Backend Developer

Location/s:
Madrid, Seville, Barcelona; ES

Recruiter contact:
Maria Cervantes

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be
brilliant.
About The business unit
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview Of The Role
Mott MacDonald is a uniquely diverse £1 billion employee-owned, engineering and development consultancy serving the public and private sector around the world. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to become a Back-End Developer within our Software Development Services. The home office location is Madrid (Spain), where you will join and become a key part of our global team and business.

The Back-End developer will need experience on C# development, automated testing and deployments and have excellent communication skills in English language.Experience developing on the Azure platform, Python, React JS or VB .NET is an advantage, as is experience delivering software in the Energy sector.You will be supporting business domain experts from across a range of services to find innovative solutions to challenges faced by our teams or by our clients.

Working as a Back-End developer within our Energy Unit, Technology & Data Services team you will be involved with the delivery of software solutions to solve complex problems in the field of physical and digital infrastructure. You will be accountable for developing the backend of our cloud-based web interface, supporting advanced analytics, complex mapping, and immersive visualisation for our Energy sector product applications. You will report to the Energy Software Development Services team lead and work closely with team's senior developers and Mott MacDonald's central development teams.

Data fluency is encouraged across our business and cross unit collaboration is key in our growing community of development focused and data-oriented individuals within Mott MacDonald, with plenty of opportunity to get involved and support with regional or global activities.

Key Responsibilities And Duties Include

• Join a new team in a global, diverse and high-performing environment
• Building a solid backend structure mentored by senior developers
• Benefit from automated testing,
• Collaborating on architectural decisions on new and existing projects
• Solving complex engineering problems
• Further develop your skills across a modern technology stack and architecture

Candidate specification
Our ideal candidate will have a degree in computer science or software engineering and related experience in a similar role in web-based software development.You will need to be experienced in C# or Python and modern software development as well as understand scaling software systems. You'll commit to high quality code and be able to pay attention to detail.

Essential

• C# or Python
• API design
• C# or Python Testing frameworks
• You need to possess English communication skills
• Being a critical thinker, collaborative, assertive and a team player are valuable features to be considered

It is beneficial if you have any of the following technical knowledge/experience:

• Exposure to other languages such as Python, VB .NET, Ruby on rails, React or Typescript
• Development on any Cloud: Azure, AWS, Google
• CI/CD
• Integration testing
• Experience contributing to the architecture/ design of new or current applications (micro frontends, design patterns, reliability, scaling, automation)
• MSSQL, PostgreSQL or other SQL databases

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where
everyone
feels they can contribute.

Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

• Competitive annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Private medical insurance
• Optional benefits via salary sacrifice (restaurant voucher/transport card/day care voucher)
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn't 9-5
• Annual bonus scheme
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Location(s):

Madrid, ES Seville, SE, ES Barcelona, ES

Contract Type:
Permanent

Work Pattern:
Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline:
Information technology

Job Ref:
11381

Recruiter Contact:
Maria Cervantes