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# Software Development Engineer

- **Company:** Quantica
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Build Automation, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Continuous Integration, EtherCAT, Firmware, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Node.Js, OPC Unified Architecture, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Backend, AngularJS, Deployment Automation, NestJS, Docker
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/eea490730bb9eb079e9bdd374a119b545

## About the Role

* 5+ years experience in software development, with a track record of taking projects from zero to operation
 * Proficient TypeScript knowledge
 * Strong Nest.js (or Express / comparable Node framework) on the backend
 * Up-to-date knowledge of Angular
 * Container creation and deployment with Docker
 * Solid grounding in testing and build automation
 * Fluent English for technical communication, * Node native bindings (N-API or similar) against C/C++ libraries
 * Industrial automation protocols (OPC-UA, MQTT, EtherCAT)
 * Hardware - or firmware-adjacent software experience
 * Background in manufacturing, industrial, or otherwise non-typical-web-app domains, * You own problems end-to-end and don't wait to be told what to do next
 * You push back on scope creep and over-engineering
 * You communicate clearly in writing - in PRs, in tickets, in standups
 * You enjoy working at the boundary where software meets hardware

## Description

* Integrate the pipeline with our in-house firmware and with native APIs from hardware partners - including writing Node bindings against C/C++ libraries where needed
 * Build the tooling around the pipeline: testing rigs, manufacturing utilities, deployment automation
 * Take features end-to-end: problem statement * POC * production, with the reliability and CI/CD to back them up
 * Set and hold the quality bar on testing, code review, and build automation
 * In the future: Drive the pipeline's integration into larger industrial systems (OPC-UA and similar protocols)


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