Senior Software Architect
Budapest, HU
Discover your impact with KUKA Group
KUKA Group offers an enormous spectrum of possibilities to advance your career, live your passions and unlock your potential. We´re one of the world's leading automation specialists, offering global opportunities in areas such as robotics, automation, logistics, software solutions and electronics. If you´re a go-getter, a visionary with bold ambitions and believer in collaboration and mutual respect, then you're poised for success here at KUKA Group.
Make an impact
- Design end-to-end technical architectures for warehouse automation systems, including real-time control, monitoring, and integration with robotics, logistics platforms and across hybrid and multi-cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS).
- Define and drive architectural design patterns and best practices across engineering teams both regionally and globally for containerized microservices that are event-driven and distributed computing-based systems.
- Review, refine, and challenge engineering designs and implementation choices to ensure maintainability, scalability, and performance.
- Contribute directly to the codebase, developing key components and setting examples for clean, efficient code in multiple languages (Java, C#, Python, Rust, and various others as part of our solution set and DevOps pipelines).
- Prototype and test critical system components and new features during early-stage development.
- Leverage CoPilot, GPT-based tools, and Agentic development platforms to accelerate design, development, and creation/documentation of our solutions to improve overall SDLC and PDLC processes.
- Build and orchestrate custom AI development of agents and tools to assist engineering workflows, such as automated code generation, test generation, refactoring, porting, and design scaffolding.
- Collaborate with software managers, engineers, QA, DevOps, product managers, and robotics/hardware teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Mentor engineers in architectural thinking and effective use of AI-assisted development.
- Ensure architectural alignment across robotics, controls, warehouse management systems, and IoT platforms with observability emphasis using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and other platforms.
What you need to succeed
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an architectural or staff engineering role.
- Expert-level proficiency in Java and modern development practices (CI/CD, microservices, REST/gRPC, etc.).
- Mid-level proficiency in at least one additional language C#, Python, or Rust.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, message queues (Kafka, RabitMQ) and real-time processing.
- Demonstrated experience building enterprise-grade automation, robotics, or warehouse logistics systems.
- Hands-on experience with CoPilot, GPT-based tools, or AI Agent development platforms.
- Detail oriented individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions across teams.
- Experience in container platforms utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, or other container based systems used within cloud/hybrid infrastructure.
- Database experience with at least one platform (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, or Oracle).
- Familiarity with DevOps, SRE, and Agile delivery frameworks.
DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) statement
Our core belief is in treating each other with kindness, an open mind, and mutual respect, creating an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
KUKA Group is a company committed to equal opportunities. We manage every application with meticulous care and consideration - with a decision-making process that pays no heed to your origin, educational background, age, gender, sexual orientation, or your religious or political beliefs. If you join KUKA Group, you will have ample opportunities to share what motivates you and what defines your individuality.
Join the journey!
If you think a career with KUKA Group could be what you are looking for, we´d love to hear from you. We´re looking forward to receiving your application!