Backend Software Architect

Together for smarter safety - NIRA Dynamics is all about increasing the safety and sustainability in cars by smarter software solutions.
We work with major and minor players in the automotive industry and all of them are different. We like different. It provides a never ending flow of technical, cultural and geographical challenges and requires an open and curious mind and a positive attitude towards colleagues, customers and partners.
At NIRA Dynamics we are all driven by different things, but have one thing in common. Greatness. To achieve greatness takes commitment and energy and the level of these two parameters are sky high at NIRA. But the sky is not the limit, we want to go further and the only way is to add more greatness.

You will be at the heart of the NIRA engineering team that makes ideas come alive in the exciting future of connected and autonomous vehicles. You will work with cutting edge technologies to analyze e.g. the road surface and provide this information in real time to connected and autonomous vehicles on a global scale. This means that you will take part of shaping the future for autonomous vehicles by allowing the vehicle to “see around the corner” and know in advance if the road is slippery or if there are any obstacles to avoid.
As our technical lead you will build up the team working on backend algorithms. You will be responsible for applications & infrastructure and will work closely with both the marketing department as well as the engineering teams. In this context you will also draft the roadmap for our backend products and services of today and tomorrow. You will work as a cross team competence and will be given great possibilities to realize your own ideas - which we expect you to do!
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So, who are you? Besides a general high level of greatness, we suspect you might possess the following good stuff:

PhD or MS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience working with Big Data & Machine Learning
5+ years of experience working with Java and optionally newer JVM-based languages such as Scala
Working experience with creating big data pipelines using Hadoop, Kafka, Storm, Spark, Flink or similar.
Experience in systems development in one or more of: C, C++, C#, Java, Python.
Working knowledge of working with databases like postgresql
Basic understanding of geodata

And now to what really matters, the person behind the tech skills:

A true "doer instinct" with the ability to take ideas all the way from thoughts to actions, without any frills.
Solution oriented (we don´t do mistakes, we learn).
Never losing control over quality and details, especially when it comes to customer interaction.
A true teammate with great communication skills. Listen, ask for help, give feedback and interact with the team’s best in mind.
And of course, you have to share our core values… if you don’t, we are probably not a good match to each other.