Senior Software Engineer (TechX)

Job description

Tasks

• Lead AMF/C technical management
• Definition of guidelines and paths for developers to ensure consistency, quality, performance and evolvability
• Communication of highly technical topics to non-technical target groups
• Exerting influence and acting as a role model, practicing servant leadership
• Collaboration with teams to achieve goals, experience in agile methods such as SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
• Experience in best practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Investigating and solving production problems to maintain a stable production environment
• Stakeholder management, close cooperation with finance, business change engineers and project managers
• Analysis of requirements, estimation of effort, planning of time periods, management of progress
• Ensuring awareness, involvement and support of key stakeholders and participants
• Design and review of technical and architectural designs, enforcement of architectural guidelines

Regulatory responsibilities / risk management

• Demonstrate appropriate values and behaviors, including standards of honesty and integrity
• Ensuring that risks and issues are identified and closely managed
• Drive all stakeholders to deliver on time and in the required quality

Requirements

Skillset

• Take initiative, enthusiastic and mission-oriented to deliver on time in sprints
• Ambition to continuously adopt new technologies and have a polydox mindset
• Ability to question assumptions and redefine the problem context if necessary
• Good eye for details, nuances and granularity of situations
• Can thrive in fast-paced environments with changing requirements
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, stressful situations and emergencies
• Hands-on development experience and a preference for setting examples for junior team members
• Previous experience in start-up products or proven ability to manage a project independently

Professional and technical profile

• 8-15 years of hands-on experience in software development, with a solid foundation in system design and scalable architecture
• 3 years of experience in independently managing cloud environments and delivering infrastructure solutions for project teams
• Highly organized with the ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Experience of influencing stakeholders, bringing projects to a successful conclusion and overcoming delivery challenges
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex functional requirements into efficient, practical and fit-for-purpose technical solutions

Technical requirements

• Deep knowledge of CI/CD best practices, including automation pipelines and release management
• Strong debugging, problem-solving and test-driven analytical skills
• Proficient in Linux and shell scripting for system tasks and automation
• Solid understanding of cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes (K8s) and Open Policy Agent (OPA)
• Working knowledge of Kafka and messaging systems
• Exposure to microservices architecture and asynchronous processing
• Clear and effective communicator with a strong ability to collaborate across engineering, product and business teams
• Hands-on passion for technology, continuous learning and delivering business value through innovative solutions
• Ability to move fast, iterate quickly and perform Proof-of-Concepts (POCs) to validate ideas and develop technical feasibility.