Great place to learn and to develop as a Backend Software Engineer
Pros
When I joined the company I thought I was a good developer... soon afterwards I realised I had just scratched the surface. If you are a backend software engineer, this is a company where you will definitely grow. The company has to deal with high-concurrency and high load problems due to the amount of requests per minute it gets from its customers. You will also find a high talented group of professionals that have two things in mind: technical improvement and business KPI improvement. The company has a wonderful learn & development department. They offer courses for free to any employee specially in soft-skills. From the technical side, all the engineers have a personal Safari Online books account for reading anywhere anytime. Also the teams are encourage to schedule periodical sessions for improving in their technical skills (code reviews, knowledge sharing, code challenges). Software is java based, and it is continuously improving. The final tech stack depends on the team you belong, but there are some of them that are doing POC with Java 11 and JBoss EAP 7.2, which are the latest stable versions available. The company have a tailored framework adapted to their specific needs. You won't find Spring here. The offices are nice and located at 10 minutes walking from Barcelona city centre. Nobody will push you to do extra hours or stick to hard deadlines. The company has a group of agile coaches that will introduce you to the way of working in the company, but in the end, the specific procedures are defined by the team. Free afternoons on Fridays (from 3pm) Free coffee
Cons
The software platform is still in the middle of a transformation to microservices in cloud. This migration is being painful. Ramp up is quite slow and it will take time until you start doing really meaningful things. So, before you start to shine in the company it could take 2-3 years. It will also depend in the team and project you work. I got 2 promotions in 5 years. You have to adapt to the T-shape tailored engineer that the company is looking for. Engineers do not only code, but think in how to evolve the product they have been entrusted with, from the technical side, from the Quality side and from the Business side.