Lead Software Engineer

What will you do? 

The Lead Software Engineer is needed to help the KORE’ Connectivity Team design, develop, deploy and operate IoT backend services providing companies control their fleets of IoT devices. You will be part of a team that designs, builds and operates backend services powering customers-facing data connectivity systems.  

Who are we? 

KORE is a recognized global leader in IoT solutions and management capabilities and is consistently recognized as the highest-ranked non-carrier in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Machine-to-Machine Services worldwide. KORE creates value for customers in the explosive IoT market and is the largest independent IoT connectivity management provider today. 

In this role, you’ll: 

• Hone your skills writing maintainable code with extensive test coverage, working in a professional software engineering environment (with source control, dev/stage/prod release cycle, continuous deployment with CI/CD pipelines). 

• Learn cutting-edge skills by tackling complex problems in distributed computing.

• Spend some of your time infusing your technical expertise and know-how in your team through code reviews and whiteboarding sessions.

• Work with our Architects and leadership to set up best practices for the area of ownership.

• Lead the engineering team through technical challenges and performance goals

• Lead technical decisions for your team and influence technical decisions across your functional domain 

Required: 

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or computer engineering, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 5-8 years of hands-on experience designing, building and operating production backend systems in a large scale, distributed applications environment.

• Experience with Telecommunications systems

• Extensive experience with at least one of the following languages: C, Java, Go and/or Python

• Solid knowledge of Linux based systems. 

• Experience working with cloud computing and container technologies (AWS, Kubernetes).  

• Experience scaling data tiers employing a variety of SQL/NoSQL database and caching technologies.

• Experience with version control concepts as well as unit and integration testing methodologies.

• Confidence in making data-driven decisions and a willingness to take ownership of project outcomes.

• Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams through technical decisions, architecture choices and operational best practices.

• Proven experience leading, mentoring, and inspiring development teams.

• Success in promoting knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and a culture of innovation within the team.

Desired 

• Hands on experience with Kafka/Datadog, GitLab, Helm charts, Terraform, Redis.   

Where?

You will be collaborating with a development team based in Berlin. While this position is fully remote, we have shared-space offices across Berlin where we frequently meet. 

Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. KORE values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. While having “desired” qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering joining us. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!  

“KORE Wireless Group, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind. KORE is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KORE are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KORE will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”