Big Data Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Create solution designs for and deliver complete sets of functionalities from backend to frontend. The key technical focus of the role will be more on the backend but depending on project requirements you also step into other technical areas;
• Work in a technically complex and sensitive environment, which will require you to build relevant functional knowledge about the products, technical knowledge about the platform’s stack and architecture;
• Keep a keen eye on application performance, operability, robustness, monitoring and failure resilience, data privacy and the security of individual services and the whole system; 
• Agree the technical implementation with involved component owners and estimate its work effort;
• Implement, test and demonstrate new product features in an agile process;
• Develop complete sets of functionalities including the backend and user interfaces;
• Work on further usability, performance improvements or quality assurance, including bug fixes and test automation.

Requirements:

• A degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience; 
• Great communication skills, holistic and systemic thinking, goal-orientation, quality-focus, versatile problem-solving skills, an open mind as well as at least 6 years of experience in commercial software development; 
• Experience with at least one or ideally some of the following languages, technologies or principles: Databricks, Kafka, Java, Spring, SQL, REST, JavaScript, React, HTML5, CSS3, scripting languages as Python or Groovy, C/C++ or C#, and let’s not forget data structures, separation of concerns, complex distributed systems, message-driven architectures, enterprise integration patterns; 
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); 
• A desire to work as part of an international organization and cooperate with other software engineers, system engineers, architects, product owners and external partners across multiple locations;