Hybrid Lead Engineer – Backend, Java

at Engel & Völkers Deutschland

• Job title: Lead Engineer – Backend, Java
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud Platform, Java, Postgres, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hamburg, Germany

About the role

• Lead Engineer managing backend development for premium properties at Engel & Völkers in Hamburg. Leading a technical team and shaping the product's technical vision while delivering customer value.

Responsibilities

• As Lead Engineer (f/m/d)* Backend, you will take over the strategic, technical and disciplinary responsibility for one engineering team on our Agent Platform.
• You will define and align technical goals for your team, while setting clear, measurable objectives to ensure efficient and high-quality delivery.
• Your responsibility is to lead and steer the full DevOps lifecycle of our user-centric products - starting from architecture, design and development to deployment as well as operation and optimization.
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across the organization, including Product Management and Design, other teams and the C-Level, to ensure alignment and efficiency.
• Act as a coach and mentor to your engineers, supporting their professional growth and helping them reach their full potential.

Requirements

• You bring several years of experience in a Lead Software Engineering role with a focus on Backend Engineering in an agile environment.
• Strong experience in modern technology stacks with high complexity and scale and in developing distributed systems with high demands on performance and reliability.
• Expert knowledge in Java and Spring Boot, deep understanding of relational database design principles & knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Deep understanding of modern cloud-based backend architectures and technologies (GCP preferred).
• More than just management, you are passionate about developing people and helping them reach their full potential.
• You have excellent communication skills in English, German is a plus.

Benefits

• General conditions: 30 days of vacation plus additional days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, a hybrid work model with 50% presence at the headquarters each month, a learning flat rate in the in-house Academy and company pension scheme.
• Health & mobility: Monthly subsidies for your sports membership or for the Urban Sports Club, a Work-Life Portal, JobRad, Deutschland-Ticket subsidy and your own Pluxee card.
• Engel & Völkers Community: Various offers and training opportunities with e-learning formats, individual support, events and company celebrations, an incentivized employee referral program and other corporate benefits.
• Offers at the headquarters: Monthly after-work events, Barista bar with a wide selection of beverages and additional snacks, massage offers, an annual health week, a weekly “juice day” with freshly pressed juices, a 24/7 kiosk, influenza vaccinations, as well as free parking and e-charging stations in our underground garage.