Lead Software Engineer - Cloud & Data Platforms (m/f/d)

Lead Software Engineer - Cloud & Data Platforms (m/f/d)

In Germany - Berlin

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead / Lead Engineer to spearhead the design, development, and delivery of our next-generation pricing, sales and marketing platforms, such as our dynamic pricing software platform. This individual will lead a team of engineers to build an data-intensive application leveraging AWS cloud services, Java, and Python, ensuring high scalability, performance, and robustness. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will set the technical vision, guide architectural decisions, and contribute directly to coding and solution design while mentoring and developing your team.

Simon-Kucher is at the forefront of innovation in our space, inventing business models, algorithms, solutions, and methodologies for unlocking better growth of our clients. And Simon-Kucher Engine’s digital end-to-end solutions deliver sustained top-line impact for our clients. Are you interested in working in a team of digital evangelists with a can-do attitude? Want to experience the dynamics of agile processes in open-minded teams? How about getting creative in a startup atmosphere with a steep development curve and flat hierarchies? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference? Then you've come to the right place.

This is a hybrid position with flexible time split between working in our Berlin office and remote working.

What makes us special:

• Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with an entrepreneurial and startup spirit
• Add to your experience with our projects that focus on growth, have a positive impact, and truly matter
• Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by openness and integrity
• Enjoy the opportunity to work from abroad (workation)
• Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning)
• Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback)
• Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices
• Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace).
• Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided
• See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party

How you will create an impact:

Leadership & Strategy

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for the dynamic pricing platform.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of software engineers and data engineers.
• Champion engineering best practices, agile development, and DevOps culture.

Architecture & Development

• Architect a cloud-native, data-heavy pricing system on AWS with high reliability and scalability.
• Write clean, high-performance code in Java, PySpark/Spark and Python while setting coding standards for the team.
• Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and continuously evolve engineering practices across the team.
• Oversee core modules for pricing algorithms, real-time data processing, analytics, and AI/ML-enabled components, turning advanced models into scalable, production-ready solutions. Ensure seamless integration of data pipelines, APIs, and third-party systems.

Data & Performance

• Design systems capable of ingesting, transforming, and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets with PySpark/Spark.
• Optimize computation-heavy models and queries for low-latency, high-throughput pricing operations.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and cost optimization strategies in AWS.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to align technology with business outcomes.
• Translate complex pricing or sales requirements into scalable, production-ready software.
• Ensure timely delivery of features with a balance of speed, quality, and technical debt management.

About you:

Technical Expertise

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong programming background in Java and / or Python, ideally demonstrated through relevant certifications.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise level software.
• Deep knowledge of AWS (Certification) cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Glue, Redshift).
• Proficiency in building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Understanding of data modeling, ETL pipelines, and high-performance computing.

Leadership & Delivery

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire engineering teams, drive architectural decisions, and deliver complex software projects.
• Experience working with agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred

• Exposure to AI / machine learning algorithms applied to pricing or similar domains.
• Experience with or strong interest in AI‑assisted software engineering and modern developer tooling.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in fintech, e-commerce, travel, or retail pricing systems.

About Simon-Kucher

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,200 employees in 30+ countries. As a trusted commercial advisor focused on unlocking better growth, we combine deep consulting expertise, growth specialization, and technology to scale lasting impact. We optimize every lever of commercial strategy - product, pricing, innovation, marketing, and sales - based on what customers want and value. With over 40 years of monetization experience, we are recognized as the world’s leading commercial growth and pricing specialist. simon-kucher.com We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone - our people, our clients and, of course, our business.

Better growth starts here. With you.