Top Software Engineer Jobs in Germany

Develop core autonomy and navigation software for GPS-denied autonomous drones. Responsibilities include computer vision, visual-inertial odometry, SLAM, AI detection and segmentation, ROS 2 and ArduPilot integration, embedded Linux deployment, simulation, and real-world flight testing. The role requires strong C++ and Python skills, collaboration in a small founding team, ownership, and English communication.

Build, test, deploy, and maintain scalable web and mobile applications. Own features from concept through launch while collaborating with Product, Design, Data Science, and engineering teams. Apply automated testing, strong code quality practices, relational database and schema design expertise, analytical problem-solving, and user-focused design. Work within agile methodologies and contribute to continuous deployment, production monitoring, knowledge sharing, and ongoing engineering improvement.

Develop and maintain high-performance Rust and Python simulation and validation frameworks for autonomous air systems. Build Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop environments, automated testing, fault injection, regression coverage, and deployment infrastructure. Collaborate with autonomy and systems teams, optimize real-time simulation performance, maintain documentation and benchmarks, review code, mentor colleagues, and improve reliability, safety, and operational performance.

Designs and builds Notabene’s Go-based transaction platform for secure, scalable, multi-tenant crypto transfers. The role focuses on distributed systems correctness, PostgreSQL performance, cloud infrastructure, observability, auditability, and regulated-data security. The engineer owns production operations, writes technical designs, reviews code, mentors teammates, collaborates with product and compliance teams, uses AI coding agents, and participates in on-call rotations.

Senior backend engineer building and operating cloud-native microservices for client authentication, KYC, GDPR-compliant flows, and Salesforce integrations. Write testable, secure Java/Kotlin code, deploy on AWS (ECS, Fargate, Lambda), own services end-to-end, and improve engineering excellence, CI/CD, and observability.

Develop scalable, production-quality software for Reaxys by combining software engineering, cheminformatics, molecular data validation, and distributed systems. Translate scientific requirements into technical solutions, collaborate with chemists and product teams, and use tools such as RDKit, ChemAxon, and AI-assisted development technologies.

Develop mission-critical mission control and ground-segment software supporting aerospace testing and operations. Responsibilities include full-lifecycle backend and frontend development, scalable distributed systems, real-time data processing, automated testing, deployment, user support, workflow improvement, and collaboration with flight controllers and engineering teams. The role also contributes to operational reliability, documentation, engineering practices, and mentoring junior engineers.

Develop scalable, production-quality software for Reaxys at the intersection of chemistry, cheminformatics, and technology. Translate scientific questions into molecular data representations, software features, and computational workflows; apply cheminformatics methods to molecular data; validate chemical information; architect distributed systems; and collaborate with chemists, data scientists, product teams, and engineers using modern AI-assisted development tools.

Lead rapid end-to-end prototyping of LLM-powered agent systems: build working prototypes, design experiments measuring quality/latency/cost/user impact, validate with users, produce reference implementations, and hand off to product teams to inform roadmap decisions.

Lead the design, development, deployment, and ongoing operation of internal full-stack platforms. Build frontend interfaces, backend services, APIs, integrations, and database solutions; define architecture and engineering standards; and deliver secure, scalable applications. Partner with stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and business teams to automate workflows and improve data access. Provide technical leadership, mentor developers, and use AI-assisted development tools while owning products from concept through production.

Develop and maintain Electronic Warfare Ground Support Systems for the A400M military aircraft platform. Analyze use cases, define software architectures, design GUI and mission-data preparation solutions, implement Java-based systems using Eclipse and OSGi, and prepare and execute software testing. The role involves close collaboration with systems engineering stakeholders and participation in agile software development.

Build and maintain Java components in a PostgreSQL ecosystem, including client libraries, database proxies, schema tools, and sharding solutions. Own component reliability, performance, security, provisioning, and operations while collaborating with infrastructure and downstream teams. Work with Terraform, Kubernetes, containerization, distributed systems, testing, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code. Document architecture and operational processes, and potentially maintain forks of open-source projects.

Design and develop distributed cloud services in Rust, maintain in-house Rust software, build generative AI APIs, and collaborate across teams on technical specifications and implementation. The role also involves coordinating agent teams and applying asynchronous Rust design patterns, networking concepts, HTTP, Kubernetes, and related cloud technologies.

Build and own Python backend services for Grover’s real-time risk decisioning platform. Develop rule engines, decision APIs, dynamic pricing, counteroffers, third-party risk integrations, and Kafka event-driven workflows. Improve reliability, observability, and production operations while collaborating with risk analysts, data scientists, and product teams. The role includes on-call support, service debugging, AWS infrastructure, analyst tooling, and LLM-powered risk assistance.

Build production-ready full-stack applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js. Develop AI-powered interfaces, conversational UIs, and agent workflows while making sound architectural decisions. Collaborate with Product, UX/UI, and Engineering to deliver scalable, maintainable software. The role requires ownership of technical solutions, API and database development, performance, testing, and code quality. It is remote-first with occasional in-person workshops, team sessions, and company events in Germany.

Build and own automated orchestration for safely deploying network changes across production devices. Develop Go and Python services, CI/CD tooling, validation environments, observability, staged rollouts, verification, and automatic rollback. Extend network source-of-truth and configuration-generation systems, detect configuration drift, participate in infrastructure reviews, and join on-call after training. The role requires production software experience, deployment-system expertise, networking fundamentals, and effective collaboration in a distributed team.

Own pricing end-to-end: translate business goals into technical strategy, design, implement, test, deploy, and monitor a low-latency C++ pricing core. Collaborate with Product, improve reliability/performance, use AI tooling to accelerate development and diagnostics, and drive measurable business outcomes.

Design, build, and optimize GPU-accelerated deep learning inference software and frameworks (e.g., SGLang, vLLM). Profile and tune LLM and Generative AI model serving across NVIDIA accelerators, contribute code to inference libraries, and collaborate across teams to deploy high-performance multi-GPU solutions.

Improve Firefox’s Gecko Session History through expanded Web Platform and mochitest coverage, debugging and fixing correctness issues, and collaborating with module owners through code review and upstream landing. The engineer will work in C++ and JavaScript within a large browser-engine codebase, with emphasis on test automation, debugging, web standards, and publicly conducted development.

Develop and maintain scientific Python software for fusion research, validate numerical accuracy, profile and optimize CPU/GPU workloads, and deploy reproducible workloads on NVIDIA infrastructure or AWS. Support shared computing through access controls, scheduling, monitoring, storage, APIs, testing, continuous integration, packaging, and documentation while collaborating with scientists and IT.

Develop embedded Linux software for web-based energy and data center management products. Responsibilities include software planning, design, implementation, unit testing, cross-product architecture, process optimization, Linux kernel and application development, web development, microcontroller programming, network programming, and potentially Android and iOS application development.

Develop cross-platform desktop and mobile music applications, plugins, and virtual instruments. Write clean C++ code, integrate cloud/server APIs, use standard tooling (Visual Studio, Xcode, Git, CMake), collaborate in a team, and apply audio/music technology knowledge to deliver projects.

Build next-generation search advertising products at scale. Responsibilities include defining search monetization engineering standards, collaborating with scientists and product managers to deploy scalable algorithmic logic, and creating robust data pipelines, real-time monitoring, and optimization algorithms. The role requires expertise in software engineering, large-scale backend services, big data processing, algorithms, and related technologies.

Develop and maintain software for Adtran Infrastructure Monitoring fiber-monitoring products. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, software architecture and design, implementation, testing, debugging, post-release support, proof-of-concept development, and presenting ideas to stakeholders. The role requires strong algorithms, data structures, databases, and microservices knowledge, familiarity with agile development and project-management tools, and collaboration in an international team.

Develop and modernize SAP Cloud ALM cross-application services, focusing on User and Access Management and Tag Management. The role uses SAP’s Authorization Management Service framework within a cloud-native SAP Business Technology Platform Scrum team. Responsibilities include contributing to modern software development, collaborating with partner teams, and supporting daily production deployments. The position is a paid placement limited to six months and requires working from the St. Leon-Rot office.