Specialist Software Engineer Lead

Job Description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

Joining Vodafone IoT’s team means being part of a growing, purpose-driven organisation at the forefront of innovation. Our teams are made up of curious minds, problem-solvers, and forward-thinkers across the world who thrive in a collaborative, high-performing, inclusive environment.

The Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT) suite of products and services are designed specifically to meet the needs of new and evolving business verticals. Its connection base has grown 20 % per YoY to reach more than 200 million connections at the end of financial year 2025. Vodafone IoT is a leader in the IoT Connectivity Gartner Magic quadrant and has been for 10 consecutive years. To fulfil the Technology requirements of IoT, Vodafone has developed its own world leading IoT Connectivity Management Platform to target the key strategic growth opportunity specifically to meet the needs of IoT customers globally.

What you’ll do

Vodafone has also carved out the IoT Connectivity business to secure additional external investment and maintain our leading position in the industry through the following.
- Continue accelerating and enhancing our Platform as a Service for Vodafone customers on footprint.
- Launch service proposition in markets that are off Vodafone’s current footprint (US and France).
- Address long tail lower volume segment through digital self-service platform globally.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the development of our IoT projects. This role is key to customer perception and the success of Vodafone's IoT product offerings. The ideal candidate will work with our product and architecture teams to deliver high-quality software products, ensuring we meet our revenue targets and maintain our market reputation. This position involves managing all aspects of software development and continuous integration, demonstrating proficiency in problem determination, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis. Additionally, you will identify and recommend process improvements, document and provide technical guidelines and best practices, and collaborate closely with solution architects and product owners to ensure requirements are achievable and to minimize engineering costs.

• Technical reference, overseeing team’s developments to ensure alignment with the E2E designs.
• Evaluate and identify opportunities for new technologies, solutions or methodologies to enhance current or future products and services, including integration with legacy systems.
• Promote best practices in coding, dev ops and Agile methodologies.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams, IOT Core Systems, Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, etc.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and improvement.
• Act as a subject matter expert for selected domain environments and ecosystems.
• Optimise workflows for performance, scalability and cost efficiency.
• Influence and build effective relationships with peers within the group, local markets, suppliers, and partners.

Who you are

• Solid understanding of server technologies (Weblogic, etc).
• Strong academic knowledge and professional experience in software development: Java, Java Enterprise or Jakarta Enterprise, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Linux.
• Deep understanding of SOLID principles, architectural design and development patterns.
• Expertise in Relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, etc).
• Hands on experience troubleshooting issues.
• Hands on experience developing SOAP and REST APIs.
• Expertise in Spring frameworks: Spring Boot and other Spring technologies (e.g. Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Batch).
• Hands on experience with CI/CD (Jenkins pipelines).
• Expertise in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Docker compose, Kubernetes).
• Hands on experience with Amazon Services (EC2, RDS, SQS, S3, ECR, EKS, etc).
• Hands on experience with Messaging services (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc).
• Experience in Agile Methodologies (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban).
• Strong communication skills in English

#VOIS

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Hybrid way of working
• Intensive Summer Hours (8:00 am-3:00 pm)
• Tickets Restaurant.
• Social benefits
• Flexible retribution plan
• Training plan
• 25 days of vacation + December 24 and 31

Who we are

With more than 200 million device connections around the world, Vodafone IoT is a global leader in managed IoT connectivity – connecting people, places and devices. We help create a smarter, more sustainable, and more connected world - from enabling smart cities and autonomous vehicles to transforming healthcare, agriculture, and logistics. Our work shapes the digital future of businesses – allowing them to effectively manage and monitor their operations using IoT. As a global leader in IoT connectivity – operating in more than 180 countries across the globe - we empower individuals, businesses, and entire industries to unlock their potential through technology that’s secure, scalable, and future-ready. Vodafone IoT is a subsidiary of Vodafone Group.
Vodafone Group is a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn’t a concept; it’s lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You’ll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. We’re committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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