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In doing so, you directly contribute to enabling satellite operators and space agencies to efficiently plan, monitor, and control their missions in an increasingly dynamic orbital environment.\r\nStudies show that women are less likely to apply for a role if they do not meet 100 percent of the requirements. Please know that we still strongly encourage you to apply if this applies to you, but you bring leadership potential, an interest in software development, and enthusiasm for space technology.\r\nOKAPI:Orbits already brings together a highly diverse team and is actively committed to further expanding this diversity, as studies show that diverse teams achieve better results and foster innovation.\r\nYour tasks and responsibilities\r\nTechnical and disciplinary leadership of a Java team with currently five developers\r\nSupporting the team in planning, prioritizing, and successfully delivering development tasks\r\nFostering the individual growth of team members through regular feedback, coaching, and mentoring\r\nTaking responsibility for the technical quality of the software developed by the team, especially in the areas of architecture, maintainability, testing, and operations\r\nWorking closely with other teams, Product Management, and additional stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions\r\nContributing hands on to the design, implementation, and further development of Java based services and APIs\r\nGuiding technical decisions, code reviews, and improvements of development processes and team workflows\r\nEnsuring a reliable and efficient development process, including meaningful standards, clear responsibilities, and strong collaboration within the team\r\nSupporting the further development of best practices around software engineering, deployment, monitoring, and operations\r\nContributing to the strategic development of the Software Engineering department together with other leaders and technical experts\r\nYour profile\r\nMust have\r\nSeveral years of practical experience in software development with Java, ideally in the area of backend systems, services, or APIs\r\nExperience in a technical or disciplinary leadership role, for example as Team Lead, Tech Lead, or in a comparable position\r\nStrong understanding of modern software architecture, combined with high standards for code quality, maintainability, and reliability\r\nExperience in developing and evolving web services and RESTful APIs\r\nConfident working with software development practices such as code reviews, testing, Git workflows, and collaborative development\r\nAbility to communicate technical topics clearly and to lead and motivate teams in a dynamic environment\r\nGood English and German skills, both written and spoken, at a minimum of B2 level\r\nStructured, self reliant, and solution oriented way of working\r\nNice to have\r\nExperience in building and developing high performing engineering teams\r\nKnowledge of cloud technologies, containerization, or modern deployment processes, for example with Docker or Kubernetes\r\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps related ways of working\r\nExposure to observability topics such as logging, metrics, or tracing\r\nExperience in a regulated, safety critical, or otherwise technically demanding environment\r\nInterest in or experience with the space or aerospace domain\r\nWhy us?\r\nFlat hierarchies, small teams, and flexible working hours\r\nOnboarding in Braunschweig, afterwards on site in Braunschweig or hybrid\r\nEarly responsibility and direct influence on both technical and organizational development\r\nTraining budget for your personal and professional growth\r\nCorporate benefits such as BahnCard 25/50, bike leasing, and German courses\r\nParticipation in space related events and conferences to help promote sustainable space operations\r\nFree drinks in the office, monthly company lunch, and regular after work events\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Okapi Orbits","rawCompany":"okapi orbits","city":"New Bremen","state":"OH","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-09T15:37:27.545Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.09","title":"Information Technology Project Managers","slug":"information-technology-project-managers"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Team Lead Java Development (m/w/d)","description":"Your mission\r\nPlanned Start: 01.07.2026\r\nYour mission is to lead our Java Development team within the Software Engineering department, both technically and disciplinarily, and to further develop scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions together with the team for the end to end solutions of OKAPI:Orbits. 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