Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential deep-tech organization working at the forefront of advanced energy systems. Our client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to serve as the primary software point of contact for their laser engineering team in Darmstadt, Germany. This is a rare opportunity to define the architecture and technology direction for a greenfield laser-software platform while working hands-on to develop reliable tools for calibration, operation, and experimental data processing.

You will work across software, hardware, and experimental-system boundaries, helping to shape technical direction and establish the foundations of a new software platform with growth potential toward broader technical leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary software partner for the laser team and coordinate software activities across laser projects
• Provide technical leadership for software initiatives, including planning, technical alignment, risk identification, and coordination with physicists, engineers, and systems-integration partners
• Define architecture, technology choices, development practices, and interfaces for a new laser-software platform in a greenfield environment
• Design and implement reliable software for critical projects, from system-level interfaces to user-facing applications
• Develop and maintain automated calibration software that improves repeatability and supports reliable operation
• Build clear, dependable human-machine interfaces, dashboards, and operational tools for monitoring and operating laser systems
• Develop software that interfaces with devices, diagnostic systems, cameras, and experimental equipment to support data acquisition, system monitoring, and visualization
• Develop data-processing pipelines and data-storage solutions for experimental and operational data
• Define robust interfaces between software, hardware, cameras, and experimental systems in an evolving environment
• Work with networked device and system interfaces, potentially including TCP/IP, REST APIs, webhooks, DDS, SCADA, or comparable communication technologies
• Write automated tests, technical documentation, and operational guidance to support long-term maintainability
• Identify and address reliability, performance, integration, debugging, and maintenance risks
• Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Mentor engineers and help establish engineering practices as the team grows

What We're Looking For

• Experienced software engineer who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous technical problems and building systems from the ground up
• Comfortable taking ownership of technical direction while collaborating with software specialists, physicists, and systems-integration partners
• Ability to move effectively between technical leadership, project coordination, architecture, and hands-on implementation
• Strong ownership of quality, reliability, testability, and long-term maintainability
• Clear communication with both software specialists and technical partners from adjacent disciplines
• Sound technical judgment when making design, implementation, and technology-selection decisions
• Curious, adaptable, and motivated to understand how software interacts with hardware, cameras, diagnostics, and experimental systems
• Experience debugging and testing complex software systems
• Value constructive feedback, knowledge sharing, and mentoring other engineers
• Interest in developing toward technical leadership and project ownership

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Strong programming experience in C++, Python, or comparable languages
• Experience designing, implementing, testing, debugging, and maintaining complex software systems
• Knowledge of software architecture, code review practices, automated testing, technical documentation, and engineering best practices
• Experience with greenfield development, platform or architecture definition, and technology choices in evolving environments
• Experience with automated calibration, control-adjacent software, laboratory systems, automation, or physical-device interfaces
• Experience developing human-machine interfaces, dashboards, or software for operating technical equipment
• Experience with camera integration, image processing, diagnostic data, or experimental data-processing pipelines
• Experience developing data-storage solutions for high-volume, time-series, experimental, or operational data
• Familiarity with software-hardware integration and working across experimental-system boundaries
• Experience with networked device communication such as TCP/IP, REST APIs, webhooks, DDS, SCADA, or comparable technologies
• Previous experience mentoring engineers or leading technical design discussions

How We Work With You

Candidates apply through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and match it with our client's requirements. If there's a strong fit, we will submit your profile to the client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication flows through our talent team to ensure a professional and coordinated process.

Pay

Compensation will be determined by factors such as level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and will be discussed during the interview process.

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