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The language requirements for this position are: English - Fluent.

As an Architect / Staff Software Engineer at Contiamo, you are a technical leader who shapes the direction and quality of our engineering work across multiple projects and clients. This role brings a systems-level perspective that enables architecting solutions spanning multiple projects or clients from POC to Production.

Activities

• Design Solutions: Take ownership of high-level systems designs solution proposals—quickly assessing requirements, outlining robust yet simple approaches, and iterating as new information and feedback emerge.
• Shape Technical Direction: Set and communicate the technical direction for various projects, collaborating with engineers to develop plans and support successful implementation.
• Drive Innovation and Standards: Identify repeating patterns and new ideas that can be systematized and adopted across projects. Lead technical discussions, share demos, and contribute to the documentation of best practices in our CONVENTIONS guides.
• Standardize Implementations: Adapt and evolve solutions for use across projects, helping the organization recognize and adopt effective frameworks and system patterns.
• Lead by Example: Demonstrate technical excellence and collaborative leadership in your own work, supporting others through planning, code review, and shared problem-solving.

Requirements

You’ll be successful in this role because you know how to blend practical skills with flexibility, thoughtful communication, and a genuine interest in working alongside others, helping them grow. While you may not have meet all the qualifications listed below, you possess a majority of the following skills:

• Self-driven, curious and collaborative, with a proactive approach to learning, improvement, and solving complex problems that can be shared across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working across the entire application development and data engineering spectrum: micro apps, distributed systems and streaming data, and data warehousing.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality, with the ability to balance speed and reliability.
• Strong proficiency in Python (or a similar language like Go, NodeJS) with extensive experience building, debugging, and optimizing APIs, distributed systems, and/or data pipelines.
• Experience with modern technologies and frameworks including FastAPI, PydanticAI, Haystack AI, OpenTelemetry, Procrastinate, databases like Postgres and Snowflake, queue systems such as SQS / Kafka, and Airflow.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including orchestration and lifecycle maintenance; you are not an SRE but you know how things run and what is required to ship to production.

Team

Contiamo is a premier consulting firm that brings together an interdisciplinary team of senior experts in data science, data engineering, mathematics, business consulting, and change management.

Our culture thrives on fast iterations and a high-trust environment where everyone is given significant responsibility. We believe in the power of a supportive atmosphere, valuing both individual contributions and the joy of teamwork.

As a small company, you will report directly to the CTO, and work closely with all engineers across the organization. When working with a client, you will be embedded in a smaller project team responsible for ensuring success of the engagement.

Application Process

• Screening call (round 0, length: 30-35m)
• Experience assessment call (round 1; length: 60m)
• Take home Coding Challenge + Code Review (round 2; length: 60m)
• Meet the Team / Communication assessment (round: 3; length: 90-120m; in-person preferred)
• Optional: Meet the Partners (round: 4; length: 45 - 60m; in-person preferred)

About the Company

Contiamo is a leading data and AI consulting company and end-to-end implementation partner based in Berlin. Originally founded as a SaaS company more than twelve years ago, we have extensive experience in implementing cutting-edge customized data and AI solutions for our clients.

We collaborate with industry leaders such as Mercedes Benz, CBRE, and Deutsche Telekom to tackle their most pressing business challenges through intelligent data usage. As a trusted partner, we pride ourselves on delivering scalable cloud applications and leveraging open-source tools to find elegant solutions to complex problems.

At Contiamo, our culture thrives on fast iterations and a high-trust environment where everyone is given significant responsibility. We believe in the power of a supportive atmosphere, valuing both individual contributions and the joy of teamwork. Our focus on excellence in execution and communication is evident in all aspects of our work.

In the last years, Generative AI has become a core focus for us and we have delivered many high value projects using cutting edge developments for our customers.