Principal Software Architect (all genders)

Keywords

Software Architecture, Cloud-Native Technologies, Kubernetes, Microservices, CI/CD, Cloud Platforms, React, Angular, Node.js, Java, Python, Autonomous Driving, AD/ADAS, Robotics, Computer Vision, Simulations, Safety Systems, Technical Leadership, Architectural Design, Technical Strategy, Team Mentoring, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Steering, Innovation, Industry Thought Leadership, Communication Skills, Collaboration, Influence, Proactive Attitude, Self-Driven, Passion for Technology, Team Education, Autonomous driving, Artificial intelligence, Simulation Environments, Scenarios

The role

We’re seeking a visionary Principal Software Engineer (all genders) to architect and drive the development of our flagship cloud-native AI product. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the product’s technical direction, influencing engineering teams, and collaborating with stakeholders across the organization including steering groups within our parent company.

This is a functional leadership role for someone who thrives on ownership, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration that reports to the Head of Engineering.

Your tasks

Architectural Leadership: Design and evolve the software architecture of our cloud-native web platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Technical Strategy : Identify and integrate emerging technologies and industry trends into our product roadmap.

Team Influence : Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of excellence, autonomy, and continuous learning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate customer needs into technical solutions.

Customer Engagement: Interface with customers to understand their requirements and feedback, translating insights into actionable engineering tasks.

Strategic Steering: Represent the engineering team in steering groups with our parent company, contributing to high-level product and technology decisions.

Innovation Driver: Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement across the product lifecycle.

Industry thought Leadership: Understand technical trends in AD/ADAS and AI and analyze what this means for our product.

What will you need to be successful?

Proven experience in software architecture and technical leadership of larger engineering teams.

Deep expertise in cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD, cloud platforms).

Strong background in frontend and backend web development (e.g., React, Angular, Node.js, Java, Python).

Solid understanding of the automotive domain, especially autonomous driving, robotics and computer vision.

Knowledge around autonomous driving scenarios, simulations and safety is a plus.

What we offer

A company where you can make a difference

A crucial role in a young, dynamic, and fast-growing environment that fosters trust, respect, and personal growth.

Being part of a German high tech success story on AD/ADAS and AI/ML.

Competitive salary package, flexible working hours, hybrid working model.

Up to 30 Days Workation all around the world.

Overview of our tech stack

Kubernetes, Microservices, CI/CD, Cloud Platforms, React, Angular, Node.js, Java, Python, Computer Vision

About us

Understand.ai was founded in 2017 with the vision in mind to make AI accessible to everyone. To achieve this goal, we’re solving the data problem of AI. The tooling and services provided by understand.ai enable our customers to get the right data, at the right quality and right quantity, to make production-grade AI products a reality. Join us to become part of this journey!

Headquartered in Karlsruhe, our team has grown to more than 70 employees since 2017 and is part of the dSPACE Group since 2019. dSPACE is a market innovator and leader in providing solutions and systems for embedded controller software development in the Automotive, Aerospace, and Manufacturing industries. Founded in Germany in 1988, dSPACE employs over 2200 people worldwide, who are committed to making the embedded controls software development process more efficient through innovative tools and services.

Due to our success in growing customer numbers and projects, we need to scale our structure and team sizes in order to continue providing excellent service. Our goal is to make our customers happy and our employees happy. We offer a variety of benefits, but more importantly, we offer an interesting & meaningful work environment and responsibilities, on which you can work with a great level of autonomy.

We can’t wait to see what kind of future you choose to build at UAI - so click on the “apply for this position” button and together create the gold standard for ground truth data for autonomous transportation!