Software Engineer – Fullstack

About Us

We are shaping a digital state - together with the administration. As a partner at eye level we strengthen the administration on its way to driving its own digitalisation. With our own iterative product development and our commitment to better framework conditions we create the basis for digital solutions that are scalable and effective.

About The Position

You build it you run it you own itas a Full-Stack Software Engineer (all genders) youll be responsible for developing and operating the software for one of our projects. If TDD continuous deployment and a well-thought-out DevSecOps approach are important to you then we should get to know each the following blog posts youll find more information about software development interdisciplinary collaboration at DigitalService and our guiding Delivery Principles.

What Youll Do

• End-to-End Ownership & Agile Work: Youll work in a collaborative interdisciplinary project team and take responsibility for the successful implementation of featuresfrom development and testing through deployment to active operation.
• Tech Stack & Full-Stack Development: Your focus is on developing high-quality software primarily using TypeScript/JavaScript but also technologies such as Java Spring or React/Vue depending on the project.
• Code Quality & Security: You write clean code and confidently apply best practices such as design patterns and (automated) tests. You always keep security and data protection requirements in mind ensure scalability and actively reduce technical debt.
• Domain Knowledge & Stakeholder Communication: You actively engage with complex business requirements help break them down into iterable tasks and can explain technical concepts in a way thats understandable to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaboration & Team Culture: You are an active part of our engineering culture. Through pair programming regular code reviews and open knowledge sharing you contribute to the teams collective growth and are motivated to continuously develop your skills.

What Youre Bringing

• Full-stack experience: You have already developed and operated digital products and services from start to finish. Youre equally comfortable working on both the backend and the frontendprimarily with TypeScript/JavaScript or Java/Spring Boot as well as the frontend frameworks React or Vue. You also have the flexibility to quickly familiarize yourself with new technologies.
• DevOps Mindset & Infrastructure Expertise: Youre familiar with the DevSecOps approach have in-depth knowledge of infrastructure and container technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes Terraform) and are comfortable with Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Agile & Interdisciplinary Team Culture: You prefer working in agile cross-functional teams and value constructive discussions as well as regular feedback with Design Product and User Research.
• Flexibility & Motivation: Youre open to switching to other projects and making your contribution where it creates the greatest value. Youre driven by a strong intrinsic motivation to improve the digital aspects of public administration.
• Communication & Language Skills: You are fluent in German (at least B1) and English (at least C1)we use both languages in our day-to-day work.

Why Join Our Team

• Our team of more than 70 engineers (of all genders) is distinguished by technical excellence exceptional teamwork and communication skills and a truly agile mindset.
• Join our team of more than 250 people which works in an interdisciplinary and iterative manner and is realising the vision of a digital state in collaboration with the Federal Administration.
• Work in the way that suits you best: you can organise your working hours flexibly make use of our remote working options at any time and choose your preferred operating system.
• The salary for this role ranges from 55.000 to 65.000 euros gross per year. When determining your individual placement within our salary bands and levels we take into account the scope of responsibility of the role the complexity of the tasks and the assessment of your skills from the initial interviews. You can find details of our level and salary system in our blog post On Levels Money and Fairness.
• Urban Sports Club & more: Every month youll receive a 50 voucher on top of your salary which you can use however you like. Fitness tech transport or food the choice is yours!
• In addition we offer you an annual training budget of up to 2000 with up to five days off regardless of your role or level. As part of this we also enable you to take language courses.

You can find further benefits on our careers page.

How To Apply

Please submit your application exclusively through the online portal. Due to the summer break we will not be able to respond to applications until August 10 2026. We ask for your patience until then!

We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome all applications - regardless of religion and ideology nationality and (ethnic and social) origin gender and gender identity.

We only check incoming applications for their professional qualifications and the key qualifications required for the position in question. We would therefore ask you to refrain from including a photo of yourself in your CV and to delete information about your place of residence age gender marital status or similar.

Recruiting Process & Contact Person

A successful screening call by our Talent Acquisition Team is followed by two to three interviews with DigitalService employees. The first interview will focus on your professional qualifications followed by your values and expectations in terms of teamwork and collaboration. You can find out more about our recruitment process in our blog post Recruitment at DigitalService What applicants can expect (DE).

We are available at any time during the entire process for questions feedback and dialogue.

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