Principal Software Engineer

Noyes Robotics GmbH; München; Presencial; EUR 140.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Personio is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive platform architecture across APIs, Brain/ROS, UI, and deployment. You will define architectural principles, boundaries, and quality targets while establishing guardrails for security, reliability, and observability.

The role combines hands‑on work with mentoring Senior Engineers to ensure high‑quality design and delivery. With 10+ years in software development and a track record of scaling distributed systems, you will communicate

Formación

• 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).

Responsabilidades

• 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.
• 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.

Conocimientos

Architecture Ownership

Distributed Systems

Leadership by Influence

English Communication

Herramientas

Python (FastAPI)

PostgreSQL

Alembic

MQTT

WebSockets

React

TypeScript

ROS‑based components

Docker

docker-compose

Ansible

pytest

Descripción del empleo

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 architectureand 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, artifactand 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 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.