(Senior) Team Lead - Software Architecture

(Senior) Team Lead - Software Architecture

Agile Robots

Munich, Germany

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the Software Architecture team responsible for system infrastructure, software architecture, and embedded firmware direction
• Define and evolve the architecture of large-scale robotics software systems across multiple subsystems
• Design and maintain core communication frameworks used across the robotics software stack
• Define robust interfaces between high-level software, embedded firmware, and hardware components
• Architect reliable distributed systems operating across multiple compute units in the robot
• Guide architectural decisions for real-time robotics software running on Linux-based systems
• Provide strong hands-on technical leadership in C++ and Python development, actively contributing to critical components when needed
• Review and evaluate merge requests, ensuring high code quality, maintainability, and architectural consistency
• Define and enforce modern C++ development practices, coding standards, and software design principles for maintainable code
• Lead the architecture and integration of embedded firmware components interacting with the robotics software stack
• Support integration of complex robotic subsystems including perception pipelines, motion control, sensor interfaces, and distributed compute nodes
• Drive system-level debugging and performance analysis across software and hardware layers
• Create and maintain a light-weight CI/CD pipeline for regular releases
• Continuously evaluate modern tools, compilers, libraries, and software technologies to improve the development ecosystem
• Mentor and technically guide engineers within the architecture team and across the organization
• Maintain a strong hands-on presence in the codebase and technical discussions

Essential Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• Extensive hands-on experience developing high-performance software in modern C++
• Strong Python programming skills used for tooling, infrastructure, or automation
• Deep understanding of Linux systems, including real-time environments and system-level debugging
• Proven experience leading or mentoring highly technical software engineering teams
• Experience designing large modular software architectures for complex systems
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts, distributed systems, and inter-process communication
• Experience integrating software with complex hardware platforms such as robotics systems, embedded devices, or real-time control systems
• Experience designing communication frameworks for robotics or distributed control systems
• Strong understanding of time synchronization, deterministic communication, and real-time data flows
• Comfortable debugging kernel-level timing issues and system-level performance bottlenecks
• Experience working with real-time constraints, lock-free programming, or high-performance concurrency models
• Experience reviewing complex codebases and maintaining high engineering quality standards
• Strong architectural thinking and ability to reason about large-scale systems
• Strong motivation to stay up to date with modern C++ standards, compilers, libraries, and best practices
• Excellent communication and leadership skills in English

Beneficial Skills

• Experience developing software stacks for humanoid robots or complex robotic platforms
• Experience with robotics frameworks or distributed robotics architectures
• Knowledge of robotics concepts such as kinematics, motion planning, perception pipelines, or control systems
• Experience with camera systems, sensor integration, or high-bandwidth data pipelines
• Familiarity with embedded firmware architectures and low-level hardware interfaces
• Experience building high-performance communication middleware for robotics systems
• Experience with modern C++ standards (C++17 / C++20 / C++23) and advanced language features
• Experience designing scalable infrastructure for robotics development environments
• Experience mentoring engineers and building strong technical teams