Principal Software Engineer (Java)

At HERE Technologies, we deal with vast and complex geospatial datasets, including automotive-grade digital maps, real-time traffic feeds, and dynamic sensor data. Managing these datasets efficiently, storing, indexing, analyzing, and ensuring their seamless availability is a challenge that demands robust, scalable solutions.

To meet this challenge, we’ve built a cutting edge cloud based mapmaking platform that empowers customers to ingest, store, analyze, and share location data in real time. By leveraging powerful abstractions, state of the art building blocks, and advanced cloud technologies, we enable businesses to unlock the full potential of location intelligence.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping and improving our platform.

You will be part of a cross-functional, self-organized team, working on mission-critical services that demand high performance, compliance, security, and uptime.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services at scale
• Own the full software lifecycle, from concept to production
• Ensure software quality through code reviews, testing, and best practices
• Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to define and refine requirements
• Contribute to system architecture and technology selection
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability
• Document solutions and maintain internal knowledge bases
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members
• Drive technical excellence and best practices across teams
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies
• Guide architectural decisions and ensure scalability and maintainability

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience in Java, with deep knowledge of its ecosystem, frameworks, and best practices
• Passion for learning and the ability to adapt to new challenges
• Strong software design skills and a focus on writing clean, maintainable code
• Experience with unit, integration, performance, and acceptance testing
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English
• Strong background in object-oriented and functional programming
• Familiarity with HTTP, RESTful APIs, and networking (TCP/IP)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience with distributed computing and cloud architectures
• Proven experience working on high-throughput, low-latency, highly reliable systems
• Experience with Big Data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Presto, Kafka)
• Hands-on experience with high-availability relational and NoSQL databases
• Nice-to-have is exposure to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at scale

What do we offer?

• Innovative and modern technologies
• Truly international team of fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide, working from strong tech hubs located in Europe, US and Asia and multiple smaller locations
• Challenging problems to solve
• Collaborative and encouraging colleagues
• Opportunities to learn, grow and develop
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive salary plus bonus
• This role is eligible for Creative Tax Incentive scheme in Poland” or KUP (Autorskie Koszty Uzyskania Przychodu) 
• Contract of employment or B2B contract available