Principal Software Engineer

Permanent employee, Full-time · München

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Ihre Aufgaben
### What You’ll Do 
- **Architecture & Ownership** 
  - Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, cloud services, UI, and deployment. 
  - Define and evolve architectural principles, module boundaries, interfaces, and quality bars. 
  - Establish guardrails for security, reliability, observability, and performance. 
  - Ensure decisions are documented and aligned across teams. 
 
- **Technical Leadership (with and through teams)** 
  - Shape the technical roadmap with Product/Stakeholders; define a clear “North Star” architecture. 
  - Mentor and coach Senior Engineers; drive high-quality design and code reviews. 
  - Tackle high-impact spikes/migrations hands-on while enabling teams to own delivery. 
  - Build consensus for cross-cutting changes and manage deprecation/upgrade paths. 
 
- **Platform & Infrastructure** 
  - Govern CI/CD, release strategy, versioning, and artifact management. 
  - Optimize containerization and on‑prem deployments (Docker, Compose, Ansible). 
  - Standardize logging, tracing, and monitoring; balance cost, reliability, and security. 
 
- **APIs, Data & Integration** 
  - Ensure contract-safe APIs and Protobuf schemas with strong backward compatibility. 
  - Oversee data modeling and migrations (Alembic) across services. 
  - Architect robust real-time communication (MQTT/WebSocket) and messaging patterns. 
 
- **Quality & Security** 
  - Drive a multi-layer test strategy (unit, integration, e2e) with meaningful coverage. 
  - Lead security reviews, secret and dependency management, and hardening of images/endpoints. 
 
- **Stakeholder Management** 
  - Collaborate closely with Product, Delivery, and Customer teams; translate requirements into architecture. 
  - Communicate decisions clearly and maintain transparent documentation.
Ihr Profil

### Your Profile 
- 10+ years of professional software development, including several years in a Principal/Staff role owning architecture and implementation 
- Proven success scaling distributed systems with high standards for quality and security. 
- Hands-on when needed on critical paths; strong ability to lead through influence. 
- Clear, structured communicator in English (German a plus). 
 
### Our Tech Stack (role-relevant) 
- **Backend**: Python (FastAPI), Postgres, Alembic   
- **Device Communication**: MQTT (Mosquitto), WebSockets 
- **Frontend**: React, TypeScript   
- **Robotics/Brain**: ROS-based components   
- **Infra/Delivery**: Docker, docker-compose, Ansible 
- **Testing**: pytest, extensive e2e/feature suites 
 
### Nice to Have 
- **UI/Design**: Design systems, UI/UX principles, Figma; strong collaboration with Design/Frontend. 
- **Cloud & Edge**: Hybrid cloud/on‑prem operation, artifact and release management for customer deployments. 
- **Security/Compliance**: Threat modeling, secrets management, policy frameworks.
Warum wir?
### Our Mission 
We build the software that powers NoyesStorage. The Software is an integrated software platform spanning API services, mostly on‑prem components, a React UI, a ROS-based orchestration system (called brain), comprehensive tests, deployment tooling, and analytics. As Principal Software Engineer, you lead central architectural decisions and technical excellence across all subsystems. You set the architectural direction and enable the team to execute effectively.
Über uns
Wir sind Noyes Technologies, ein in München ansässiges Robotik-Start-up mit der Vision, das menschliche Potenzial mit den effizientesten und flexibelsten Nano-Lagertechnologien zu erweitern. Mit unserem Noyes Storage haben wir eine einzigartige Nanolager-Automatisierungslösung entwickelt, die hochgradig modular, ultra-dicht und erschwinglich für verschiedene Anwendungsfälle ist. Für Fragen und Anregungen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung, entweder per Email pct@noyes-tech.com oder telefonisch unter +49 171 69699303
Your mission
### What You’ll Do 
- **Architecture & Ownership** 
  - Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, cloud services, UI, and deployment. 
  - Define and evolve architectural principles, module boundaries, interfaces, and quality bars. 
  - Establish guardrails for security, reliability, observability, and performance. 
  - Ensure decisions are documented and aligned across teams. 
 
- **Technical Leadership (with and through teams)** 
  - Shape the technical roadmap with Product/Stakeholders; define a clear “North Star” architecture. 
  - Mentor and coach Senior Engineers; drive high-quality design and code reviews. 
  - Tackle high-impact spikes/migrations hands-on while enabling teams to own delivery. 
  - Build consensus for cross-cutting changes and manage deprecation/upgrade paths. 
 
- **Platform & Infrastructure** 
  - Govern CI/CD, release strategy, versioning, and artifact management. 
  - Optimize containerization and on‑prem deployments (Docker, Compose, Ansible). 
  - Standardize logging, tracing, and monitoring; balance cost, reliability, and security. 
 
- **APIs, Data & Integration** 
  - Ensure contract-safe APIs and Protobuf schemas with strong backward compatibility. 
  - Oversee data modeling and migrations (Alembic) across services. 
  - Architect robust real-time communication (MQTT/WebSocket) and messaging patterns. 
 
- **Quality & Security** 
  - Drive a multi-layer test strategy (unit, integration, e2e) with meaningful coverage. 
  - Lead security reviews, secret and dependency management, and hardening of images/endpoints. 
 
- **Stakeholder Management** 
  - Collaborate closely with Product, Delivery, and Customer teams; translate requirements into architecture. 
  - Communicate decisions clearly and maintain transparent documentation. 
Your profile
### Your Profile
- 10+ years of professional software development, including several years in a Principal/Staff role owning architecture and implementation
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics oder Systems Engineering
- Proven success scaling distributed systems with high standards for quality and security.
- Hands-on when needed on critical paths; strong ability to lead through influence.
- Clear, structured communicator in English (German a plus).
 
### Our Tech Stack (role-relevant)
- **Backend**: Python (FastAPI), Postgres, Alembic  
- **Device Communication**: MQTT (Mosquitto), WebSockets
- **Frontend**: React, TypeScript  
- **Robotics/Brain**: ROS-based components  
- **Infra/Delivery**: Docker, docker-compose, Ansible
- **Testing**: pytest, extensive e2e/feature suites
 
### Nice to Have
- **UI/Design**: Design systems, UI/UX principles, Figma; strong collaboration with Design/Frontend.
- **Cloud & Edge**: Hybrid cloud/on‑prem operation, artifact and release management for customer deployments.
- **Security/Compliance**: Threat modeling, secrets management, policy frameworks.
Why us?
Why Join Us
At NoyesStorage, you’ll shape the architecture of a cutting-edge platform that blends APIs, on-prem systems, React UI, and a ROS-based “brain.” You’ll lead key technical decisions, work with top talent, and see your impact power real-world solutions every day.
About us
We are Noyes Technologies, a Munich-based robotics start-up with the vision to enhance human potential with the most efficient and flexible nano-warehousing technologies. With our Noyes Storage, we have developed a unique nano-storage automation solution that is highly modular, ultra-dense and affordable for various use cases. Feel free to reach out for any questions or comments either via Email pct@noyes-tech.com or phone +49 171 6966303
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