Job Description:

About Us
OPIS, a Dow Jones company, is one of the world’s most comprehensive sources for petroleum pricing and news information.  OPIS provides real-time and historical spot, wholesale/rack and retail fuel prices for the refined products, renewable fuels and natural gas and gas liquids (LPG) industries.   We deliver award-winning news, market intelligence and transparency to the entire refined energy marketplace and companies looking to go carbon neutral. At its core, OPIS uses a set of complex IT systems and tools, handling huge amounts of data in a reliable way, and providing customers with business applications to use this data as efficiently as possible.

Are you an analytical thinker and passionate about problem solving?  

OPIS is hiring in our Spain software development team based in Barcelona. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team that will become an important part of our global OPIS organization and our Axxis Product Technology division. This team will work closely with the OPIS HQ based in Gaithersburg, MD US and other team members working remotely in the US and Europe. To fit this role, we are looking for that unique mix of solid technical capabilities, blended with strong interpersonal skills.
 

Axxis by OPIS, a Dow Jones company, offers an integrated suite of software and services that can be deployed in a modular fashion with plug-in integration to client’s back office systems to automate fuel pricing and help clients dispatch fuel effectively.  Axxis offers web and mobile applications to help with the delivery of fuel.

Your Responsibilities – As a Mobile Software Engineer, you will:

• Write, build and deploy code

• Analyze business application requirements, identify concerns and develop action plans

• Be part of an Agile team, leading the development team, using company’s latest software development life-cycle, working closely with team members from Spain, US, and other countries in Europe

• Maintain existing legacy systems and assist in the legacy systems migration to state-of-the-art technologies

• Adhere to best practice development standards (such as continuous integration and deployment)

• Collaborate closely with developers, testers, stakeholders and internal customers

• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and architecture guidelines.

• Contribute to improving the development process and share knowledge with team members.

• Maintain alignment to organizational standards and best practices

• Stay up-to-date on the latest mobile technologies, trends, and best practices in iOS and/or Android development

• Integrate third-party APIs and services as needed to enhance app functionality.

Your Expertise

You have

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related technical field

• 2+ years hands-on software development experience at a minimum

• Experience with mobile application architecture patterns

• Familiarity with mobile development frameworks and tools (e.g., Xcode, Android Studio, Git)

• Proficiency in Swift for iOS development and/or Kotlin for Android development

• Experience with modern software development life-cycle

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• Excellent communication skills

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect mobile applications to back-end services

It’s a bonus if you have

• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform 

• Experience integrating with Firebase or similar platforms

• Experience with offline storage

• Experience with relational databases (SQLite)

• Familiarity with Apple/Google signing and submission process 

• Experience creating system design documentation

• Experience mentoring junior engineers

• Agile methodology and/or SCRUM experience

• Azure DevOps experience

• Ability to solve complex problems and learn from mistakes

Does this sound like you?

• Enjoy the responsibility and accountability of a developer role

• Strong, effective communication skills allowing multiple personalities and cultures to work together towards common goals

• Seeks understanding of long-term business goals and strategies 

• Are motivated to grow and collaborate within a dynamic team

• Are naturally oriented towards problem solving and communication

• Must speak and write in fluently in English

If these things strike a chord with you, we should talk.

We’d also love to hear about your experiences with any of the following:

• Degrees, Certifications, and/or awards/recognition that you have achieved

• Flow diagramming tools such as LucidChart, Visio, etc. 

• UX/UI mockup and prototyping tools such as Figma

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Current Colleagues 

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union role