Senior Software Engineer (all genders

Permanent position, full-time, Berlin + hybrid

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.

You build it, you run it, you own it—as a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (all genders), you’ll be responsible for developing and operating the software for one of our projects with a federal ministry. In this increasingly conceptual role, you’ll also be involved in project planning, architectural decisions, and stakeholder management. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and other engineers in interdisciplinary project teams on a product or service, focusing on modern and iterative delivery approaches.

In the following blog posts, you’ll find more information about software development, interdisciplinary collaboration at Digital Service, and our guiding delivery principles.

• End-to-End Ownership & Agile Work: You’ll work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary project team and take responsibility for the successful implementation of (sub) projects—from development and testing through deployment to active operation.
• Code Quality, Security & Architecture: You write clean code and confidently apply best practices such as design patterns and (automated) tests. You design and document architectural decisions, always keeping security and data protection requirements in mind, ensuring scalability, and actively reducing technical debt.
• Domain Knowledge, Planning & Stakeholder Communication: You actively engage with complex business requirements and play a key role in breaking them down into iterable tasks. You define milestones for iterations and can explain technical concepts in a way that is understandable even 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 team’s collective growth and take on mentoring and coaching roles for junior engineers.

• Dev Ops Mindset & Infrastructure Expertise: You’re familiar with the Dev Sec Ops  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.
• Affinity for the Tech Lead, Expert, or People Lead role: Depending on where your strengths lie, which role you’ve already held, or which skills you’d like to develop in the future, we’ll work together to see how we can align our needs with your next career step.
• Flexibility & Motivation: You’re open to switching to other projects and making your contribution where it creates the greatest value. You’re driven by a strong intrinsic motivation to improve the digital aspects of administration.
• Communication & Language
  
  Skills:
  
  You are fluent in German (at least B2) and English (at least C1)—we use both languages in our day-to-day work.

• Our team of over 70 engineers (of all genders) is distinguished by technical excellence, exceptional teamwork and communication skills, and a truly agile mindset.
• Join our overall 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 base salary for a Senior position ranges between €72,000 and €80,000 gross per year. For a Senior role that includes Tech Lead or People Lead responsibilities, the salary ranges between €80,000 and €89,000 gross per year, depending on relevant…