Senior Software Developer – m/f/d

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Become an active participant in an ongoing client project, engaging in meetings and delivery processes.

• Collaborate closely with a mentor and a subject-matter expert.

• After the onboarding phase, take the lead in meetings independently and handle topics autonomously.

• Play a role in architecture planning and progressively assume client responsibilities.

• Act as a vital member of the client's development team.

• Communicate directly with business units and decision-makers.

• Familiarize yourself with the client’s terminology, model the domain, and implement effective solutions.

• Develop backends using Node.js/TypeScript and frontends with React.

• Independently identify tasks, align on priorities, and take charge of delivery.

• Constructively challenge requirements while emphasizing customer value.

• Create clean solutions and transparently communicate next steps and costs.

• Review code, create AI-assisted fixes, and engage in role-play exercises for client conversations.

• Provide technical leadership externally, without being responsible for disciplinary management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately six years of professional experience in software development.

• Several years of backend development experience with a typed language, preferably Node.js/TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience using Node.js/TypeScript in real-world projects, including recent production backend work.

• Proven ability to take responsibility for and influence software architecture.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Experience in independently clarifying requirements with business stakeholders.

• Skilled in breaking down epics and defining estimates, including risk assessments.

• Ability to build Proofs of Concept (PoCs), choose technologies, and document decisions as Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).

• Experience in establishing conventions and minimizing technical debt.

• Proficient in German at a C1 level.

• Open-mindedness and interest in the potentials offered by AI.

• Capability to understand business domains and contribute functionally as well as on the backend.

• Nice to have: Experience in the building materials sector.

• Nice to have: Knowledge of Kubernetes.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design and hexagonal architecture.

• Nice to have: Experience with OpenAPI, REST API design, and Backend for Frontend.

• Nice to have: Experience in integrating AI tools within a team.

• Nice to have: Mentoring experience or independent project ownership.

• Nice to have: Engagement in presentations, blogging, open-source contributions, or knowledge sharing beyond your primary stack.

🏝️ Benefits

• 30 days of annual leave.

• Permanent employment contract.

• Three-month probation period.

• Option for part-time work starting at 80% after initially starting full-time.

• Flexible working hours.

• First-class ICE train travel and hotel accommodation for journeys of two hours or more to team meetings.

• Fully equipped MacBook; Linux setup available upon request.

• Meal allowance.

• Monthly non-cash benefit provided as a voucher.

• Company bicycle scheme.

• Daycare support available upon arrangement.

• Company pension plan available upon arrangement.

• Public transport subsidy available upon arrangement.

• Urban Sports Club membership available upon arrangement.

• Additional benefits accessible through our benefits platform.

• Annual salary reviews and adjustments for inflation.

• Regular development discussions, with support in terms of time, budget, and resources.

• Remote work opportunities and a team day every four weeks in Darmstadt.

• Social events, pizza lounge, and opportunities for knowledge sharing.