Lead Software Engineer (Build Systems)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Engineer to join our Release & Deliver domain within the FC DevEnv organization. The successful candidate will take full technical ownership, leading complex designs and contributing to the development and change of sub-modules. This role involves working at the Train level, interfacing with other sectors in a complex environment, and taking an end-to-end view of the impact on other areas such as research, customer, and marketing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Lead the design, development, testing, and integration of software for client’s machines and applications. Implement analytics, data, control, and algorithms applications to optimize performance during manufacturing.
• Module Ownership: Take responsibility for the results of sub-modules, manage technical uncertainties, and develop creative solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Interface with other sectors, negotiate in complex environments, and understand the contribution of other domains to the product.
• Troubleshooting: Perform structural troubleshooting at the functional level and manage customer problems, providing solutions for specific issues.
• Mentorship: Steer the work of 6-10 engineers, coach and mentor junior colleagues, and share knowledge within the team.
• Project Management: Create high-level work breakdowns, support planning, provide effort estimates, and manage assigned projects to ensure timely execution and delivery.
• Safety and Compliance: Adhere to client’s EHS policies, identify and mitigate safety risks, and ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.

Welkom bij Akkodis

At #Akkodis, we’re a diverse team of 50,000+ engineers and digital experts, operating across 30 locations worldwide. From training teams to delivering projects, our Smart Industry experts create new value for businesses across the world. United by our passion for talent and technology, our colleagues bring their diversity of experience, skills, and insights together to deliver 360° capabilities to our partners. This is how we make the incredible happen, every day.

Kandidaat Profiel

• Education: Master’s degree in Software Engineering or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience as a software engineer in a highly complex technical and corporate environment.
• 3+ years of experience as a senior architect, creating and aligning requirements and designs for software development environment ecosystems.
• Proven experience in writing technical documents and communicating effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Broad software development background with knowledge of backend (Python, Ruby, Django) and frontend (React, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3) engineering.
• Experience with DevOps tools (Git, GitHub, BitBucket, Jira, Jenkins), OS, Cloud, and infrastructure platforms (Linux, GCP, GKE, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of Bazel, multi-repository version control systems, software integration, or software source code configuration management

Personal Skills:

• Team player with a strong customer-first mindset.
• Ability to work in highly complex environments and communicate technical topics to various stakeholders.
• Result-driven, achieving goals in both the short and long term.
• Quality and security mindset, with a proactive approach to identifying and raising risks.