Senior/ Lead Software Engineer (JAVA) (m/f/x)

At HERE Technologies, we work with diverse and complex datasets, including:

• Automotive-grade digital maps with detailed road topology and thousands of attributes.

• Large-scale geospatial, dynamic, interactive datasets that change rapidly.

• Fast-changing data streams like traffic, weather, and sensor feeds.

The challenge is to efficiently store, index, analyze, and connect these datasets while ensuring they are easily and reliably available to our users. At the same time, we need to scale and adapt quickly to meet growing demands.

Out company enables customers to build, deploy, and manage location-based applications on our cloud infrastructure. With powerful abstractions, state-of-the-art building blocks, and cutting-edge cloud technologies, our map making platform allows customers to ingest, store, share, and analyze location data in real-time. Data can be combined, enriched, and shared among platform members, unlocking even greater potential.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical leadership and delivery of key initiatives across the platform. You will guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers across teams, and collaborate closely with leadership to define the long-term vision of our systems. This is a highly impactful role where you’ll shape the engineering roadmap, ensure technical excellence, and drive innovation at scale.

This position is based at our Schwalbach office. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of core backend systems with a focus on scalability, security, and reliability.
• Serve as a technical authority and mentor, supporting the growth of engineers across multiple teams.
• Partner with product, architecture, and leadership to translate business goals into actionable engineering plans.
• Drive architectural direction, technical roadmaps, and platform strategy.
• Set and uphold high standards for engineering practices, code quality, and team collaboration.
• Influence platform-wide technology decisions and drive the adoption of best practices.
• Coordinate and oversee the successful delivery of complex cross-team projects.
• Foster a culture of ownership, inclusion, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience with a strong track record in Java.
• Deep expertise in system architecture, distributed systems, and large-scale backend design.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers at various levels.
• Advanced knowledge of APIs, networking (TCP/IP), and cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS).
• Strong database design and optimization experience, with PostgreSQL/PLpgSQL expertise.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across disciplines.
• Proven ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, and deliver in ambiguous environments.
• Experience working in an agile environment with CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Nice to Have:

• Background in geospatial systems, data pipelines, or spatial analytics.
• Proficiency in Scala, Node.js, or other relevant languages.
• Experience with Apache Spark or similar distributed data processing technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native microservices.

What we offer:

• A great work-life balance
• Hybrid model of work
• Challenging problems to solve
• Collaborative and encouraging colleagues
• Opportunities to learn, grow and develop: company hackathons, technical talks, and trainings
• Regular feedbacks
• 30 paid vacation days
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive salary plus bonus
• Public Transportation Ticket
• German language course
• Diverse team of fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide.
• Brown bag talks, team events, BBQ on the rooftop and more!

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Our culture is founded on openness, collaboration and honesty, with colleagues who are brilliant in their field, helpful, resilient, loyal and strive for the best. One team in that everyone makes a difference and everyone is heard.

As part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This offer and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. This will involve employment, education, and criminal verification if applicable.

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.