(Senior) Product Architect
Linz, Vienna, full-time, m|f|d
As (Senior) Product Architect you are responsible for developing one of our new products and its further optimisation – speaking of our Retail Hub that plays a central role in connecting data and solutions. You translate business requirements into plan- and actionable work items, align closely with our Product Owners and ensure that our clients see value in it.
Your tasks
- You are part of our agile team and key driver in developing the architecture and finding new solution pathways.
- You reach a deep understanding regarding architecture and technical components of our Retail Hub.
- You align the roadmap with Product Owners ensuring cross-department collaboration.
- You consult our Product team with professional expertise and methods providing technical solution alternatives and assessing requirements through professional analysis.
- You ensure communication among stakeholders regarding technical details and support us in solving challenging use cases.
- You provide our Product Owner with relevant know-how regarding technical aspects of our backlog and make sure that user stories are meaningful from a technical point of view.
- You code actively together with your team and realise features for our Retail Hub from design to market.
- You align regularly with other product architects in regards to integrating further solutions.
Your profile
- You completed your studies successfully, especially in the fields of Software Engineering or similar.
- You have already worked as a software developer for more than 5 years with 3+ years in software architecture.
- You have an expertise in JVM-based systems (Java, Groovy, Scala etc.).
- You truly understand streaming-based and data-intensive software systems and all related development as well as implementation processes.
- You have experience with cloud providers such as the Google Cloud Platform and cloud-native technologies such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize etc.
- You are also interested in the business side of our Retail Hub and professional product management.
- You are decisive and outcome-oriented looking forward to joining a highly motivated international team.
- You enjoy an agile and project-oriented approach to working and are eager to contribute.
Technologies we use
Our software is primarily running on Google Cloud and Kubernetes. Keeping track with the latest developments, we use state-of-the-art tools such as Terraform, Kustomize, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, MySql, Postgres, GitLab, TeamCity and other services based on Google Cloud. For our applications, we rely on Scala, Cloudflow, Java, Typescript, Groovy, Node, MySql, Akka, Spring Boot, Gradle, Spock Framework, Angular, GraphQL and more.
We offer
We offer you the possibility to actively contribute to the development of smec – an accelerated learning curve in an award-winning company and an extremely appreciative working environment included! In addition, we offer stunningly flexible working hours anytime between 6am to 11pm, as we know you have a social life too – whether it’s spending time at the lake, going for a hike or to be at home with the kids. Moreover, you’ll enjoy plenty of perks such as: full free access to Udemy courses, free coffee and tea in vast quantities, fresh fruit and our smec buddy system. On top of that, you will get a new MacBook, not only for work, but also for your personal use. And we host a variety of events with free drinks because smecies just love to mingle with other smecies.
Loving the sound of smec? Just write an email or give us a call! We’re excited to get to know you and would love to welcome you here at smec.
We offer the following benefits
Stunningly flexible working hours
smec spirit
Top-notch equipment
Home office
Personal & professional development
Switch locations
Structured onboarding
Your smec buddy
Flat hierarchies & open door policy
Cool company events
Free access to the smec gym
Refreshments & goodies
For legal reasons, we refer to the collective agreement minimum salary of EUR 3,094 (14 x per year) for this position. The actual salary depends on your qualification and experience, a willingness to overpay is given.
About smec
smec – Smarter Ecommerce is one of the leading B2B SaaS providers of paid search automation software and a strategic partner for online retailers in Europe.
Due to our vast experience in the highly specialised PPC industry, we constantly add value to our existing tools and challenge competitors with innovative solutions.
More than 500 national and international clients with yearly budgets worth 350+m Euro rely on our data-driven insights and best-in-class consulting services regarding Data & Growth Strategy, the Google Marketing Platform (GMP), Microsoft Advertising, Programmatic, Display Ads and more. Leveraging these advantages, we are building a powerful online retail data platform and are transforming from a pure PPC specialist to a strategic growth partner for online retailers.
We are growing fast – in the meantime more than 150 passionate employees from 20 different countries are following their professional passion at one of our locations in Linz, Vienna and London.
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