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Staff Software Engineer - OS Team (f/m/d)

Aleph Alpha

Aleph Alpha

Software Engineering
Heidelberg, Germany
Posted on Mar 11, 2025

Overview:

As a Staff Software Engineer at Aleph Alpha, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and optimizing software systems that power our AI-driven products. You will be part of one of our engineering teams, contributing to architectural decisions, writing high-quality code, and ensuring best practices are followed throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is a skilled engineer with a strong technical foundation, a passion for AI technology, and a proven track record of delivering impactful software solutions.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Software Development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, high-performance software solutions that support AI-driven products.

  • Technical Contribution: Work alongside senior engineers and cross-functional teams to drive software architecture, development, and optimization efforts.

  • Code Quality & Review: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while conducting peer reviews to uphold high coding standards.

  • Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, AI engineers, and data scientists to translate product requirements into actionable development plans.

  • Performance Optimization: Ensure software solutions meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.

  • Problem Solving: Troubleshoot technical issues and contribute to the resolution of software-related challenges during development and in production.

  • Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in AI and software engineering.

  • Projects & Tools: Work on projects such as PhariaOS. Utilize tools and technologies including Kubernetes and Rust and Go.

Your Profile:

  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

  • Strong experience in software engineering, with expertise in designing and implementing complex systems.

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Rust and Golang, or similar, along with experience in relevant frameworks and libraries.

  • Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices for building scalable and maintainable software.

  • Experience with AI or machine learning applications is a plus.

  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is desirable.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work through complex technical challenges.

  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

What you can expect from us:

  • Be part of an AI revolution!

  • 30 days of paid vacation

  • Access to a variety of fitness & wellness offerings via Wellhub

  • Substantially subsidized company pension plan for your future security

  • Subsidized Germany-wide transportation ticket

  • Budget for additional technical equipment

  • Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model for better work-life balance

  • Virtual Stock Option Plan