{"id":1266629,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wirelesscar-senior-software-engineer","title":"Senior Software Engineer","company":{"id":1945833,"name":"WirelessCar","domain":"wirelesscar.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/wirelesscar","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Schema","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Munich, Germany"],"countries":["DE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":71000,"max_usd":129000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":55},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon CloudWatch","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon EC2","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon ECS","optional":false},{"name":"API Gateway","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"AWS Lambda","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"CloudFormation","optional":false},{"name":"DynamoDB","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"IAM","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"JUnit","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"Go","optional":true},{"name":"Linux","optional":true},{"name":"Maven","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"Room","optional":true},{"name":"Spring Boot","optional":true},{"name":"Unix","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-18T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-18","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T22:22:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":9,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":9},"description":"About the Role\nAre you an experienced Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, taking ownership and helping teams build reliable, scalable solutions? As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work end-to-end across design, development, deployment and operations. You will stay close to the technology while also contributing to architecture, technical direction and engineering practices.\nYou will work in a cross-functional environment with engineers, architects, product stakeholders and customers, helping turn complex requirements into robust and sustainable solutions.\nYour Impact\nYou will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership and end-to-end ownership. Your responsibilities will include:\nDesign, build, deploy and operate cloud-native, microservice-based solutions, taking responsibility across development, testing, deployment, monitoring and production support.\n\nShape architecture and technical direction for complex systems and critical components, making pragmatic decisions that balance quality, security, reliability, performance, cost and customer value.\n\nDrive continuous improvement by identifying technical debt, systemic risks and dependencies, and improving engineering standards, operational practices and ways of working.\n\nLead technical discussions, design reviews, code reviews and technical initiatives, while mentoring engineers through knowledge sharing and day-to-day collaboration.\n\nTroubleshoot complex production issues, drive root-cause analysis and turn learnings into long-term improvements.\n\nParticipate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, helping monitor, troubleshoot and resolve production issues when needed.\n\nContribute to the wider engineering community and help teams understand system context, dependencies, risks and the bigger picture.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nYou are an experienced software engineer who combines strong technical expertise with ownership, sound judgement and a pragmatic mindset. You are comfortable taking the lead when needed, while working collaboratively with engineers, architects, product stakeholders and customers.\nTechnical skills\n8-12 years of professional experience in software engineering, backend development, cloud engineering or a related field.\n\nStrong hands-on experience with Java 11 or higher, Git, JUnit and Test-Driven Development (TDD).\n\nStrong experience with AWS, including several of Lambda, EC2, ECS, SNS/SQS, IAM, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, CloudWatch and API Gateway/REST APIs.\n\nStrong experience with Kubernetes, including building, deploying and administering solutions, together with solid experience of microservices architecture and CI/CD in production environments.\n\nStrong understanding of DevOps and complete lifecycle ownership, including software quality, security, reliability, performance and maintainability.\n\nExperience with certificate lifecycle management, Agile methodologies (preferably Scrum and/or SAFe), and complex troubleshooting.\n\nArchitecture & technical leadership\nYou can shape technical direction for complex systems, explain trade-offs clearly and balance technical quality with delivery, customer value, cost and business impact. You are comfortable identifying technical debt and systemic risks, establishing engineering standards and providing technical guidance without unnecessarily prescribing implementation details.\nCollaboration & leadership\nYou enjoy mentoring engineers, sharing knowledge and facilitating technical discussions. You communicate effectively across engineering, product, architecture and business, and are comfortable working in distributed teams and leading technical initiatives without relying on formal authority.\nHow you work\nYou are curious, pragmatic and proactive. You take ownership and follow through on commitments, are comfortable making decisions in complex environments, and enjoy helping others grow. You can move between technical details and the bigger picture while building trust and collaboration around you.\nIt would be a plus if you have\nExperience with Python or Golang, Azure, Spring/Spring Boot, Maven or Linux/Unix environments.\n\nExperience with security concepts and best practices, or cloud/Kubernetes certifications.\n\nExperience with large-scale distributed systems or driving technical improvement initiatives across multiple teams.\n\nExperience working in international or globally distributed organisations.\n\nWhy WirelessCar\nAt WirelessCar, you’ll have the trust and freedom to take ownership, share ideas and make an impact. We value collaboration, curiosity and different perspectives, and believe people do their best work when they have room to grow.\nFreedom to make an impact - Take ownership and help shape what we do.\n\nCollaboration across borders - Work with talented people and perspectives from around the world.\n\nRoom to grow - Develop your skills, explore new areas and learn along the way.\n\nSpace for ideas - Challenge the way we work and turn ideas into action.\n\nA supportive environment - We care about each other and create space to contribute, grow and do your best work.\n\nAt WirelessCar, we want you to enjoy what you do, feel proud of what you contribute and have fun along the way.\nWhat to Expect\n1. Initial screening - A first conversation with Talent Acquisition about your experience and motivation.\n2. Assessment & interview - Depending on the role, you may complete an assessment and meet with the Hiring Manager or relevant team members.\n3. Role-specific interviews - Further conversations to explore your skills and experience in more depth.\n4. Final steps - References and, where required, background checks before moving forward with an offer.\n5. Offer - If we both feel it’s the right match, we’ll discuss the final details and make you an offer.\nThe exact process may vary depending on the role and location.\nReady to join the ride?\nNo cover letter needed - just a few questions to help us better understand your experience, skills and motivation.\nPlease submit your application in English, our company language.\nA valid work permit is required.\nNot quite the right role for you? No worries! 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