Senior Principal Architect

About the team: 

HERE Platform Solutions Architecture team is embedded inside a horizontal architecture group which has the responsibility of defining the target architecture of platform products at HERE. Given its unique horizontal position in the organization, the architecture group has a deep visibility and influence over how various software products are designed, implemented and maintained at HERE. While individual architects have deep understanding of specific products and domains, the real strength of architecture team comes from its culture of cross collaboration and knowledge sharing within the group. Solution architecture team has an additional function of bringing customer-centricity to the group. The team works with strategic HERE customers spread across the world to build solutions for their usecases by leveraging HERE location platform. In addition to creating significant customer value, the team brings back rich insights and experience from the field which then helps further shaping of product architecture and portfolio. The results produced by this team have direct impact on customer success and hence also on HERE's competitiveness and success. Given the criticality of work done in Solution Architecture group, it is quite common for the team to be in customer and management spotlight while at the same time engaging with engineers on finer technical details.

The team consists of around 9 architects with varying level of experience and diverse backgrounds, but a like-minded attitude towards continuous learning, knowledge sharing and collective success. The team members share a common desire to apply their expertise to create actual customer value. A common trait in the team is their ability to look wide across multiple systems and also go deep into specific components when required. We are looking to reinforce our Solution Architecture team to manage an increasing line-up of our customers. 

About the role: 

A Senior Principal Architect is expected to contribute towards HERE's success by enabling HERE customers to succeed through a high quality and effective technical partnership as well as leadership.

• As an architect, you will be responsible for deliberate, clear and consistent system designs to seamlessly integrate various products and services that are owned by HERE, partners and customers into a unified system architecture.
• You will be working closely with engineering teams across different internal and external organizations to build out systems that solve for customer's requirements in an efficient, scalable and cost-effective way.
• You will be responsible defining and communicating key technical interfaces as integration points across systems. It is expected that architecture deliveries are validated through representative prototypes/PoCs. A key aspect of the role is to translate market-centric requirements into a technical architecture that balances performance, efficiency, scalability, costs and compatibility.
• The role expects an ability to comprehend and function in the face of changing complexities and market needs. You will be expected to build connections across the company to acquire information as well as to drive, validate and implement key decisions.

• Proven track record at delivering large scale system architectures in automotive domain
• Expert level understanding of in-vehicle system architecture designs in ADAS/AD domain
• Expert level understanding and practical experience in the area of SDV architecture patterns and implementations
• Ability to lead and make clear progress in multi-dimensional stakeholder setups
• Experience in building production grade, cloud-based and vehicle-centric software architecture in the automotive industry
• Proven record at embracing new technologies, tools and methodologies to the demonstrable benefit of business
• Proven track record in technical leadership and mentoring positions
• Demonstrable evidence of customer centric thinking as well delivering customer success

Qualifications:

• Strong computer science fundamentals. A degree in computer science or related discipline is highly desired.
• 10+ years of experience in distributed/parallel computing software systems in various roles.5+ years in leading architect/engineer roles.
• Strong edge engineering experience on relevant platforms like embedded linux, Android (Auto), QNX etc.
• Experience with technologies like Flink, Spark, Kafka, Redis for high volume and low latency data processing.
• Hands-on experience on cloud platforms like AWS
• Sound hands-on experience in building high performance and robust edge software for ADAS/AD domain.
• Advanced level understanding of AI/ML foundations and experience in using AI/ML applications
  Experience with location-based services and digital maps in automotive context is highly preferred

This position is located in Berlin, Germany. We provide relocation assistance for candidates relocating domestically within Germany.

What we offer:

• A great work-life balance
• Hybrid model of work
• Challenging problems to solve
• Collaborative and encouraging colleagues
• Opportunities to learn, grow and develop: company hackathons, technical talks, and trainings
• Regular feedbacks
• 30 paid vacation days
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive salary plus bonus
• BVG company ticket (in Berlin)
• German language course
• Access to Insight Timer app for sessions on meditation, yoga, etc.
• Diverse team of fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide.
• Brown bag talks, team events, BBQ on the rooftop and more

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Our culture is founded on openness, collaboration and honesty, with colleagues who are brilliant in their field, helpful, resilient, loyal and strive for the best. One team in that everyone makes a difference and everyone is heard.

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