Senior Software Architect

Senior Software Architect Shell Recharge Solutions is a leader in delivering the new electric mobility future through innovative software, infrastructure, and professional services that empower utilities, cities, fleets, transit agencies, and automakers to deploy EV charging infrastructure at scale. Our technology is connecting EV infrastructure solutions with public and private charging needs in a safer, cleaner, and smarter way. Headquartered in offshore India, the company’s global footprint spans across three continents with deployments in 13 different countries. At Shell Recharge Solutions, we are looking for candidates who want to be a part of something bigger than themselves – passionate, purpose-driven individuals who believe having a career means making a meaningful impact on our business and the world. We believe in creating and doing ‘the right thing’ through responsible and sustainable EV deployment. We are looking for the innovative, driven to find a solution in a complex and dynamically evolving marketplace and look at “no” as just a challenge to find the next “yes”. Shell Recharge Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Architect Shell Recharge Solutions is looking for a Senior Software Architect to join our engineering team in leading and owning the software design for a distributed multi-technology platform. This software is central to an eMobility ecosystem that consists of massive worldwide cloud infrastructure, Electric Vehicle Chargers (L2 and DCFC), Battery Energy Storage systems, integration with Energy Utilities, Renewable Energy, and the hardware/software to facilitate administration, predictive management, and communication between sites and facilities. What you’ll do You will help raise the technical bar across the worldwide organization, drive a data and results driven culture, and help nurture a high performance, world-class Product and Technology team. You will work cross functionally across all Shell Group companies, to design and architect a next-generation worldwide eMobility technology platform. Provide technical leadership for the architecture and design of secure, distributed, scalable, and resilient components, frameworks, and microservices. Conduct component and system-level design reviews. Mentor and grow the design acumen for a team of globally distributed, talented, diverse software engineers. What We’re Looking For Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience required. 15+ years of experience designing and shipping cloud services products. 15+ years of experience driving and managing technical and architectural dependencies. 10+ years of experience with distributed systems delivering large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud services. A firm understanding of system architecture, cloud computing, PaaS/SaaS design principles, micro services, and containers. AWS, Docker, Kubernetes experience strongly preferred. Proven system level design contribution to a current “Live” (in production / under daily high load) multi-region SaaS or PaaS offering. Experience with at least one Big Data analytic technology (Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, SQL, or equivalent). Interface design with proficiency in object-oriented programming languages and frameworks. Passion for and ability to quickly understand emerging technologies. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Experience with DevOps/SRE models and a scrum/agile methodology. Mastery of software requirements, architecture, and documentation. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to solve problems and think outside of the box. Apply proven software design patterns to ensure maintainability, scalability, and performance. Solve complex technical challenges with a strong focus on analytical thinking, root cause analysis, and data-driven decision-making. Required Skills & Experience Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 15+ years in cloud services architecture and delivery. 10+ years in distributed systems and cloud-native technologies. Expertise in: Cloud Platforms: AWS (preferred), Azure, GCP Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes IaC & DevOps: Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions Monitoring & Security: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OAuth2, Zero Trust Programming: Java, Python, Go, Node.js Big Data: Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, SQL/NoSQL Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns (e.g., Factory, Singleton, Observer, Strategy). Demonstrated ability to analyze complex systems, identify bottlenecks, and implement effective solutions. Experience with live, multi-region SaaS/PaaS platforms under high load. Excellent communication, documentation, and leadership skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with IoT devices. Experience playing a lead role in a public company’s intellectual property, protection/patent initiative, serving as ideation lead and possibly even as a primary liaison between a technology team and patent counsel. Experience with hardware, embedded devices, Electric Vehicles (EV), EV charging and/or battery systems. What We Offer A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric vehicle charging software, services and infrastructure The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas applied to our systems, processes, programs and technologies Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment. A casual work environment and culture that support work life ‘fit’, enabling you to fit life into your work and work into your life, i.e. flexible scheduling, virtualization options, and a generous holiday package Competitive pay and benefits programs designed to enable you to thrive inside and outside of work Participation in Shell Recharge Solutions’ performance and rewards bonus program Best in class medical benefits for employees Innovative Paid Time Off Program 9/80 Flex Work schedule #J-18808-Ljbffr