Professional Software Engineer
KION Group AG4 months ago
Grand Rapids, MI, USASenior
Base Salary
$102k - $128k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of medium- to large-scale software solutions integrating enterprise applications, cloud services, APIs, and automation technologies.
- Analyze business and technical requirements to architect scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineering, UX, QA, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Lead technical estimation, resource planning, solution costing, proposal development, and delivery forecasting.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, implementation plans, and proposal materials.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship while promoting engineering protocols, coding standards, and development practices.
- Lead technical reviews and discussions covering strategy, risks, scalability, operational readiness, and delivery expectations.
- Coordinate cross-functional meetings and manage multiple initiatives and competing priorities.
- Conduct knowledge-transfer sessions, technical workshops, and training on architecture, development standards, and solution delivery.
- Support development-to-production transitions, deployment, operational support, and long-term maintainability.
- Contribute to improvements in software development processes, tooling, templates, and engineering standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in software development, solution architecture, or technical leadership roles.
- Strong experience designing enterprise-grade applications and distributed systems.
- Proficiency with modern programming languages, APIs, cloud platforms, and software integration patterns.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams.
- Understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC processes, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with technical estimation, solution planning, and delivery forecasting.
- Experience with test-driven development, Ruby, React, TypeScript, SQL Server, Cosmos, and C#.
- Experience hosting and configuring Azure resources.
- Strong communication, teamwork, collaborator management, and multitasking skills.
- Preferred experience with warehouse automation, supply chain systems, or enterprise logistics platforms.
- Preferred knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and system integration frameworks.
- An advanced degree or equivalent technical certifications is preferred.
Benefits
- Career development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Pay transparency.
- Global opportunities.
- Remote collaboration is supported as needed.
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About KION Group AG
KION Group AG builds industrial trucks (forklifts) and warehouse automation systems for manufacturers, logistics providers, and e-commerce operators. It operates through brands such as Dematic, Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, offering equipment, software, and lifecycle services including maintenance and fleet management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, KION is a public company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.