Senior Java Developer

📌 Job Title: Senior Java Developer

📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain (Remote with occasional visits to the office)

🕒 Type: Full-time

📄 Contract Type: contract of employment

Sanoma Learning is the leading European learning company, serving over 20 million students in 11 countries. We offer printed and digital learning materials as well as digital learning and teaching platforms for primary, secondary, and vocational education. The development of our methodologies is based on deep teacher and student insight and really understanding their needs. By combining our educational technologies and pedagogical expertise, we create learning products and services with the highest learning impact. In our Technology organization, you will join the largest cross-cultural community of Sanoma Learning and contribute to the digital transformation and future of education in Europe.

Work setup 🌍

We offer a remote work model with occasional visits to the office for team events, training, and business trips - typically once per month.

Project description 📝

Bingel is the adaptive all-round platform for primary education where teachers and pupils are central. Bingel assists the teacher in achieving his or her main goal: getting the best learning outcomes for each pupil. Its different modules support the teacher not only by offering the best quality teaching materials, but also by offering a range of time-saving solutions on planning, preparing, coaching and assessing. Pupils in Belgium, Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands love Bingel as their gamified learning platform for every-day use. Their personal avatar joins them while they’re learning and adapted practicing, with which they earn virtual money that can be used for buying avatar accessories or games.

About The Role

We’re looking for a seasoned Java Developer to join our Scrum team. You will help us build and improve the most innovative and engaging educational applications.

You develop new functionalities, solve problems, and analyze more complex issues. By creating proofs of concept (PoCs), you help the team make technical decisions where necessary. You contribute to resolving support tickets and perform minor operational tasks. There is also a rotating role in which someone is responsible for monitoring the applications and checking logs. You never lose sight of quality and motivate your team members to do the same.

Must-have Requirements

✅ A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

✅ English proficiency: B2/C1 (written and spoken)

✅ Spanish proficiency: C1/C2 (written and spoken)

✅ 5+ years of professional experience with Java (modern versions: 11+)

✅ Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL)

✅ Familiarity with Maven

✅ Experience with REST APIs

✅ Experience with Spring & Spring Boot (version 3)

✅ Experience with automated testing (JUnit)

✅ Experience with Docker

✅ DevOps mindset

Nice-to-Have Requirements

💠 Experience with AWS (from a development perspective)

💠 Experience with container orchestration (preferably Kubernetes)

💠 Experience with Testcontainers

💠 Experience With Other Database Technologies (NoSQL)

💠 Experience with microservices architecture

What We Offer

As an employer, Sanoma offers a working environment where you are able and encouraged to show your best self. The working environment is result-oriented as well as flexible with a focus on collaboration. We offer you a key position with interesting and challenging tasks and excellent opportunities for professional growth. You will be part of a highly professional and experienced international team in an open and informal setting, where initiative is expected and rewarded.