Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead (m/f/d)

Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead (m/f/d)
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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 a 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.

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

What makes us special:

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• 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

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• 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

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• Architect a cloud‑native, data‑heavy pricing system on AWS with high reliability and scalability.
  
• Create technical solution concepts for complex functional and non‑functional requirements (e.g. pricing algorithms, real‑time data processing, and analytics integration) and drive implementation.
  
• Write clean, high‑performance code in Java, PySpark/Spark and Python while setting coding standards for the team.
  
• Ensure seamless integration of data pipelines, APIs, and third‑party systems, leveraging PySpark/Spark for distributed data processing.
  
• Engage in documentation and code review to uphold high standards of code quality and foster ongoing improvements.
  

Data & Performance

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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 Python.
  
• 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

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• 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

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• Exposure to machine learning / optimization algorithms applied to pricing or similar domains.
  
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). xayajpt
  
• Experience in fintech, e‑commerce, travel, or retail pricing systems.