In this role, you will take responsibility for building a software platform for spectroscopy from the ground up and successfully bringing it into real-world use. You will combine software architecture, requirements definition, and technical leadership to drive the development of our spectroscopy software platform. Working closely with cross-functional teams and domain experts, you will support developers in delivering a scalable, maintainable, and compliant product that creates real value.
The position is full-time and offers a hybrid working model with remote work on some days as well as on-site presence at the campus in Göttingen.
Grow with us – Your Responsibilities
Gather, analyze, and translate complex software requirements in collaboration with Product Management and Product Development stakeholders to ensure implementable and testable product specifications
Design and develop scalable, maintainable software components using prototyping, making technology and design trade‑offs within agreed architectures (e.g. microservice-based architectures), design standards, and leading design reviews to ensure long‑term sustainability and performance of the software system
Drive and guide architectural decisions and provide technical leadership to an external development team to ensure alignment with the architecture and quality standards
Implement high‑quality, efficient, and readable code following coding standards and best practices to ensure performance, memory efficiency, and ease of maintenance
Create and maintain design, functional, and test documentation to ensure traceability, validation readiness, and knowledge continuity
Ensure that automated unit and regression tests are defined, implemented, and maintained within the established testing frameworks to enable early defect detection and stable software releases
Ensure validation of software functionality and interaction with hardware interfaces by the external development team to guarantee correct system behavior in the target operating environment
What will convince us
Completed Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable technical field
Proven multi-year experience in developing complex, commercial software products, as well as expert knowledge in relevant technologies such as .NET, C#, TypeScript, and React
Strong expertise in object-oriented design and software engineering, along with experience in microservices architectures
Extensive experience across multiple phases of the software development lifecycle
Experience in developing software in regulated environments, as well as knowledge of data protection and compliance requirements in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector
Domain knowledge in spectroscopy is a plus
Strong communication skills and experience in managing external development teams
Results-oriented, structured, and self-driven way of working
Ability to collaborate effectively within a matrix organization
Very good German and English skills complete your profile
What we offer
As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:
Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings
Work life balance: Remote options, flextime, flexible work schedules
Attractive compensation: Vacation and holiday bonuses including pension benefits and 30 vacation days
Large, modern campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center
Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
Travel benefits: car leasing, bike leasing, large free parking garage, good bus connections
Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network
We support diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, ages, disabilities and cultural backgrounds.
About Sartorius
Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.
We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.
Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable technical field
- Proven multi-year experience developing complex, commercial software products
- Expert knowledge in .NET and C#
- Expert knowledge in TypeScript and React
- Strong expertise in object-oriented design and software engineering
- Experience with microservice-based architectures
- Extensive experience across multiple phases of the software development lifecycle
- Experience developing software in regulated environments and knowledge of data protection/compliance in pharma/biotech
- Experience managing or guiding external development teams
- Very good German and English language skills
- Domain knowledge in spectroscopy
- Results-oriented, structured, self-driven working style and ability to collaborate in a matrix organization
Sartorius Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sartorius and has not been reviewed or approved by Sartorius.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes multiple medical plan options with dental, vision, HSA/FSA, EAP, and wellness resources across many locations. Quality of core medical, dental, and vision is characterized as solid.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a company match highlighted in U.S. materials and employer‑verified listings. The match is characterized as generous at some sites.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible hours and hybrid/home‑office options are available where roles and regions allow, with role‑dependent perks in some locations. Broader extras such as commuter benefits, discounts, and tuition assistance add optionality where eligible.
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What We Do
Sartorius is a leading international partner of life sciences research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. We help our customers #SimplifyProgress from drug discovery to manufacturing so that more people can have access to better medicine. With this, we are #PartOfTheSolution in the fight against diseases worldwide. With innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, the our Lab Products & Services division focuses on laboratories performing research and quality control at pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies as well as academic research institutes. The Bioprocess Solutions division, with its broad product portfolio focusing on single-use solutions, helps customers manufacture biotech medications, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies safely, rapidly, and economically. Based in Göttingen, Germany, Sartorius also has a strong global reach with around 60 production and sales sites worldwide. We regularly expand our portfolio through the acquisition of complementary technologies. In 2023, Sartorius generated sales revenue of around 3.4 billion euros. Currently, around 14,600 employees from around 110 nations are working for customers around the globe. Join our team, partner or collaborate with us.
