Mercadona is Spain's leading grocery retailer, operating a network of over 1,600 supermarkets across Spain and Portugal. As a dominant force in the Spanish retail industry, the company manages an extensive supply chain, a sophisticated logistics network, and a rapidly growing e-commerce platform, employing nearly 100,000 people.

Headquartered in Valencia, Mercadona is one of the country's largest private employers and is well-known for its policy of offering permanent contracts to all employees from their first day. For international professionals, the company offers diverse opportunities in logistics, engineering, and specialized technology roles within their IT division, though a high level of Spanish proficiency is generally required across all departments.

Founded in 1977 as a small butcher shop chain in Valencia, Mercadona was transformed by Juan Roig into a retail powerhouse. It revolutionized the Spanish market with its 'Always Low Prices' strategy and its focus on high-quality private label brands like Hacendado and Deliplus.

For international professionals

Offers permanent contracts (contrato indefinido) to all employees from the first day of employment.
Provides extensive internal training and a structured career development model for long-term growth.
While most roles require Spanish, their IT and digital transformation hubs in Valencia and Madrid hire for specialized technical skill sets.
Consistently ranked as one of the most stable and reputable employers in Spain according to Merco and other corporate barometers.

Backend Developer Java Spring Boot - Valencia/València

Mercadona

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

As a Java developer with experience in Spring Boot, you will face technical engineering and architecture challenges and lead the migration of systems that impact thousands of users.

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Como desarrollador Java con experiencia en Spring Boot, enfrentarás desafíos técnicos de ingeniería y arquitectura, y liderarás la migración de sistemas que impactan a miles de usuarios.

Qué te ofrecemos

✨ Proyectos únicos y de gran impacto.

👥 Un equipo IT de más de 1.400 profesionales.

🛠️ Stack tecnológico de alto nivel.

📈 Plan de carrera con revisiones salariales anuales.

⏰ Flexibilidad horaria.

🎓 Formación continua y crecimiento profesional.

🔒 Estabilidad y cultura de equipo.

🏥 Servicio médico propio.

🏢 Oficinas innovadoras y colaborativas.

💰 Salario competitivo según tu experiencia.

Qué te pedimos

Formación

Grado en Informática / Telecomunicaciones o Ciclo en DAM / DAW.

Conocimiento

Imprescindible en..

Desarrollo de proyectos con APIs JSON-REST.
Spring (Boot, MVC, Core, Security, Data, Batch, etc.).

Valorable en..

Manejo de bases de datos Oracle, MySQL y PostgreSQL.
Patrones de diseño orientados a objetos (POO).
Desarrollo y consumo de API REST.
Implementación de integraciones con Kafka.
Desarrollo de pipelines de integración continua con Jenkins.
Contenedores y orquestación con Docker y Kubernetes.
Control de versiones con Git.
Arquitectura hexagonal con Java y Spring.
Patrones de arquitectura de microservicios.

Experiencia

Mínimo 1 año desarrollando con Spring Boot.

Cómo será tu día a día

💻 Diseñarás y desarrollarás servicios web RESTful y microservicios con Spring Boot.
🗄️ Integrarás servicios con bases de datos relacionales y no relacionales usando Hibernate y JPA.
✅ Crearás pruebas unitarias e integración con JUnit, Mockito y Spring Test.
📚 Documentarás y mantendrás el código para que siempre sea claro y accesible.
👥 Colaborarás con el equipo de FrontEnd para una integración perfecta.
🚀Te mantendrás actualizado con las últimas tendencias en Java Spring y desarrollo BackEnd.