HERE Technologies is hiring a Principal Engineer - Professional Services Consultant for its Automotive sector. In this role, you will lead the technical delivery of customer-facing software solutions across industries like Automotive, Transport, and Logistics. You will be the technical authority responsible for the full solution lifecycle.
What You'll Do
- Analyze requirements and contribute to opportunity scoping, technical analysis, and effort estimation.
- Support backlog creation and refinement.
- Design and document technical solutions aligned with customer needs and architectural standards.
- Act as the technical authority within the assigned project scope.
- Actively participate in all development phases with hands-on software development contributions.
- Define and communicate a shared technical vision across teams.
- Lead internal and external development teams to meet project delivery goals within timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
- Maintain comprehensive system-level understanding by contributing hands-on to development, integration, and testing.
- Mentor and coach team members to foster growth and technical excellence.
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices and frameworks.
- Lead internal initiatives that support strategic engineering goals.
- Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders.
- Translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
- Serve as the technical point of contact between the program and development teams.
- Collaborate with Solution Architects on solution design and implementation planning.
- Coordinate with functional managers and program managers on execution and risk management.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a similar technical field.
- Relevant Bachelor's or higher degree.
- Extensive backend development experience with expertise in modern programming languages, technologies, and concepts, including object-oriented and functional design, cloud-native architectures, REST, stream and batch processing using Java, Scala, JavaScript, Kubernetes, AWS.
- Extensive mobile development or embedded systems experience with expertise in modern programming languages, technologies, and concepts, including object-oriented design, architecture, Android/Kotlin, C++, Java, Swift, JavaScript/TypeScript, Flutter/Dart, React JS, gRPC.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Passion for learning and the ability to evaluate and adapt to new challenges.
- Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.
- Effective communication, project and stakeholder management.
- Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
Nice to Have
- Experience with automotive OEMs and integrators.
Technical Stack
- Backend: Java, Scala, JavaScript, Kubernetes, AWS
- Mobile/Embedded: Android, Kotlin, C++, Swift, TypeScript, Flutter, Dart, React JS, gRPC
Team & Environment
You will be part of the HERE Professional Services - Global Solution Engineering team, collaborating with an experienced, international engineering organization.
Benefits & Compensation
- Work on globally deployed automotive navigation and mapping products.
- Collaboration with an experienced, international engineering organization.
- Truly international team of fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide, working from strong tech hubs located in Europe, the US, and Asia.
Work Mode
This is a global position.
HERE Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.
