Principal Software Engineer

Noyes Tech; München; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A technology company in Munich is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural decisions and ensure technical excellence across multiple subsystems. The role requires extensive experience in software development and a proven track record with distributed systems. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator and can mentor engineering teams while shaping technical roadmaps.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience as Principal/Staff role owning architecture and implementation.
• Proven success in scaling distributed systems.

Aufgaben

• Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, and cloud services.
• Shape the technical roadmap and mentor Senior Engineers.
• Govern CI/CD and optimize containerization.

Kenntnisse

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

API design

CI/CD

Strong communication

Tools

Python

Postgres

Docker

FastAPI

React

Jobbeschreibung

### 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 standards.
  - 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.

Our Mission

We build the software that powers NoyesStorage. The Software is an integrated 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.