Lead Software Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer at our Heidelberg Materials Digital Hub Varna to support Heidelberg Materials on its way to become a leader in the digitalized concrete, cement and aggregates business. Heidelberg Materials is one of the largest global building materials companies, with more than 51.000 employees in over 50 countries.

Our headquarters in Heidelberg alone employs over 1.100 people from all over the world, creating a diverse working environment.

Basic Information

HeidelbergMaterials is reinventing the way cement is produced for the digital age. We have a challenging and compelling roadmap ahead of us. To advance on our goal to become the digital leader in the building materials industry, we are looking for a Lead Software Engineer who is passionate about digital transformation of a globally operating company. You will lead the technical implementation in one of our product teams, contribute to architectural decisions and help the team to grow and succeed.

If you are eager to tackle difficult challenges and make an impact in an international company undergoing a massive digital transformation, you should look no further.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the product team’s performance, compliance, and quality
• Write elegant, clean code and lead by example
• Advocate consistency and best practices in our code and architecture. Promote and follow the existing internal guidelines
• Coach developers to excel and grow
• Handle a broad range of tasks from data aggregation, database schema definition to the implementation of APIs and UIs
• Work together with stakeholders, product owners and other team members from various technical backgrounds to deliver high-quality solutions that help improve our business
• Communicate complex matters in a clear, concise and consistent way to both technical and non-technical audience
• Convert abstract requirements and objectives into clear and actionable steps
• Map business processes to data models and/or algorithms
• Be pro-active, persistent, and eager to deliver a great solution for a given problem

Requirements

Must have:

• 5+ years of experience with general-purpose languages such as Python, C#, Java, Scala etc.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience with big data technology stack, for example, (Py-)Spark, Experience in current software architecture patterns and technologies E.g., CI/CD, automated E2E testing, TDD, Docker

Nice to have (at least 3 of the following criteria):

• Experience with data warehousing, infrastructure, ETL/ ELT and analytic tools such as Azure Synapse or Databricks
• Full stack development experience in the Python ecosystem in context of data science, data engineering or software projects