Lead Software Engineer (f/m/d)

About Prewave

Make a Real Difference

At Prewave, we are dedicated to making a positive impact on the world. Our innovative AI solutions help businesses identify and predict global supply chain risks. Our aim is to make supply chains more resilient, transparent and sustainable. By doing this we help companies to ensure fair working conditions, eliminate child labour, reduce waste and promote sustainable practices across global supply chains.

Trusted by Global Industry Leaders

Prewave proudly partners with industry leaders such as BMW, Kärcher, Hilti, PwC, and Porsche. Our supply chain superintelligence helps navigate complex supply chain challenges, ensuring operational integrity and enhancing market leadership.

Your mission

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer (f/m/d) who will drive technical excellence and guide our team toward innovative solutions. Your main tasks will be:

• Design, develop, and extend full-stack web applications in a SaaS environment
• Implement new features and drive integration efforts for a high-quality user experience
• Manage data exchange with other services within our environment
• Gather new ideas on how to make our product better and extend our dynamic team to improve our platform
• Work closely with product management, engineering, and DevOps colleagues to build features, resolve issues, and perform testing related to customer-facing high-traffic services and applications in a fast-paced and collaborative agile team while owning your solution from development to production
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver, test, and maintain solutions from development to production
• Create technical specifications and concepts, translating feature requests into robust applications
• Coaching and mentoring for junior engineers within the team

Your profile

Essential Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in object-oriented programming on JVM (Java, Kotlin preferred).
• Extensive insights into the Spring Framework, its internals and modules like Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security and its inner workings with other parts of the framework
• Experience with frontend frameworks (Angular 2+, CSS/SASS, Typescript, etc.)
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or Neo4J.
• Ability to independently design, implement, and maintain features based on product specifications and customer feedback.
• Ability to formulate tasks from feature specifications by our product team or feature requests by our customers

Preferred Skills

• Team-oriented leadership abilities with experience mentoring other developers.
• Cloud environment experience (GCP, AWS, Azure) and microservices architecture with Kubernetes is a strong plus.

What we offer you

What You Can Expect:

• Competitive Compensation and Benefits: We recognize and reward talent. You\’ll receive a competitive compensation package that includes a base salary and a performance-based bonus. Expect a minimum On-Target Earning (OTE) of EUR 70,000 gross annually, tailored to your qualifications, experience and the role.
• Inclusive and Supportive Work Environment: Join a dynamic team in a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a workplace where all backgrounds, identities, and experiences are valued. Your voice is important here.
• Work-Life Balance: Your well-being matters. Enjoy flexible working hours and options for working from home to promote a healthy balance between your professional and personal life.

What our employees love:

• Celebrate Your Birthday: Enjoy an extra vacation day to make your birthday special.
• Office Snacks and Fruits: Stay energised with a variety of snacks and fresh fruits available in the office.
• Engaging Team Events: Join us for cheese tastings, Ping-pong tournaments, company dinners, seasonal celebrations, and more to foster a vibrant team spirit.
• Health and Wellness Initiatives: Participate in team sports through our partnership with Eversports, support your mental well-being with guidance from our workplace psychologist, and benefit from health initiatives such as shiatsu sessions, vaccinations and regular health check-ups to prioritise your physical and mental well-being.
• Your device of choice: whether it\’s Windows, MacOS or Linux, we\’ll let you choose your preferred operating system.
• Training and Development: We believe in investing in our employee’s growth. Besides company-wide German- and soft skills training, each team member is encouraged to discuss their professional development ideas with their manager.

About us

We, at Prewave, take pride in encouraging and ensuring a sustainable, transparent and resilient supply chain for all. In our platform, our clients can utilise several tools to understand, analyse and anticipate any risks coming their way. We are using AI technologies to identify and predict these risks.
Our passion for more ethical business practices carried us to be one of top 10 startups in Austria in 2022 by LinkedIn, the best idea spot in 2023, and #7 in best startups list in Austria in 2024 by Trend Magazine.
We are based in Vienna, Austria, and we already have our first office in Paris. We enjoy our work with our team members from all around the world. We are a huge community from more than 35 nationalities already, and counting!