Senior Fullstack Developer en Madrid, España

Job Description Summary Summary

Grid Automation offers its customers a complete range of innovative products, systems and services covering design and manufacture, as well as commissioning and long-term maintenance of Substation Protection and Automation solutions. This includes, amongst others, Protection relays, control systems, cyber security solutions, device management, asset performance, and many more. Grid Automation Software in the boundaries of Grid technologies, embedded software and advanced analytics solutions. If you’re passionate about Software and want to work on improving Grid resilience through Software, this is the job for you. We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join the GridBeats™ team. The GridBeats™ Software Portfolio is aggregating all Grid Automation applications which monitor, optimize and manage grid connected devices. It is a very complex and exciting portfolio which is setting the basis for grid connected devices management for the future. The Senior Software Developer be part of the Platform team and will support the integration and convergence of all GridBeats™ applications into a single coherent architecture and common software development best practices. It will work cross-functionally, across all team, coaching and mentoring junior developers, ensuring that software engineering best practices are well understood and consistently applied across the organization.

Job Description Roles and Responsibilities

Software Development & Technical Delivery

Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software components for the GridBeats™ portfolio. Contribute to the implementation of backend services, integration layers, common libraries, and device/software interfaces. Deliver robust, maintainable, and well-documented code aligned with team standards and product requirements. Work closely with architects, product owners, QA, and systems engineers to translate requirements into reliable technical solutions.

System Integration & Interfaces

Implement and support integrations between embedded software, firmware, middleware, backend systems, analytics platforms, and other GE applications. Develop and maintain APIs, communication flows, data mappings, and interface implementations. Contribute to troubleshooting and resolving interoperability issues across systems and devices.

Engineering Best Practices

Apply software design principles, coding standards, and best practices to ensure maintainable and scalable implementation. Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical problem-solving with the team. Help establish and reinforce good engineering habits, including clean code, testing discipline, and reusable design.

Platform & Reusable Components

Build and improve shared components, libraries, and services to reduce duplication and improve consistency across the portfolio. Contribute to development frameworks and reusable technical assets used by multiple teams. Support the adoption of common development practices and engineering toolchains.

Quality Attributes

Write software with strong attention to reliability, performance, maintainability, cybersecurity, and testability. Collaborate with QA, Systems Engineering, and Cybersecurity teams to ensure software meets verification, validation, and compliance requirements. Support defect analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective action implementation for field or test issues.

Legacy Systems & Migration

Assist in refactoring, modernization, and migration activities for legacy systems. Support backward compatibility and controlled evolution of software components. Contribute to technical debt reduction through incremental improvements and codebase clean-up.

Mentoring & Technical Leadership

Mentor junior engineers and support onboarding of new team members. Share technical knowledge, implementation patterns, and lessons learned with the team. Act as a technical role model through consistent delivery quality and collaborative working style.

Required Must Have Qualifications

Proven experience in software engineering, with strong hands‑on development experience Strong knowledge of software design principles, patterns, and best practices Experience with one or more programming languages and frameworks such as Java, C++, C#, Python, and JavaScript Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure Proven problem‑solving and analysis skills Familiarity with cybersecurity‑related standards and practices, ideally in industrial or embedded contexts Experience developing software for large‑scale, distributed, or embedded systems Experience integrating embedded systems with backend/cloud or enterprise software platforms Experience defining or implementing APIs, system interfaces, and data models across multiple systems Experience with system evolution, migration strategies, and technical debt management Experience working with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and modern software development toolchains Understanding of cybersecurity architecture and secure software design Experience working in industrial, embedded, or safety‑critical environments is highly desirable.

Desired Characteristics

Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Strong business acumen, leadership, discipline in managing the day‑to‑day business. Ability to work in international and matrix organizations. Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organisation.

Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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