Trading IT - Technical Lead (w/m/d)

Salary: 50.000 - 65.000 € per year

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead, Middleware Architect, or Senior Integration Engineer.
• Deep expertise in middleware technologies, including APIs, event streaming, and messaging (Kafka, MQ, AMQP) as well as event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience leading technical strategy and architecture for high-performance, mission-critical systems.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, etc.).
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and best practices.
• Very good inter-personal and verbal/written English communication skills.
• Collaborative attitude and good moderation skills.
• Enthusiastic about steering, training, and upskilling internal and external staff.

• As the Technical Lead for Trading Integration, I set the architectural direction that ensures technical excellence and drives innovation. My key responsibilities include:
• Technical Strategy & Architecture for Middleware:
• - Defining the technical vision and architecture for the middleware platform, ensuring alignment with business and IT strategy.
• - Establishing best practices for API design, messaging, event-driven architecture, and integration patterns.
• - Ensuring the platform is highly scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant, supporting the demands of energy trading.
• - Leading the adoption of cloud-native and DevOps approaches, optimizing middleware performance and deployment efficiency.
• Platform Engineering & Development Leadership:
• - Guiding engineering teams in implementing high-quality middleware solutions, providing hands-on technical leadership where needed.
• - Defining and enforcing coding standards, security guidelines, and operational best practices.
• - Ensuring observability, monitoring, and alerting are embedded into the platform for proactive issue resolution.
• - Leading the evaluation and adoption of new technologies, ensuring continuous platform evolution.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:
• - Working closely with the Product Owner to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
• - Engaging with developers, architects, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration across IT landscapes.
• - Advocating for middleware best practices, coaching teams on modern integration approaches.
• Governance & Continuous Improvement:
• - Defining and monitoring key technical KPIs, including performance, availability, and security metrics.
• - Ensuring compliance with regulatory, security, and operational resilience requirements.
• - Driving continuous improvement initiatives, fostering automation, standardization, and self-service enablement.

• API
• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Embedded
• GCP
• Support
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Product Owner
• Security
• Terraform

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At Uniper, we reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension, and health-related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. We offer a supportive working culture that promotes a wide range of creative and innovative ideas, enabling various flexible working arrangements with support for home office equipment.

We invest in regular training and workshops, helping our employees visualize their potential within our company. We support individual growth, enabling success in personal goals and ambitions. Our diverse company includes international colleagues from more than 80 countries.

Uniper is committed to providing various supports, including:

- Work-Life-Balance / New Normal: Flexible options for how, where, and when to work, and modern ergonomic equipment.
- Mobility: Car and bike leasing options and e-car charging stations.
- Health Offers: Flu vaccinations, preventive health services, and employee assistance programs.
- Company Pension: Employer contributions and options for self-funded contributions.
- Trainings: Continuous training and coaching.

Our employees are the cornerstone of our success. We invite energy evolutionaries to apply and want to ensure diversity and equal opportunities in our hiring process.

last updated 34 week of 2025