range of digital solutions for Continental’s customers and internal stakeholders – and we want you to join us!

You will support Continental’s Fleet Platform for the Americas and will collaborate with US and EU SCRUM teams of Angular and Java developers along with DevOps team for continuous delivery.

If you’d love to join an international crowd that works on the latest technologies and creates state-of-the-art solutions, Continental is the perfect match for you.

Continental is looking for a highly skilled Backend Java Developer to work within their Data and Customer Solution Competence Center. With this job, you join the global team working on Fleet Solutions for the Americas.

Main Responsibilities:

• Exposure to implementation design and develop using Java Spring Boot framework for current developments;
• Collaboration with front end team members for development of restful APIs;
• Collaboration with global team members in US and EU;
• Responsibility for development of test code / test scenarios ensuring high quality;
• Provide production support;
• Ability to efficiently debug and resolve technical issues;
• Compile technical documentation and user assistance material, requiring excellent written communication in English;
• Ensure continuous professional self-development;
• Follow Scrum/Agile methodologies to organize and plan projects.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Computer Science, IT or related field;
• +3 years of experience with Java programming.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Eureka;
• Exposure to continuous integration tools such as Git, Jenkins, SonarQube;
• Experience with client-server applications and microservice architecture;
• Exposure to testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito, Cucumber;
• Exposure to JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, AngularJS, JQuery, Karma testing framework (a plus);
• Experience with user interface design, database structures and statistical analyses (a plus);
• Ability to communicate effectively with a software development team members;
• Exposure to model data in relational database such as PostgreSQL;
• Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English;
• Good organizational skills.

Additional Information

Our offer:

• Integration in a challenging and international work environment;
• Flexible working model;
• Agile and collaborative working style;
• Continuous opportunities for the promotion of talent and training.

Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.