Principal Software Engineer

Noyes Technologies; München; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A robotics startup in Munich seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architectural direction and technical excellence across all subsystems. Candidates should have over 10 years of software development experience, including technical leadership and hands-on capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to shape the technical roadmap and mentor a team of engineers within a collaborative environment.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of professional software development, including several years in a Principal/Staff role owning architecture and implementation.
• Proven success scaling distributed systems with high standards for quality and security.
• Hands-on when needed on critical paths; strong ability to lead through influence.
• Clear, structured communicator in English (German a plus).

Aufgaben

• Lead the platform’s architecture across API and cloud services.
• Define and evolve architectural principles and quality standards.
• Mentor and coach Senior Engineers to drive high-quality design.
• Govern CI/CD, release strategy, and versioning for deployments.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Customer teams.

Kenntnisse

Software Architecture

Technical Leadership

Mentorship

API Design

Distributed Systems

Containerization

Security Best Practices

Real-time Communication

Ausbildung

10+ years of software development experience

Tools

Python

React

Docker

Postgres

MQTT

WebSocket

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• Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, cloud services, UI, and deployment.
• Define and evolve architectural principles, module boundaries, interfaces, and quality bars.
• Establish guardrails for security, reliability, observability, and performance.
• Ensure decisions are documented and aligned across teams.
• **Technical Leadership (with and through teams)**
• Shape the technical roadmap with Product/Stakeholders; define a clear “North Star” architecture.
• Mentor and coach Senior Engineers; drive high-quality design and code reviews.
• Tackle high-impact spikes/migrations hands-on while enabling teams to own delivery.
• Build consensus for cross-cutting changes and manage deprecation/upgrade paths.
• **Platform & Infrastructure**
• Govern CI/CD, release strategy, versioning, and artifact management.
• Optimize containerization and on‑prem deployments (Docker, Compose, Ansible).
• Standardize logging, tracing, and monitoring; balance cost, reliability, and security.
• **APIs, Data & Integration**
• Ensure contract-safe APIs and Protobuf schemas with strong backward compatibility.
• Oversee data modeling and migrations (Alembic) across services.
• Architect robust real-time communication (MQTT/WebSocket) and messaging patterns.
• **Quality & Security**
• Drive a multi-layer test strategy (unit, integration, e2e) with meaningful coverage.
• Lead security reviews, secret and dependency management, and hardening of images/endpoints.
• **Stakeholder Management**
• Collaborate closely with Product, Delivery, and Customer teams; translate requirements into architecture.
• Communicate decisions clearly and maintain transparent documentation.
  
  

Ihre Aufgaben

### What You’ll Do

• **Architecture & Ownership**
• Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, cloud services, UI, and deployment.
• Define and evolve architectural principles, module boundaries, interfaces, and quality bars.
• Establish guardrails for security, reliability, observability, and performance.
• Ensure decisions are documented and aligned across teams.
• **Technical Leadership (with and through teams)**
• Shape the technical roadmap with Product/Stakeholders; define a clear “North Star” architecture.
• Mentor and coach Senior Engineers; drive high-quality design and code reviews.
• Tackle high-impact spikes/migrations hands-on while enabling teams to own delivery.
• Build consensus for cross-cutting changes and manage deprecation/upgrade paths.
• **Platform & Infrastructure**
• Govern CI/CD, release strategy, versioning, and artifact management.
• Optimize containerization and on‑prem deployments (Docker, Compose, Ansible).
• Standardize logging, tracing, and monitoring; balance cost, reliability, and security.
• **APIs, Data & Integration**
• Ensure contract-safe APIs and Protobuf schemas with strong backward compatibility.
• Oversee data modeling and migrations (Alembic) across services.
• Architect robust real-time communication (MQTT/WebSocket) and messaging patterns.
• **Quality & Security**
• Drive a multi-layer test strategy (unit, integration, e2e) with meaningful coverage.
• Lead security reviews, secret and dependency management, and hardening of images/endpoints.
• **Stakeholder Management**
• Collaborate closely with Product, Delivery, and Customer teams; translate requirements into architecture.
• Communicate decisions clearly and maintain transparent documentation.
  
  

Ihr Profil

### Your Profile

• 10+ years of professional software development, including several years in a Principal/Staff role owning architecture and implementation
• Proven success scaling distributed systems with high standards for quality and security.
• Hands-on when needed on critical paths; strong ability to lead through influence.
• Clear, structured communicator in English (German a plus).
  
  

### Our Tech Stack (role-relevant)

• **Backend**: Python (FastAPI), Postgres, Alembic
• **Device Communication**: MQTT (Mosquitto), WebSockets
• **Frontend**: React, TypeScript
• **Robotics/Brain**: ROS-based components
• **Infra/Delivery**: Docker, docker-compose, Ansible
• **Testing**: pytest, extensive e2e/feature suites
  
  

### Nice to Have

• **UI/Design**: Design systems, UI/UX principles, Figma; strong collaboration with Design/Frontend.
• **Cloud & Edge**: Hybrid cloud/on‑prem operation, artifact and release management for customer deployments.
• **Security/Compliance**: Threat modeling, secrets management, policy frameworks.
  
  

Warum wir?

### Our Mission

We build the software that powers NoyesStorage. The Software is an integrated software platform spanning API services, mostly on‑prem components, a React UI, a ROS-based orchestration system (called brain), comprehensive tests, deployment tooling, and analytics. As Principal Software Engineer, you lead central architectural decisions and technical excellence across all subsystems. You set the architectural direction and enable the team to execute effectively.

Über uns

Wir sind Noyes Technologies, ein in München ansässiges Robotik-Start-up mit der Vision, das menschliche Potenzial mit den effizientesten und flexibelsten Nano-Lagertechnologien zu erweitern. Mit unserem Noyes Storage haben wir eine einzigartige Nanolager-Automatisierungslösung entwickelt, die hochgradig modular, ultra-dicht und erschwinglich für verschiedene Anwendungsfälle ist. Für Fragen und Anregungen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung, entweder per Email [e-mail] oder telefonisch unter [phone]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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