Vice President Technology (gn)
As soon as possible as Full-Time Position
Locations: Berlin, Leipzig, Offenburg, Remote within Germany
What's it all about?
As an agile IT company, we are shaping the energy industry together with our customers and partners. We are the enablers of the energy revolution, sustainably securing the future of our world. Our cloud-based software helps to build innovative energy brands and ensures smooth operations for millions of end users. Founded in 2012, we are now more than 500 digital enthusiasts. As powercloud, we collectively stand for growth and progress and see the energy revolution as a matter of heart.
Together with you, we want to continue writing our success story, so “power.up your life” and become part of the cloud as: Vice President Technology (gn)!
Your mission:
As Vice President Technology (gn), you take the lead in shaping the architectural backbone of our SaaS platform. By contributing your technical knowledge, you develop a future-oriented technology roadmap and enable your teams to execute the respective technological initiatives.
Where do we need you? You can join our team at these locations or fully remote within Germany:
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| Achern At our innovative IT campus in Achern, our headquarters, we combine modern work and sustainable living on the edge of the Black Forest. |
Leipzig The office in Leipzig is within walking distance, in a direct central location, only 1.5 km from the main train station with excellent connections to the public transport network. |
Berlin Our Berlin office is located only 1.5 km from the Tiergarten, and thus in an ideal central location. |
Your responsibilities
- You are the disciplinary lead for the technology department, consisting of five teams (incl. Machine Learning, Data Migration, Ops, Architecture)
- You are responsible for the architectural design and implementation of our powercloud SaaS product
- You continuously shape and maintain the technological vision of the company, including setting up a tech roadmap and its breakdown for the impacted teams (in alignment with the CTO) and ensure its implementation across the entire powercloud organization
- You contribute with your expertise to the overall architecture landscape (e.g. API Management, Event Management, Identity & Access Management, Multi-Tenancy Approach, …)
- In alignment with your teams and other stakeholders you maintain and communicate the company-wide architecture foundation, standards and technical guidelines for the whole organization. You ensure that these guidelines are known throughout the company and that adherence can be monitored
- You contribute as part of the leadership team towards a future-oriented product design and to new ways of working (e.g., Developer Guild), including participation as a stakeholder in the Product Board
Our requirements
- You provide extensive leadership experience in software development in terms of leading people directly and leading leaders (or a comparable position)
- You have a proven track record in growth, coaching, mentoring and feedback for team members
- You have several years of experience in leading and implementing large IT projects in the agile environment
- You have a strong background in Software Development with Java and/or PHP as well as profound know-how in AWS Cloud and infrastructure hosting & deployment
- You stand out with very good analytical and conceptual competencies as well as superior communication skills in German and English
Our Tech-Stack
- PHP 8 with PHPStorm (development environment) and Symfony 5.4 (framework)
- Java 17 with Spring Boot
- MySQL and MariaDB or rather AuroraDB
- Amazon AWS Cloud as Hosting Platform
- Jenkins for CI/CD
- Atlassian-Development Tools (Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira)
If you want to learn about our entire tech stack, HERE is the place to be!
Why us?
We know that our employees make the difference. That’s why we offer them, and maybe soon you, the best possible working environment!
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| Hybrid working | Flexible working hours | Training Opportunities |
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| Relocation support to Germany | Own company shares | Future-proof industry |
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| Regular feedback meetings | Cool team events | Individual ebike leasing |
You want more information? You can find out more on Instagram and Kununu!
Ready for powercloud?
Do you want to paint the world yellow together with us? Then take up the challenge and revolutionize your career. All you need to do is send us your CV. A cover letter is not necessary!
We are ready for you!
