Top Software Engineer Jobs in Cologne

The role involves designing and building AI-focused research tools, optimizing performance, engaging with customers, and scaling product features quickly.

The Backend Engineer will design scalable infrastructure for AI research tools, collaborate on optimizing system performance, and own evaluation pipeline automation.

Canonical is hiring a Software Engineer to develop features for Kubernetes, focusing on operators and integrations while collaborating in a distributed team.

Lead full‑stack development of high‑traffic public websites, integrate AI tooling into the SDLC, design scalable backend and performant UIs, maintain cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, monitoring, and testing, and own services under a you‑build‑it‑you‑run‑it philosophy.

Architect, develop, and scale cloud services, dashboards, and data pipelines to support robotics and autonomous vehicle telemetry. Integrate IoT devices with Azure services, build APIs/microservices, implement observability and CI/CD, validate systems in lab and field, and mentor junior engineers.

Design, develop, test, and integrate embedded robotic control software for lift trucks. Create system and component requirements, simulate and verify software, collaborate globally on electrical and software architectures, support manufacturing and aftermarket, lead code/design reviews, mentor junior engineers, and liaise with technology suppliers to ensure quality, reliability, and performance.

Build and maintain backend integrations and production features for Enode's Connect platform. Work on Node/TypeScript and AWS-based services to support EV charging and home energy systems, collaborate with product and commercial teams, debug and improve services, participate in code reviews, and translate customer needs into reliable technical solutions.

Build and operate services and tooling that automate network lifecycle, make network changes safe (CI/CD, rollouts, audit trails), develop scalable observability and telemetry, integrate network source-of-truth with platform APIs, and collaborate with network engineers and SREs to turn operational pain into production-grade automation.

Develop and maintain open-source, silicon-optimized AI/ML inference application packages (Inference Snaps) for Linux/Ubuntu Core. Debug, write high-quality code, review upstream contributions, secure and optimize local inference deployments across embedded devices to gateways, and collaborate with a distributed team and stakeholders.

Design, implement, and maintain cross-platform C++ features for Multipass on macOS and Windows. Lead architecture, mentor peers, write high-quality tested code, review contributions, debug user issues, collaborate with a distributed team, engage the open-source community, and support customers.

Develop and maintain ABAP solutions in S/4HANA Cloud, own features and interfaces, integrate SAP with Make/Node/Python/Retool and the data warehouse, work directly with Finance stakeholders, investigate root causes, and learn modern SAP patterns (RAP, BTP, Released APIs).

Design and build scalable backend systems for PlanetScale's database platform (Vitess/Postgres), collaborate on distributed systems challenges, work autonomously and with customers, optimize performance, and mentor engineers while operating systems at production scale.

Design and implement complex customer-facing frontend features using TypeScript and React. Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, drive frontend architecture and best practices, improve performance and accessibility, partner with product/design, integrate with backend APIs, and manage technical debt and scalability.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python/Django backend services and RESTful APIs for financial products. Implement data models, write tests, optimize performance, ensure availability and security, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features and maintain production systems.

Design, implement, and operate scalable, multi-cloud distributed infrastructure and core services (TypeScript, Kotlin, Go). Optimize compute, storage, networking, and observability; support event-driven architectures; own end-to-end deployment and production reliability; implement disaster recovery and business continuity; collaborate with engineering, AI and security researchers to enable high-velocity product development.

Develop and maintain the JetBrains Runtime to ensure IDEs run fast and render well. Provide low-level support for UI frameworks (Swing, Compose for Desktop), work on OpenJDK projects, implement hardware-accelerated rendering (Metal/Vulkan/OpenGL/D3D), fix JBR issues, and optimize/refactor cross-platform system UI code for Windows, macOS, and Unix.

Join a hybrid London-based team to build full-stack systems that accelerate foundation model research and deployment. Responsibilities include backend and frontend development, prototyping, CI/CD and deployment pipelines, data pipelines, 3D geometry processing and tooling for model evaluation, and close collaboration with research, ML, and infrastructure teams in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Contribute to desktop and cloud reality-capture software by implementing features and bug fixes in C++. Write clean, tested code, assist debugging, participate in code reviews and Agile ceremonies, and use tools like Git, JIRA, and CI/CD while learning from senior engineers.

Build and iterate on practice-first learning experiences and AI tutor features. Contribute to architecture, review code, debug and unblock teammates, and collaborate closely with Product and Design to deliver high-quality learning products.

Lead platform bring-up and validation of Wayves AI stack on automotive hardware. Port and configure Linux/QNX/AUTOSAR systems, integrate drivers and middleware, automate flashing and tests, and collaborate with OEMs, Verification, and Release teams to ensure robust CI/CD and hardware integration.

The Software Engineer will build database infrastructure, solve complex distributed systems challenges, and work directly with customers to provide technical solutions.

As a Mid-Level Backend Engineer, you'll enhance the reliability, observability, and scalability of the EVC platform by building API integrations, improving system performance, and strengthening infrastructure.

The role involves creating and automating infrastructure features for data platforms using Python, with a focus on distributed systems and collaboration within a global team.

Join Canonical's OpenStack Engineering team to develop and manage Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, focusing on Python code and infrastructure automation.

The role involves collaborating with a distributed team to develop and debug software for Linux, focusing on high-quality code and system-level issues.