Senior sotfware engineer - Platform & Architecture H/F

Rexel. Electrifying solutions that make a sustainable future possible. 

Rexel, a global expert in multichannel professional distribution of electrical products and services for the energy sector, serves three main markets: residential, commercial, and industrial. Passionate, dedicated, and highly skilled, our employees help deliver innovative electrification solutions on the ground and make the energy transition possible. We believe in bringing positive energy to everything we do! 

Join our dynamic teams and be part of this extraordinary journey! Working at Rexel offers an exciting and dynamic environment where you can make a tangible difference, work on innovative projects, collaborate with diverse teams, and grow both professionally and person

Job Description

You will join a digital team of around 200 people worldwide, reporting directly to the CTO. We have strong ambitions: our platform currently generates €2 billion in revenue, and we aim to double this by 2028. To achieve this, we are reshaping our technology stack and our ways of working. You will be at the heart of this transformation. 

As a  Senior Software Engineer – Platform & Architecture , you will act as the bridge between product, architecture, and platform teams. You will ensure robust architectures, facilitate deliveries, remove technical blockers, and enhance the developer experience. You will also drive technical innovation and communicate key challenges and progress to management. 

Key Responsibilities 

You will play a central role influencing architecture and productivity across multiple teams. You will have the freedom to propose and implement large-scale technical improvements in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and technical excellence. 

More specifically, your responsibilities are as follows: 

Architecture :

• Collaborate with the architecture team to ensure proper design and implementation of architectural choices across product teams. 
• Translate architectural guidelines into concrete, reusable solutions for product teams. 

Continuous Improvement :

• Work with the platform team to optimize delivery pipelines, reduce friction, and eliminate technical impediments.
• Propose and drive initiatives to automate and stabilize deployments, testing, and observability. 

Technical Escalation Point :

• Serve as the technical point of contact and escalation for product teams: diagnose, prioritize, and coordinate corrective actions. 
• Follow issues through to resolution and document decisions and solutions. 

Developer Experience & Enablement :

• Ensure close communication between the platform and product teams to provide the best developer experience (tools, libraries, guides, templates). 
• Design and promote toolkits, integration patterns, and best practices to accelerate product teams. 

Innovation and Technology Sharing :

• Encourage and lead technical innovation : prototypes, technology evaluations, and dissemination of best practices. 
• Organize workshops and tech talks to share progress and lessons learned. 

Communication with Management :

• Summarize technical status, risks, and opportunities for leadership and stakeholders. 
• Propose technical roadmaps and relevant progress indicators. 

The technical stack you work with :

• Front-end: Angular
• Back-end: Spring (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud)
• Observability & Logging: ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes / ISTIO
• CI/CD, Testing & Monitoring: Familiarity with automated pipelines, testing tools, and monitoring solutions

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 10 years in software engineering, architecture, or a similar role (ideally in cloud-scale / microservices environments).
• Technical Skills: Strong expertise in distributed architectures, CI/CD, observability, containers/Kubernetes, and cloud services. Knowledge of Angular, Spring, ELK, Docker, and Kubernetes/ISTIO is a strong plus.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communicator, strong prioritization skills, ability to unite cross-functional teams; Initiative: Product-oriented, pragmatic, with a passion for innovation.
• Languages: Professional-level English required; French is a plus.

If you are passionate about cloud-native architectures, developer experience, and cross-team technical excellence, and want to make a tangible impact within a leading organization in full transformation, we invite you to apply for the Senior Software Engineer – Platform & Architecture position at Rexel. Please submit your resume.

Additional Information

Rexel offers an attractive compensation package with a 13-month base salary and an individual performance-based bonus. The company also provides a profit-sharing plan and additional benefits (health insurance, retirement plans, transport and meal allowances, etc.).

Feel free to contact us to learn more!

At Rexel, we believe our success depends on you. We help you develop your skills and explore new areas within the company as part of your career growth. We are committed to social responsibility, equality, and diversity in our workplace. Together, we can create a better future. Apply now and take advantage of this opportunity for growth and development.

Chez Rexel, nous pensons que notre succès dépend de vous. Nous vous aidons à développer vos connaissances et à explorer de nouveaux domaines au sein de l'entreprise et dans le cadre de votre développement de carrière.

Nous sommes conscients de notre responsabilité sociale et nous nous engageons en faveur de l'égalité et de la diversité dans notre environnement de travail. Ensemble, nous pouvons créer un avenir meilleur. Postulez maintenant et profitez de cette opportunité de croissance et de développement.