Senior Software Engineer – Backend System - SDV Hub (m/f/d)

at  CARIAD SE

YOUR TEAM

You will spearhead and drive key areas of the future Software-Defined-Vehicle (SDV) software stack together with fellow engineers and their respective teams, These efforts will span various domains of the vehicle, with a primary focus on Infotainment, Body, Power Distribution, and Connectivity solutions. We are seeking individuals who thrive on pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and championing innovative ideas. As a vital member of CARIAD’s senior technical team, you will interface with multiple stakeholders within VW Group’s technical community.
In the role of Embedded Software Engineering Lead – Backend - SDV Hub (m/f/d), you will play a pivotal role in supporting a global engineering operations team tasked with maintaining vehicle software updates and ensuring the health of our fleet, both today and in the future. Specifically, you will take the lead in proactively monitoring, triaging, and providing support for vehicle software updates and associated fleet health management data. Situated at the heart of vehicle software engineering, this role offers cross-functional visibility and represents a groundbreaking opportunity to revolutionize the connected car segment. You will be instrumental in developing streamlined and automated processes for managing vehicle software updates, laying the foundation for a future where connectivity and efficiency seamlessly intersect.

NICE TO KNOW

• Remote work options
• Temporary work from abroad in selected countries
• Flextime / optional working hours
• Company pension plan
• Annual professional development
• Sabbatical option up to 6 months
• 30 days paid + 10 days unpaid leave
• Possibility for VW Group car leasing
• If you have further questions about the candidate journey at CARIAD, please contact us: careers@cariad.technology

• Design, develop and maintain back-end systems and databases for automotive core services including real-time communication infrastructure, telemetry/metrics ingestion infrastructure and OTA infra for hosting/versioning/tiered distribution
• Build and deploy continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for the above core services
• Design and implement REST APIs for communication between embedded systems and back-end servers
• Provide support for over-the-air (OTA) software updates and remote diagnostics of vehicle systems.
• Manage version control systems (e.g., Git) for source code repositories and ensure proper branching and merging strategies
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions to track system performance and diagnose issues in production environments
• Optimize back-end systems for scalability, reliability, and low-latency communication with embedded devices while complying with cybersecurity standards and implement measures to protect sensitive data
• Guide and define engineering requirements and design scalable back-end architectures together with cross-functional teams