(Senior) Software Engineer (m/f/d) Industrial IoT

<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://hs.kinexon.com/hubfs/Jobs/KINEXON_jobs_industries.png" alt="" width="700"></span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">ABOUT THE TEAM</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are an international team building KINEXON OS, the operating system that optimizes visibility and transparency of industrial moving assets. Our platform captures real-time location data and provides dynamic workflows, delivering actionable insights for production and logistics.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">KINEXON OS is open, flexible, and scalable, enabling full visibility into supply chains and dynamic tracking of assets for swift operational decision-making. It aggregates position and identification data from various sources and enriches it with contextual information from third-party IT/OT systems such as ERP, MES, and WMS.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Join us to shape the backbone of a platform that powers digital transformation in manufacturing and logistics worldwide.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">YOUR QUALIFICATIONS</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">For this opportunity, we are looking for someone with:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Completion of a university degree or comparable qualification</span></span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Solid backend development experience in a compiled, strongly typed language (e.g. C++ or Go); openness to Python</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> & Node.js</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> for some services</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Comfortable reading and learning code in other languages in the stack</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Experience with Kafka (producers/consumers, topics, partitions, schema evolution, error handling, monitoring)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Strong SQL skills (PostgreSQL): schema design, query optimization, indexing, transactions</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Experience with test automation and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Containerization: building/debugging Docker images, orchestration with Docker Swarm; Kubernetes basics is a plus</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">GitLab CI/CD: writing and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">maintaining</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> pipelines, build/test automation</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Linux: solid command-line skills, process/network debugging, scripting</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Understanding of distributed system fundamentals: message ordering, fault tolerance, backpressure, eventual consistency</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Clear communication in English (German optional)</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Hands-on experience using <span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">GenAI</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> tools for coding and a strong curiosity about AI-driven developer productivity</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Nice-to-have: <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Frontend familiarity (Angular/TypeScript) for debugging and <span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">small changes</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Knowledge of other pub-sub or in-memory solutions (Redis, NATS, <span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">ZeroMQ</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Kubernetes hands-on deployment, Helm basics</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Tracing/observability tools (<span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">OpenTelemetry</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">, Jaeger, Zipkin, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Security basics: secrets management, TLS in service communication<span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">YOUR TASKS</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Design and implement APIs </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">and data processing workers </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">within our </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">K</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">INEXON</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> OS ecosystem</span></span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Create and evolve backend architectures for scalability and reliability</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Own and plan larger coding projects (</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">refactoring</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">, new features) that require coordination across multiple teams</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Develop and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">maintain</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> backend services in C++, Go, and Python</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Ensure robust automated testing and CI/CD integration</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> in close collaboration with QA engineers</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Contribute to observability, performance tuning, and security improvements</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="18" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">OUR TECH STACK</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":200,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Our diverse tech stack allows us to build robust and efficient services:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Backend: C++, Go, Python, Node.js</span></span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Frontend: Angular, TypeScript</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Messaging: Kafka</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">, MQTT</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Database: PostgreSQL</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Containerization: Docker, Docker Swarm</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">, potentially </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Kubernetes </span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">CI/CD: GitLab</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Observability: Prometheus, Grafana</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="25" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">OS: Linux</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><div class="detail-block-description"> <article class="detail-content-block detail-content-block-about-us"> <div class="detail-block-description"> <h3>YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THIS WITH US</h3> <p>At KINEXON, you will meet people with a similar mindset who are passionate about innovative technologies and love to master new challenges in a team, as well as create great products.  <br><br>Become part of our team and enjoy the following benefits:  </p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"-","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">#Freetime</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> 30 days (DE) / 20 days (US) paid vacation to refuel your energy (for full-time employees)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"-","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">#WeCare </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">– take your time off for the family (parental leave etc.)</span></li> <li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"-","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">#WorkingHours</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> – Early bird or night owl - you can choose your flexible work hours.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"-","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">#FlexibleLocation</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> – we work with a hybrid and remote model.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"-","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">#OneTeam</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> - We enjoy spending time together at regular team and company events.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"-","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">#OnTop</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> - <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW156869001 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW156869001 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">further benefits selected by you annually out of a range of benefits that we offer (mobility, sports, vacation budget, training budget and more)  </span></span></li> </ul> <p><br>If you want to find out more about our benefits, you can look <a href="https://kinexon.com/company/benefits" target="_blank">here </a>and with a visit to Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wearekinexon/" target="_blank">wearekinexon</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/wearekinexon/" target="_blank"> </a>you can get a look behind the scenes.</p> <p> </p> <h3>ABOUT US</h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-teams="true">KINEXON is a leader in Physical AI for Manufacturing & Sports, turning real-time location and motion data into actionable intelligence and automation. Our AI and IoT-driven platform supports a wide range of applications, from automated logistics and safety solutions in factories to live player tracking and performance analytics in sports. In sports, 80% of NBA teams rely on KINEXON technology, alongside FIFA and top European football teams and leagues. In manufacturing and logistics, we partner with blue chip companies including BMW, Siemens, Airbus, Continental, and MTU to drive measurable efficiency gains. Founded as a TU Munich spin-off, we are a team of ~250 people headquartered in Munich with a US office in Chicago - and we're hiring ambitious talent ready to shape the future of physical AI.</span></span></p> </div> </article> </div></div>