Tech Lead (f/m/d) Azure Platform & Integration

We are Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. And we love coffee. For us at Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), everything revolves around coffee. As a globally active green coffee service group, our more than 3,300 employees in 28 countries work with dedication for and with green coffee, which is always the focus of our services along the entire coffee supply chain. Our fields of work are just as diverse as our employees and we are proud to live this diversity. Neumann Gruppe GmbH is the Hamburg-based holding company of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe. We coordinate the activities of the group and manage overall developments strategically. We also support the work of the group companies with various functional areas, such as Compliance, Controlling, IT, Legal, Tax, Risk Control, HR, and Communications. We are certified as a Great Place to Work®, highlighting our strong culture of trust, collaboration, and respect. Discover here what our employees like best about our workplace.

We are currently looking for a Senior Architect (f/m/d) Azure Platform & Integration to join our team at the earliest possible date. Reliable platforms and system integrations are essential to how NKG delivers digital products across its global business. We are building shared Azure platform capabilities, REST APIs and event-driven integrations that product and application teams can reuse. To set the technical direction and turn these standards into working solutions, we are looking for an experienced Azure Platform & Integration Architect.

Your responsibilities

• Technical direction: Lead the technical design, delivery and evolution of shared Azure platform and integration capabilities.
• Integration standards: Set practical standards for REST APIs, OpenAPI contracts, Azure API Management and message‑driven integrations using Apache Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Platform foundations: Establish reusable patterns for Azure infrastructure as code, CI/CD, application hosting, security, observability and operational readiness.
• Hands‑on delivery: Contribute hands‑on to complex implementation work, design reviews, troubleshooting and incident learning.
• Integration reliability: Ensure integrations address contracts, versioning, authentication, retries, dead‑letter handling, ordering and idempotency.
• Engineering enablement: Coach engineers, enable decisions at the lowest appropriate level and reduce knowledge silos.
• Cross‑functional delivery: Work with the Technical Product Manager, IT Operations and Security, Data & Reporting and other teams to resolve dependencies and make technical risks visible.

Your profile

• Azure expertise: Strong hands‑on experience designing, building and operating production systems on Microsoft Azure.
• Technical leadership: Experience leading technical design and architecture decisions while remaining close to implementation.
• API expertise: Strong experience with REST APIs, OpenAPI and API lifecycle management.
• Event‑driven integration: Experience with asynchronous messaging and message brokers such as Apache Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Platform engineering: Experience with Azure infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform, CI/CD, observability and cloud security.
• Software craftsmanship: Strong software engineering skills in at least one modern programming language.
• Collaboration: Clear communication, pragmatic judgement and experience coaching engineers without relying on formal authority.
• Language proficiency: Fluency in both English and German is required; Spanish language skills are an advantage.

Benefits

• Our staff appreciates Maritime atmosphere: You can expect a modern working environment in a central location with views of the Elbphilharmonie.
• Flexible work: Our hybrid work models are characterized by flexible working hours and the option to work remotely.
• Development opportunities: Benefit from an annual professional development budget of €2,000 and a wide range of professional and personal training opportunities.
• Climate‑friendly commuting: We subsidize the HVV ProfiTicket and JobRad.
• Additional benefits: We offer an attractive company pension scheme and discounted lunch options.
• Come together: Whether at summer parties, Christmas dinners, or in our coffee lounge, a family‑like atmosphere and cross‑disciplinary exchange are an integral part of our culture.

There is not much better than the smell and taste of a freshly brewed coffee, right?! That’s why we at NKG work passionately for our beloved product every day.

As a globally operating green coffee service group, we work devotedly for and with coffee, as it is the only product our business focuses on. With more than 40 companies in 28 countries and more than 3,300 highly skilled employees, we are active in the sectors Export & Milling, Import, Farming, Agents & Representative Offices, and Services. The best possible design of processes along the coffee supply chain is always our top priority - of course with regard to the consideration of social, environmental, and economic needs as an integral part of our business model.

Our group is privately owned and run. David M. Neumann is the founder-family's third generation Managing Partner and overseeing the group jointly with his Management Team.