Lead Software Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead / Lead
Engineer to spearhead the design, development, and delivery of our
next-generation pricing, sales and marketing platforms, such as our dynamic
pricing software platform. This individual will lead a team of engineers to
build a data-intensive application leveraging AWS cloud services,
Java, and Python, ensuring high scalability, performance, and robustness.
This is a hands-on leadership role: you will set the technical vision,
guide architectural decisions, and contribute directly to coding and solution
design while mentoring and developing your team.

Simon-Kucher is at the forefront of innovation in our space, inventing
business models, algorithms, solutions, and methodologies for unlocking better
growth of our clients. And Simon-Kucher Engine's digital end-to-end solutions
deliver sustained top-line impact for our clients. Are you interested in
working in a team of digital evangelists with a can-do attitude? Want to
experience the dynamics of agile processes in open-minded teams? How about
getting creative in a startup atmosphere with a steep development curve and
flat hierarchies? And most importantly, do you want to make a difference? Then
you've come to the right place.

This is a hybrid position
with flexible time split between working in our Berlin office and remote
working.

• Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with an entrepreneurial and startup spirit
• Add to your experience with our projects that focus on growth, have a positive impact, and truly matter
• Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by openness and integrity
• Enjoy the opportunity to work from abroad (workation)
• Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning)
• Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback)
• Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices
• Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace).
• Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided
• See another side of your coworkers at our
  frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party

Leadership & Strategy

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for the dynamic pricing
  platform.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of software
  engineers and data engineers.
• Champion engineering best practices, agile
  development, and DevOps culture.

Architecture & Development

• Architect a cloud-native, data-heavy pricing system on AWS with high reliability and scalability.
• Create technical solution concepts for complex functional
  and non functional requirements (e.g. pricing algorithms, real-time
  data processing, and analytics integration) and drive implementation
• Write clean, high-performance code in Java, PySpark/Spark and Python while setting coding standards for the team.
• Ensure seamless integration of data pipelines, APIs, and
  third-party systems, leveraging PySpark/Spark for distributed data
  processing.
• Engage in documentation and code review to
  uphold high standards of code quality and foster ongoing improvements

Data & Performance

• Design systems capable of ingesting, transforming, and analyzing structured
  and unstructured datasets with PySpark/Spark.
• Optimize computation-heavy models and queries for low-latency,
  high-throughput pricing operations.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and cost
  optimization strategies in AWS.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product managers,
  data scientists, and business stakeholders to align technology with
  business outcomes.
• Translate complex pricing or sales
  requirements into scalable, production-ready software.
• Ensure timely delivery of
  features with a balance of speed, quality, and technical debt management.

Technical Expertise

• You have a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong programming background in Java
  and Python.
• Proven experience designing and
  implementing enterprise level software.
• Deep knowledge of AWS cloud services e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Glue, Redshift).
• Proficiency in building APIs,
  microservices, and distributed systems.
• Understanding of data
  modeling, ETL pipelines, and high-performance computing.

Leadership & Delivery

• 5+ years of experience in software
  engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and
  inspire engineering teams, drive architectural decisions, and deliver
  complex software projects.
• Experience working with agile
  methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred

• Exposure to machine learning /
  optimization algorithms applied to pricing or similar domains.
• Knowledge of containerization and
  orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in fintech,
  e-commerce, travel, or retail pricing systems.

Have we sparked your interest? Simply click the
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protection reasons, we cannot accept applications via email. 
Would you like to learn more about us and our company culture? Click here to watch our recruitment video.  

Über Simon-Kucher

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more
than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries.
Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and
profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their
commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based
on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of
experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world's
leading pricing and growth specialist. simon-

We believe in building a culture that embraces
diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people
feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If
we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster,
innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people,
our clients and, of course, our business.

Your personal contact:
Maria Weininger
recruitment.germanysimon-

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Better growth starts here. With you.