Senior Java Software Architect
About The Position
As a Senior Java Software Architect, you will play a central role in shaping and evolving mission-critical enterprise applications with a meaningful social impact. This is an opportunity to influence architectural decisions, drive technical excellence, and contribute directly to the future of a complex software landscape. Your day-to-day work will combine strategic thinking with hands-on development. You will design scalable and maintainable solutions, modernize existing systems, and guide the evolution of enterprise applications toward modular and future-proof architectures. Working across the full technology stack, you will develop both client and server-side components while ensuring high quality and long-term sustainability. Collaboration is a key aspect of the role. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, and external customers to transform requirements into reliable technical solutions. In addition, you will help advance engineering practices by contributing to build automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and efficient release processes. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and want to make a tangible impact through your work, this role offers the opportunity to do both.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in enterprise software development.
- Successfully combined software architecture responsibilities with hands-on engineering.
- Strong Java background.
- At least 10 years of professional experience in Java.
- Deep expertise in Java 11 and Java 17.
- Comfortable working with technologies such as Eclipse RCP, SWT, JFace, WildFly, and Java EE.
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design, clean code principles, and established design patterns.
- Experience in modernizing legacy systems.
- Experience designing robust enterprise architectures.
- Technical toolkit includes PostgreSQL, JPA/Hibernate, JPQL, and CriteriaBuilder.
- Familiarity with modern development environments and DevOps practices, including Git, CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, Docker, Maven, and Eclipse Tycho.
- Effective communication across different audiences.
- Ability to build productive relationships with colleagues and customers.
- Good command of English (minimum B2 level).
- Fluent German (minimum C2 level).
- Ability to thrive in complex environments.
- Ability to take ownership of work.
- Enjoy turning technical challenges into reliable, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Shape and evolve mission-critical enterprise applications.
- Influence architectural decisions.
- Drive technical excellence.
- Contribute to the future of a complex software landscape.
- Design scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Modernize existing systems.
- Guide the evolution of enterprise applications toward modular and future-proof architectures.
- Develop both client and server-side components.
- Ensure high quality and long-term sustainability of software.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, and external customers.
- Transform requirements into reliable technical solutions.
- Advance engineering practices by contributing to build automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and efficient release processes.
Benefits
- Support for career development.
- Embrace diversity as an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Commitment to sustainability and achieving carbon neutrality by 2025.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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