Software Engineer (Backend/Frontend/Fullstack)

Join an international engineering team building the next generation of digital platforms that power the business, its products and consumer experiences. The role involves designing, building and operating scalable cloud-native solutions used by millions of consumers, creators and business users worldwide. Depending on team match and business needs, the engineer may be placed within Digital Tech — delivering capabilities across digital commerce, consumer engagement, customer communications and business platforms — or within Brand & Creation Technologies, which enables the design, creation, planning and delivery of products and experiences that drive the brand globally.

• Contribute to defining the technical roadmap of the services in scope.
• Design and develop applications based on microservices architecture.
• Create rich feature APIs and interact with other APIs or event platforms such as Kafka.
• Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes using standard platforms.
• Deploy and operate cloud-native solutions on Kubernetes clusters.
• Align and evolve team processes and engineering standards.
• Implement code quality assurance processes, code reviews and engineering best practices.
• Identify and manage technical debt.
• Mentor and guide software engineers within the team.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders including Business Teams, Product Owners, QA Engineers, Architects, Site Reliability Engineers and external partners.

• College or university degree with focus on IT, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 7 years of IT experience with exposure to the product development lifecycle.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with fluent English (written and spoken).
• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, tools and processes.
• Strong software quality assurance mindset and engineering excellence practices.
• Depth in at least one of the backend, frontend or full-stack profiles, plus working familiarity with the shared engineering foundations.
• Backend profile: strong experience building backend services in Java/Spring Boot and/or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Backend profile: strong experience in API design, data modelling and service integration.
• Frontend profile: strong experience in TypeScript, JavaScript and modern frontend standards (modern ECMAScript).
• Frontend profile: strong experience in frontend frameworks — React JS including state management such as Redux, MobX or the Context API — plus additional experience with Angular or Vue.js.
• Frontend profile: knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3, with hands-on experience of SASS/LESS.
• Shared foundations: experience with AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar, including effective prompt creation, code generation, code review and debugging workflows.
• Shared foundations: experience designing, developing and deploying microservices-based architectures and REST APIs, including synchronous and asynchronous communication paradigms.
• Shared foundations: experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Shared foundations: experience with container technologies and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

• Previous experience leading engineers or technical initiatives.
• Experience using context engineering principles, spec-driven development and effective interaction patterns with AI development agents.
• Experience with agentic software engineering concepts.
• Experience with serverless architectures and AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SNS or SQS.
• Experience with event streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Experience in responsive single page application development.
• Experience in test automation across unit, API and end-to-end layers (Jest, Rest Assured, Cypress/Playwright/Selenium, Serenity).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform or similar).
• Experience developing high-volume consumer-facing platforms.
• Experience working with Product Creation, Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, Consumer Engagement or Digital Commerce platforms.
• DevOps mindset with end-to-end ownership from development through production operations.
• Experience working in Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban) in global environments.

• Hybrid work setup: work remotely up to 40% of the working week, with three days per week onsite at the Zaragoza office, including access to onsite facilities and culture.

• Benefits package.
• Valuable discounts on adidas products.
• Part of a company where digital transformation, innovation and continuous improvement are core principles of the culture.
• Join a team of talented and passionate engineers with significant opportunities to grow your career.
• Part of a highly engaged multinational environment with international career opportunities.
• Individual development, training and access to thriving tech communities.

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