Software Developer

HELLA is a global, family-owned company listed on the stock exchange that employs some 38,000 members of staff at over 125 locations in some 35 countries. The HELLA Group develops and manufactures lighting and electronic components and systems for the automotive industry, and also has one of the largest trade organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnosis and services within Europe. In the Special Applications segment, HELLA also develops products for specialist vehicles. Complete vehicle modules, air-conditioning systems and vehicle electrical systems are produced in joint venture companies. With almost 7,000 people working in research and development, HELLA is one of the most important innovation drivers on the market. HELLA has achieved sales of around 6.6 billion Euros in fiscal year 2016/2017; in addition, the HELLA Group is one of the top 40 automotive parts suppliers in the world and one of the 100 largest German industrial companies.

•Support / to handle the whole application life cycle (existing applications as well as of new applications) starting with first discussions about requirements up to test and change request in cooperation with the leader of competence field;
•Create technical concepts in cooperation with the leader of competence field based on meetings with the customer considering the HELLA standard for Client applications;
•Effort estimations in preparation for a time schedule by the leader of competence field;
•Develop Business applications including database model and technical documentation based on our internal customer demands / requirements;
•Communicate with the customers regarding requirements, change requests, performance, test results etc.
•Communicate with the colleagues within the team, the technical colleagues from infrastructure department regarding database configurations / optimizations;
•Support key users in software application / Second-Level Support.

•Graduate Engineer Computing or comparable education;
•C# / .NET 4.5: Application, UI Design and Controls, Reporting, Setup;
•MS Visual Studio 2015 / 2017 Professional or Enterprise;
•Experience in designing and developing database applications with MySql, Oracle, MS SQL;
•Experience in designing and developing mobile applications;
•Strong understanding of Object-oriented design and implementation required;
•Experience refactoring complex, existing code required;
•Language skills: English (mandatory, reading, writing, speaking);
•Analysis and documentation of processes for requirement specification of new and existing projects;
•Basic knowledge in project management, rhetoric/discussion methods, negotiation and meeting management techniques, communication skills.