Über Simon-Kucher
Simon-Kucher ist eine globale Unternehmensberatung mit mehr als 2.000 Mitarbeitern in über 30 Ländern. Unser Fokus liegt darauf, für unsere Kunden ein besseres Wachstum zu schaffen, das messbare Umsatz- und Gewinnsteigerungen ermöglicht. Wir erreichen dies, indem wir jeden Hebel ihrer kommerziellen Strategie - Produkt, Preis, Innovation, Marketing und Vertrieb - auf der Grundlage tiefer Erkenntnisse darüber, was Kunden wollen und wertschätzen, optimieren.
Aufgaben
- Define and drive the technical roadmap for the dynamic pricing platform.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of software engineers and data engineers.
- Champion engineering best practices, agile development, and DevOps culture.
- Architect a cloud-native, data-heavy pricing system on AWS with high reliability and scalability.
- Create technical solution concepts for complex functional and non functional requirements and drive implementation.
- Write clean, high-performance code in Java, PySpark/Spark and Python while setting coding standards for the team.
- Ensure seamless integration of data pipelines, APIs, and third-party systems, leveraging PySpark/Spark for distributed data processing.
- Engage in documentation and code review to uphold high standards of code quality and foster ongoing improvements.
- Design systems capable of ingesting, transforming, and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets with PySpark/Spark.
- Optimize computation-heavy models and queries for low-latency, high-throughput pricing operations.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and cost optimization strategies in AWS.
- Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to align technology with business outcomes.
- Translate complex pricing or sales requirements into scalable, production-ready software.
- Ensure timely delivery of features with a balance of speed, quality, and technical debt management.
Anforderungen
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
- Strong programming background in Java and Python.
- Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise level software.
- Deep knowledge of AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Glue, Redshift).
- Proficiency in building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Understanding of data modeling, ETL pipelines, and high-performance computing.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire engineering teams, drive architectural decisions, and deliver complex software projects.
- Experience working with agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
Benefits
- Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with an entrepreneurial and startup spirit.
- Add to your experience with our projects that focus on growth, have a positive impact, and truly matter.
- Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by openness and integrity.
- Enjoy the opportunity to work from abroad (workation).
- Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit.
- Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning).
- Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback).
- Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices.
- Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace).
- Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided.
- See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party.