Java Spring Boot Software Engineer

We are looking for a Process Automation Engineer (Java / Spring Boot) who wants to build real systems - but not spend ten hours a day writing the same CRUD boilerplate. In this role the architecture is the process: you model executable workflows in BPMN 2.0, CMMN, and DMN, run them on a process engine such as Camunda, Flowable, or UiPath Maestro, and back them with clean, well-tested Java and Spring Boot services. You take ownership of delivering the solution by implementing the process models and the service tasks behind them, wiring them into the existing IT landscape through REST APIs and message-based integrations, and tuning the engine for performance and scale in production. Working closely with business and IT stakeholders, you turn messy real-world processes into robust, executable models that actually run. Your work spans both classic process orchestration on a workflow engine and the introduction of modern hyperautomation and agentic automation concepts. You have a direct hand in how we build automation - choosing engines and patterns, defining reusable building blocks, and keeping the platform clean as it grows to meet demanding enterprise needs. As part of the adesso Business Automation Line of Business, you join a collaborative, international, and multidisciplinary engineering team. You’ll work on innovative projects that blend hands-on engineering, process modelling, and orchestration frameworks - enabling organizations to achieve new levels of efficiency and agility through automation.

adesso stands for IT excellence, AI excellence and, consequently, excellent development opportunities for all adessi. We grow together and learn from one another – through our projects, as a team and via outstanding training programmes. We have IT at our heart, the industry in our sights, our customers’ success in mind and the future with AI in our sights. After all, successful business stems from innovative ideas, forward-looking strategies and smart IT solutions that are already AI-ready today. People who want to make a difference and simply make it happen are always involved. We design and build software that inspires our customers. In projects that challenge us. And we do so in an environment that we enjoy, where success is achieved together and everyone feels at home.

• You hold a successfully completed degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Data Science, or a comparable field with relevant focus. Or completed an apprenticeship in IT sector.

• Possess an agile mindset with strong communication skills, customer orientation, and confidence in face-to-face interactions

• Able to write readable, testable, and maintainable code following the clean code principles

• Enjoy analytical tasks, including the analysis of processes and data

• Energised by modelling systems and orchestrating how the pieces fit together, not only by writing application code all day

• Strong team player with excellent presentation and collaboration skills

• Fluency in English and C1 proficiency in German

• at least 3+ years related professional experience

• Proficiency in Java, particularly with Spring Boot

• Experience with JUnit testing and mocking frameworks

• Strong knowledge of DBMS, SQL, JPA, ORM

• Skilled in build automation using Maven or Gradle

• Proficient with version control systems (e.g., Git)

• Solid understanding of RESTful web services and working with JSON/XML

• Proficiency with Docker

• Experience with DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Kustomize, Octopus, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes

• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC)

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban, SAFe, etc.)

• Awareness of AI Agents and related concepts

• Hands-on experience with a workflow / process engine such as Camunda, Flowable, or UiPath Maestro - building and running executable processes, not just diagrams

• Practical command of the standard modelling notations - BPMN 2.0, CMMN 1.1, and DMN 1.3

• Comfortable orchestrating long-running processes: service tasks, message and signal events, timers, and decision tables

• Knowledge of deeper process modelling and architecture notations (advanced BPMN patterns, UML, event-driven and microservice design)

• Experience in frontend development, ideally with React