(Senior) Software Architect (m/f/d/na) - E-Mobility

Your perspective

• A purpose-driven company driving Europe’s transition toward electric mobility
• Passionate colleagues with a hands-on mentality
• A safe and future-oriented workplace as part of the Kostal group
• Flexible working hours and location
• Great opportunities for career growth
• Extras like gym or yoga class memberships, e-bike subscriptions, etc.

Your profile

• University degree in Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, Business Informatics or similar education
• 3+ years of professional experience as (Solution/Enterprise/Integration/Software) Architect in distributed systems and cloud-native microservice landscapes
• 5+ years of professional experience in the area of software development in the Java Enterprise/Spring environment
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing distributed systems in cloud-native environments as well as proficiency in Kubernetes
• Experience with software quality assurance, including load and performance testing
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies and experience in scaled agile environments (ideally organized with SAFe)
• Relevant certifications in the field of architecture are a plus
• Analytical mindset with excellent understanding of complex technical relationships and hardware-software communication
• Ability to present and communicate complex solution designs in a simple manner
• Strong ability to solve challenging problems independently as well as to work collaboratively in distributed international teams
• Ideally, experience in the field of e-mobility
• Fluent in English and preferably also fluent in German
• Travel requirements: generally remote position and traveling only as per need, usually around 8 - 16 working days per year to headquarters in Dortmund or similar Kostal locations
• Part-time position possible

Your mission

• Design a scalable, secure and maintainable system architecture for vaylens’ cloud-based e-mobility application landscape (a charge point management system with microservice architecture based on Java/Spring Boot with Angular frontends).
• Analyze business requirements, specify them in the form of use cases (including description of necessary system interfaces, for example as a sequence diagram) and define associated overarching data models.
• Develop sustainable software concepts that balance performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability in the role of a solution architect.
• Define cloud infrastructure requirements in collaboration with DevOps and ensure alignment with modern cloud-native best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners, project managers, developers, and DevOps engineers, in a scaled agile environment.
• Act as a technical mentor, guiding development teams on architectural best practices and architecture patterns.
• Coordinate architecture projects within our system landscape.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.