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I am the technical lead, being responsible for tailor made software developments addressing specific business needs and contributing to the digital energy transition.

Why is this role interesting for me?: The Elia Group is at the forefront of the energy transition. At the Elia Group, I can make an impact and create assets for an organization, which ensures the security of energy supply for 30 million people. As an architect, I will be part of an international development chapter, where professionals such as software engineers and architects collaborate, specializing in the development and maintenance of high-quality, scalable, and efficient software solutions. At the same time, I can continuously develop my strengths, take responsibility, share my knowledge and set standards for the Java development in a substantial domain serving the society.

My tasks:

• Technical leadership of a team of internal and external developers,
• Development of solutions and communication with various stakeholders,
• Identification of necessary software components and tools,
• Setting technical specifications and documentation,
• Ensuring a high development quality (e.g. via code reviews), implementing defined governance rules and standardization, related to a stable and durable application design,
• Implement cybersecurity best practices to protect critical energy infrastructure and ensure compliance with regulatory standards,
• Definition and maintenance of the relevant technology stack,
• Close collaboration with the internal application managers and product owners in a dynamic product organisationorganization.

My profile: 

• IT/tech-related academic degree (bachelor’s or master’s degree),
• Several years of experience using the Java-stack,
• Very good knowledge of Java frameworks (e.g., Spring / Spring Boot),
• Expert experience with Kafka,
• Experience with Angular for the Frontend,
• Good knowledge of redundant, highly available systems, micro service architectures, API-centric system designs, and development environments,
• Knowledge of software design patterns and continuous integration methodology,
• Language skills: English (C1) and German (C1). 

Nice to have:

• Experience with development in cloud environment (public and private cloud),
• Good knowledge of standards and Java web technologies (backend) such as gRPC, BPMN solutions as well as libraries for web front ends,
• Knowledge of OAuth2.0, graph databases, NoSql databases as well as Kubernetes.