Principal Software Development Engineer

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes and services.
• Has in-depth organizational and relevant market knowledge and uses understanding on how relevant areas can be integrated to achieve objectives.
• Contributes to strategic decisions within professional area.
• Solves complex problems based on sophisticated analytical thought and complex judgment.
• Contributes to development of concepts to determine professional direction of own organisational unit.
• Acts as a professional leader for staff / workteam / taskforces, often the most senior specialist in a team, who serves as best practice resource within own organisational unit and / or is recognised as an expert within the same professional area in the business.
• Often leads functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk and complexity, handles day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work.
• Analyses, designs, develops and tests products / services / improvements / bug resolutions for integrated hardware / software systems as per customers requirements.
• Manages Subcontracting / Partnership Manager.
• Manages technical requirements from customers needs.
• Delivers SW / HW build-controlled productions releases (EG main and update releases, service packages, maintenance updates, and customer design engineering).
• Manages product hardware / software evolutions through the creation and release of hardware / software documentation, hardware / software change control management, supplier and customer notifications.
• Retains technical and design knowledge for assigned products and technologies.
• Applies and maintains quality standards. Participates in process and tools evolutions and improvements.
• Applies the SW Care process (especially emergency case handling) contributing when needed to the fastest problem restoration.
  

Key Skills And Experience

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in Core Java, Spring Framework, Kafka, and Hibernate.
• Strong experience with microservices architecture, Docker containers, and messaging systems like Kafka.
• Expertise in relational databases, SQL, and ORM technologies such as JPA2 and Hibernate.
• Familiarity with continuous integration tools and Agile development methodologies
  

Domain Knowledge

• Solid understanding of DWDN, SONET/SDH, OTN, GMPLS, and standard network management protocols RESTCONF and NETCONF.
  

Development & Process

• Skilled in requirement analysis, coding, and unit testing.
• Well-versed in the Agile development process, including sprint planning and iterative delivery.
  

Leadership & Problem Solving

• Excellent analytical and debugging skills to resolve complex technical issues efficiently.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, assess features, plan development activities, and guide the team through troubleshooting
  

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 1015 years of hands-on experience in Network Management Systems, planning tools, and network automation..