Senior Solution Architect - E-Mobility (m/f/d)

Company Description

vaylens develops innovative software and SaaS solutions for the marketing and management of charging stations for electric vehicles. The company supports operators in the management, control and monitoring of their charging infrastructures and offers technical support and training to ensure that customers get the most out of the vaylens products. vaylens is based in Dortmund and part of the KOSTAL Group. For more information, visit: vaylens.com

Job Description

vaylens' e-mobility Saas platform consists of above 80 applications and microservices. Business customer portals (such as the vaylens Portal) and apps intent to make the management and commercial operation of charging infrastructure as easy, reliable and efficient as possible. vaylens' EV driver apps should support simple access to a huge network of charging stations. As the e-mobility market is growing exponentially new digital products and features as well as UX and performance optimizations need to be designed and developed in this landscape.
 

Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:

• Analyse business requirements, translate them into use cases and define overarching data models and system interfaces for the mostly Java/Spring Boot microservices and mostly Angular frontends.
• Develop sustainable software solution architectures based on the business requirements and the architectural vision for the platform that balance performance, security, maintainability, cost-efficiency, and scalability.
• Define cloud infrastructure requirements in collaboration with DevOps, ensuring alignment with modern cloud-native best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools
• Conduct architectural reviews and ensure adherence to defined guideline, compliance & security standards
• Coordinate architecture projects within the system landscape.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners, project managers, developers, and DevOps engineers, within a scaled agile environment.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
• Support DACH and international sales with customer specific solution and migration concepts

Qualifications

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Analytical mindset with an excellent understanding of complex technical relationships and hardware-software communication.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in distributed international teams.
• Ability to present and communicate complex solution designs in a simple manner.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies and experience in scaled agile environments (ideally organized with SAFe).
• Ideally, experience in the EV charging business.

Education:

• University degree in Computer Sciences/Business Informatics or similar education.

Work experiences – time/seniority/ sector:

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Solution/Enterprise/Integration/Software Architect in distributed systems and cloud-native microservice landscapes.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development within the Java Enterprise/Spring environment.

Technical/ IT knowledge:

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing distributed systems in cloud-native environments (like AWS), with proficiency in Kubernetes.
• Proven track record in designing secure architectural solutions, including identity and access management, encryption and compliance with industry security standards.
• Experience with software quality assurance, ideally also in load and performance testing.
• Relevant certifications in the field of architecture are a plus.

Language – with level

• Fluent in English
• Extended basic knowledge in German

Mobility requirements

• As per need – approximately 8 - 16 working days per year to Germany or similar locations

Additional Information

• ​​A purpose-driven company driving Europe’s transition toward electric mobility 
• Passionate colleagues with a hands-on mentality 
• A safe and future-oriented workplace as part of the Kostal group 
• Flexible working hours and location 
• Great opportunities for career growth