Job Overview
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, driving reliability, scalability, and performance for a banking client. UST is a multinational digital technology services company with over 35,000 employees worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
* Technically lead a group of engineers responsible for maintaining and improving back‑end services for critical customer and data applications in the cloud.
* Shape and deliver the goals and vision set by the Site Reliability Engineering Manager (SREM).
* Contribute to major optimisation and improvement themes, identifying opportunities to reduce operational overhead through observability and service automation.
* Drive engineering best practice—Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, Resilience—and establish standards across the team and wider SRE community.
* Innovate within the team and contribute to the technical domain.
* Deliver key intentions from inception through design and hands‑on delivery in collaboration with the SREM.
* Estimate, scope, and plan work within an agile environment.
* Participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation, with additional compensation.
Mandatory Requirements
* Production‑grade experience developing and managing APIs with Java & Spring Boot, including SOLID principles, SOA, and REST.
* Proficiency with Maven or Gradle.
* Experience running micro‑services on container orchestration platforms.
* Skill in API testing using tools such as WireMock, Pact, Postman, or Cucumber.
* Understanding of API authentication and authorisation mechanisms, such as OAuth.
* Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools for troubleshooting distributed systems.
* Strong grasp of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipeline management via Jenkins.
* Background in cloud development.
* Experience with back‑end architectural and design patterns.
* English C1 proficiency.
Nice to Have
* Experience in regulated environments, e.g., banking.
* Experience with Docker.
* AWS certification.
* Experience with TDD and BDD.
What We Offer
* 23 days of annual leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days.
* Health Care Plan, Internet Connectivity, Life and Accident Insurances.
* Retribución Flexible program: meals, kindergarden, transport, online English lessons, health care.
* Free access to multiple training platforms.
* Professional stability and career plans.
* Referral bonus program.
* Option to choose between 12 or 14 payments throughout the year.
* Work‑life balance measures: flexibility, remote work policy, compacted hours in summer.
* UST Club platform discounts and gym access discounts.
Equal Opportunity Statement
UST is committed to equal opportunities in our selection processes and does not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation or nationality. We have a special commitment to disability inclusion, and we are interested in hiring people with disability certificates.
Remote Work
Options for remote work or working from home are available for this position.
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