Principal Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Overview:

As a Principal Software Engineer at Aleph Alpha, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing complex software systems that support our AI-driven products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, guiding architecture decisions and ensuring best practices are followed throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is an experienced engineer with a passion for AI technology and a proven record of driving successful software projects.

Your responsibilities:

• Architectural Design: Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable, robust, and high-performance software solutions, ensuring alignment with product requirements and user needs.

• Development Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering best practices in coding, testing, and deployment across projects.

• Code Quality & Review: Ensure high standards of code quality through rigorous code reviews, technical documentation, and adherence to software development methodologies.

• Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, AI engineers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications and actionable development plans.

• Technical Innovation: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends in AI and software engineering. Identify opportunities for innovation and integration of new technologies into our product stack.

• Performance Optimization: Evaluate and optimize system performance, ensuring that software solutions meet scalability and reliability requirements.

• Problem Solving: Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provides solutions, ensuring timely resolution of software-related challenges that arise during development or in production.

Your profile:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on designing and implementing complex systems.

• Proven expertise in programming languages such as Python, Rust, Java, C++, or similar, along with experience in frameworks and libraries relevant to our products.

• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices for scalable and maintainable software development.

• Experience in developing and deploying AI or machine learning applications is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues and develop efficient solutions.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

What you can expect from us:

• Become part of an AI revolution

• 30 Days of paid vacation

• Flexible working hours

• Join a dynamic start-up and a rapidly growing team  

• Work with international industry and science experts

• Take on responsibility and shape our company and technology    

• Regular team events