Staff Engineer

At Autorola, we're transforming the global automotive industry through digital solutions, technology and business intelligence. We're looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to take technical ownership of a team's domain, guide architectural decisions and ensure high engineering quality across our software solutions. You'll combine hands-on software development with technical leadership, working closely with Product Managers, engineers and other technical specialists to turn business needs into robust, scalable and maintainable solutions. If you're passionate about software architecture, solving complex technical challenges and helping other engineers grow, we'd love to hear from you. About Us The Autorola Group is a global leader in online vehicle remarketing, automotive IT solutions and business intelligence for the used vehicle market. Through Autorola Marketplace, Autorola Solutions and Indicata, we help manufacturers, leasing companies, fleet owners and dealers buy, sell and manage vehicles more efficiently using technology, data and digital solutions. Your role As Staff Software Engineer, you'll be the team's technical anchor and go-to person, taking ownership of its technical direction, architecture and engineering standards. You'll remain hands-on in software development while leading technical design discussions, making architectural decisions and guiding the team towards solutions that support both immediate business needs and long-term technical sustainability. You'll work closely with the Team Lead, Product Manager, Principal Engineers and other department-level technical roles to align team decisions with Autorola's wider technology strategy. Success means a well-architected and maintainable technical domain, high engineering standards, effective collaboration and a team that continues to grow technically. What You'll Be Doing

• Take architectural ownership of the team's technical domain, including services, data models, interfaces, dependencies and technical documentation.
• Guide technical direction and ensure alignment with Autorola's architecture principles, engineering standards and technology strategy.
• Stay hands-on in software development, designing, building, testing and delivering high-quality solutions.
• Lead technical design discussions, reviews and decisions, making trade-offs between business needs, delivery speed and long-term maintainability.
• Drive modernisation initiatives, including breaking down legacy applications, improving system architecture and reducing duplication across teams.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers and other Staff Engineers to align team architecture with company-wide strategies.
• Mentor and coach engineers, support technical problem-solving and help raise the overall engineering capabilities of the team.
• Promote best practices in automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools.

Who Are We Looking For We're looking for a senior software engineer with deep technical expertise, strong architectural understanding and the ability to guide others through complex technical decisions. You are likely to have:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering or similar, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically, 8+ years of professional software development experience, including ownership of system architecture or a technical domain.
• Proven experience designing, building and operating production systems, including architecture, performance, security and monitoring.
• Experience modernising legacy applications and designing scalable, maintainable software architectures.
• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS, and event-driven architecture.
• Strong knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD and code review practices.
• The ability to lead technical initiatives, make sound architectural decisions and communicate complex topics clearly to different stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring and coaching other engineers.
• Experience with technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, relational databases and AWS is relevant.

What Success Looks Like Within your first 12–18 months, you'll have:

• Established clear technical ownership of your team's domain, including architecture, services, dependencies and documentation.
• Built strong relationships with Product Management, Team Leads, Principal Engineers and other technical stakeholders.
• Guided the team towards consistent engineering standards and sustainable architectural decisions.
• Delivered visible progress on modernisation and reduced technical debt within your domain.
• Improved software quality, maintainability, scalability and operational reliability.
• Helped raise the technical capabilities of the team through mentoring, knowledge sharing and technical leadership.
• Contributed to aligning your team's technical direction with Autorola's wider technology strategy.

Why join Autorola Group? Autorola Group is a global company with more than 850 employees across 20 subsidiaries in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. You'll join an international technology environment where software engineering, business expertise and digital solutions come together to solve complex challenges for leading automotive companies. As Staff Software Engineer, you'll have a significant influence on our technical direction, architectural decisions and engineering standards. You'll work alongside skilled engineers and technical specialists, with the opportunity to shape solutions, drive modernisation and help build the next generation of Autorola's technology platforms. We also offer pension and health insurance, social and company events, a great lunch arrangement, access to a fitness room and a lively Friday bar. Want to join the team? We're looking to fill the position as soon as possible. Please note that this description reflects our ideal candidate profile. We strongly believe in inclusion and diversity and encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. Applications and CVs will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and the advertisement may be removed once the right candidate has been found. If you have any questions about the position, feel free to contact Christian Gless, Tech Talent Acquisition Partner, on csg@autorola.com.