LifeSaver Software Engineer; d​/f​/m

Job Description

Life Saver Lead Solution Architect

At our Donauwörth site, located on the banks of the river Danube, we develop helicopters from the initial idea to the airworthy product. Watch them take off and touch down on our own on‑site test airfield.

• Attractive salary and special payments
• 30 days paid vacation and extra days‑off for special occasions
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects
• Special benefits: employer‑funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, transportation subsidy, employee benefits at cooperating companies
• On‑site‑facilities:
  Kindergarten close to the site, medical officer for check‑ups and other health‑related services, canteen, cafeteria, kiosk and self‑service market, good traffic connection
• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part‑time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)
• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

You will lead the development of our upcoming digital twin platform for Life Saver, a strategic initiative aimed at empowering governments worldwide to significantly enhance their emergency response systems (ground and air). As we ramp up Life Saver, you will collaborate with an external software development company to kick‑start our digital twin solution and at the same time establish a robust technical infrastructure for a dedicated internal development team.

This role involves:

• Providing technical leadership to other software engineers and building up a technical team.
• Define the architecture of the digital twin to ensure scalability, robustness, security and performance for long‑term growth.
• Evaluating, selecting, and integrating core technologies and frameworks that form the foundation of our digital twin platform.
• Hands‑on implementation of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the digital twin platform to validate architectural decisions and demonstrate feasibility.
• Enabling the digital twin platform for future AI/ML integration, ensuring infrastructure readiness for advanced analytics and model deployment.
• Setting up and maintaining the foundational software engineering infrastructure, including (remote) development environments and relevant tool chains.
• Coordinating and guiding an external software development team (based in Europe), including defining feature priorities, reviewing code quality, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and providing technical leadership.
• Supporting the set up and growth of an internal software development team, contributing to hiring, onboarding, and fostering a strong technical culture.
• Collaborating closely with the Product Manager to translate product requirements into technical specifications and actionable development plans.
• Actively participating in customer and research projects, gathering insights, and contributing to the technical direction of Life Saver based on real‑world needs.
• Building a solid understanding of the emergency medical services and disaster preparedness domain, and monitoring technologies relevant to this field.
• Contributing to R&D and innovation programmes.

• Master's degree in computer science or a similar field.
• At least 7+ years of practical experience in software development.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing scalable, distributed systems cloud‑native environment.
• Extensive experience with evaluating, selecting, and integrating technology stacks, frameworks, and tools to meet complex functional and non‑functional requirements (e.g., scalability, security, performance, maintainability).
• In‑depth knowledge of C# (.NET); experience with Java, Python, or Go is a plus.
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), and strong understanding of cloud architecture best practices.
• In‑depth knowledge of containerization (Docker); experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation) is a plus.
liStrong understanding of relational databases (e.g. Postgre

SQL); experience with data formats like Parquet and…