About The Company
We believe in the positive power of energy – and in people who are ready to shape the future with their ideas and dedication. That’s why we established the EnBW Tech Hub in Portugal to drive innovation and develop digital solutions that support the energy transition and improve the way we work.
As a key pillar of EnBW’s technological transformation, the Tech Hub plays a vital role in our journey. EnBW is one of the largest energy companies, headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, employing approximately 30,000 people. ENBW IT SOLUTIONS, UNIPESSOAL LDA, a wholly owned subsidiary of EnBW, operates as an integral part of EnBW's IT division. In Lisbon, we bring together experts in IT, administration, project management and HR to collaborate in an agile, international environment and create smart, scalable solutions.
Our Benefits
- Private supplementary health insurance including coverage for your immediate family, offering peace of mind beyond the public system.
- Meal allowance to support your daily work routines.
- Additional paid days off (24 December & Carnival Day) on top of statutory annual leave - giving you more time for what matters.
- Hybrid working model with a mix of remote and office days to support flexibility and modern ways of working.
- Intercultural collaboration & cross border projects - grow your international experience by working with colleagues in Germany.
- Modern technology and continuous development opportunities to support your growth and keep you up to date in your field.
- Bright, appealing offices in a trendy Lisbon area, designed for productive and enjoyable workdays.
Your tasks
- As part of a collaborative software development team, you build and operate backend services for our B2B e‑mobility business
- Working closely with product management, internal stakeholders, and external partners, you translate business needs into sustainable and well‑designed technical solutions
- You design and continuously evolve the architecture of your team’s services, balancing scalability, maintainability, security, and compliance with pragmatic delivery
- By staying close to the implementation when needed, you ensure that architectural decisions work well in practice and remain grounded in real-world constraints
- You guide your team in applying Domain-Driven Design, Clean Architecture, and strong engineering practices
- Clear and pragmatic documentation of architecture decisions, system landscapes, and solution designs is created by you so others can understand, review, and build upon existing solutions
- Across the full software lifecycle - from refinement to release - you contribute with a strong focus on quality, testability, and production stability
- Cloud‑native development on Azure is actively shaped by you, including Infrastructure‑as‑Code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence
- You also help drive the responsible and practical adoption of AI tools in software engineering within your team
Your profile
- You hold a degree in computer science or a comparable qualification and bring strong experience in software architecture as well as enterprise development with Java and Spring Boot
- Architectural thinking comes naturally to you, combined with a hands‑on mindset that allows you to stay close to the code whenever required
- Experience with Domain‑Driven Design, Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, and pragmatic software design enables you to build scalable and maintainable systems
- Your background includes architecture documentation, system modelling, and the use of communication formats such as arc42, C4, or similar approaches
- Designing distributed systems, REST APIs, event‑driven architectures, and common integration patterns is part of your professional routine
- Hands‑on experience with Azure and cloud‑native systems allows you to design, deploy, and operate solutions using Infrastructure‑as‑Code; experience with AWS or GCP is welcome but not required
- A strong understanding of Clean Code, Test‑Driven Development, and modern development tooling shapes your daily work, including the Spring ecosystem, NoSQL databases, Maven, Gradle, Git, and GitHub Copilot
- Practical experience with AI tools in software engineering supports you in coding, documentation, testing, and developer workflows, while keeping quality, security, and compliance in mind
- You communicate confidently in English; Portuguese and/or German are considered an advantage
Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, you are encouraged to apply. Different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued here - because strong teams are built through diversity, collaboration, and shared learning.
About The Department
As a Software Architect, you will work on the central mobility+ backend systems, which serve as the 'operating system' of the EnBW HyperNetz. These systems establish us as one of the leading providers of electric mobility charging solutions in Germany and across Europe. In order to keep pace with the rapid growth of e-mobility, we are looking for experienced Java software engineers to join our team.
Contact
Are you interested? Apply online now! A cover letter is not required; we may ask a few job-specific questions in our application form.
In addition to EnBW, our recruiting team also recruits for other Group companies. If you have any questions, please contact Fahrion, Annika | a.fahrion@netze-bw.de.
Everyone is embraced here, irrespective of gender, age, sexual orientation, heritage, faith, beliefs, or physical ability.
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