Top Software Engineer Jobs in Germany

Develop and maintain C# software for globally used test systems, including interfaces to high-frequency measurement devices and databases. Design scalable software architectures, integrate emerging test hardware, analyze requirements, define interfaces, and drive product and process improvements. The role also involves evaluating development technologies, applying DevOps and CI/CD practices, and collaborating across agile, cross-functional teams.

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, build, operate, and maintain scalable distributed systems supporting CrowdStrike’s Intelligence pipelines. Gather requirements from analysts, develop processing and data integration systems, make autonomous architecture decisions, maintain Go and Python codebases, deploy production services, document solutions, train users, and communicate technical details effectively. The role requires independent execution in a geographically distributed team and includes opportunities to work with cloud platforms, APIs, web interfaces, malware analysis, and AI technologies.

Provide technical leadership for real-time data collection and delivery systems. Design, develop, tune, and maintain low-latency distributed infrastructure and data-processing services on cloud platforms. Collaborate with product, DevOps, engineering, and executives on roadmaps and data products; participate in architecture decisions, mentor developers, scale infrastructure, and support on-call operations.

Develop and maintain cross-platform C++ and Qt software for network device discovery, monitoring, and data collection across Windows and Linux. Build high-performance asynchronous and concurrent systems using network and device-management protocols such as SNMP, SSH, ICMP, and WMI. Own testing, troubleshoot complex application and network issues, optimize reliability and performance, and collaborate with backend, UI, QA, and product teams.

Design, build, and maintain backend services for AI-powered campaign optimization products. Support data scientists in deploying machine learning models, improve architecture and engineering practices, mentor teammates, and collaborate with product, infrastructure, and customer stakeholders. The role involves Python-based software development, cloud infrastructure, microservices, monitoring, testing, and translating business needs into scalable solutions.

Build and scale frontend and backend software projects, automate infrastructure through infrastructure as code, and own CI/CD pipelines. The role involves making platforms repeatable across clients, maintaining quality through testing and monitoring, collaborating on product ideas, and communicating technical trade-offs to engineering and business stakeholders.

Build and scale data, AI, and workflow automation solutions. Responsibilities include developing reliable data pipelines, connecting client systems, automating business processes, integrating LLMs, and ensuring data is accessible for decision-making. The role requires collaboration with engineers and clients in agile environments, pragmatic product thinking, and the ability to communicate technical trade-offs to both technical and executive audiences.

Build frontend and UI solutions, including a lead-generation proof of concept using low-code or AI-assisted code. Convert validated prototypes into production software, own accessible and usable interfaces, evaluate when prototypes need rebuilding, and collaborate with clients and engineers to test ideas quickly. The role also requires explaining technical trade-offs to business stakeholders and working effectively in ambiguous, product-oriented environments.

Develop and deploy C/C++ simulation models for A400M avionics systems and test facilities. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, interface design, software development, unit/integration/system testing, automation tools, build pipelines, documentation, integration, customer acceptance, and deployment support. The role collaborates with international stakeholders and occasionally travels to partner sites.

Develops and architects Qt/QML frontend applications for aircraft simulation control, instructor, and debriefing stations. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, designing user interfaces and scalable software architecture, coding, testing, debugging, maintenance, code reviews, and collaboration within agile engineering teams. The role requires strong C++ and Qt/QML expertise, modern DevOps and containerization experience, and effective communication with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Build and enhance Navan’s expense platform across backend services, web experiences, APIs, event-driven money flows, receipt intelligence, and LLM-powered agents. Improve extraction quality, latency, cost, safety, observability, and financial-system correctness. Partner with Product and Design, own production quality, write technical designs, review code, and mentor engineers.

Build and ship production iOS features for an AI-powered travel and expense platform. Responsibilities include designing conversational and AI-driven UX, architecting Swift-first applications with modern concurrency, developing context-aware and real-time experiences, integrating networking and LLM capabilities, supporting offline functionality and push notifications, and using analytics and experimentation to improve quality. Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams while maintaining secure, well-tested code.

Design, develop, test, and operate scalable backend APIs for Zalando Payments. Build secure payment and reconciliation services using cloud-based microservices, interface with merchant systems, and support fintech compliance standards. Own the application lifecycle, contribute to architecture and technical decisions, maintain high standards for code quality and testing, and collaborate across teams while sharing technical knowledge.

Design, automate, deploy, monitor, and operate highly available payment infrastructure and microservices. Build infrastructure-as-code, testing frameworks, monitoring solutions, and reliability improvements while troubleshooting production systems, collaborating with engineering teams, and mentoring others on SRE practices.

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.

Build and operate production-scale foundational intelligence and customer-facing recommendation experiences for Zalando. Develop reliable cross-platform mobile applications using React Native, TypeScript, and React; collaborate with product, design, science, and engineering teams; contribute to CI/CD, monitoring, observability, security, GDPR compliance, testing, and production issue resolution.

Develop and maintain business-critical financial services using Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot. Collaborate with cross-functional teams while learning Domain-Driven Design, automated testing, CI/CD, cloud-native AWS development, infrastructure as code, observability, and secure software practices. Contribute to reliable, compliant production workflows through clean, maintainable code, code reviews, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Develop and maintain business-critical financial services using Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot. Collaborate with cross-functional teams while learning Domain-Driven Design, agile practices, testing, CI/CD, AWS cloud-native development, containerized services, event-driven workloads, infrastructure as code, observability, and secure software delivery. Contribute to resilient, compliant production workflows and continuous improvement with guidance from experienced engineers.

Build and maintain developer tools across SDKs, React Email, CLI, MCP, integrations, and supporting backend services. Collaborate on APIs, compatibility, testing, releases, documentation, and shared tooling. Support developers through GitHub issues and pull requests while designing reliable interfaces, error handling, and backward-compatible experiences. The role also involves operating systems with authentication, retries, rate limits, queues, monitoring, and error recovery.

Forward Deployed Software Engineers work directly with customers to understand complex operational problems and build data-driven software solutions. They own high-stakes projects end to end, including architecture, large-scale data processing, custom web application development, and strategic collaboration with technical and executive stakeholders. The role requires strong software engineering, analytical problem-solving, independent execution, teamwork, German fluency, and security clearance eligibility. Travel to client sites may be required, potentially 25–50% of the time.

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 scale the research data platform powering biological AI workloads. Responsibilities include designing schemas and storage systems, optimizing distributed storage and database performance, developing typed APIs, improving pipelines and cloud efficiency, and implementing data validation, versioning, testing, and access controls. The role collaborates with researchers and product engineers to deliver maintainable, user-friendly infrastructure for scientists, engineers, and AI agents.

Design and build flight simulation environments connecting simulators with autonomy and onboard software. Develop plugins, interfaces, and bridges for realistic flight behavior, sensor data, and mission scenarios. Enable software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing for GNC, embedded, and autonomy teams. Own simulation architecture, engineering quality, testing, debugging, code reviews, and collaboration across teams.

Develop command-and-control software for autonomous defense and security systems. Responsibilities include full-stack feature ownership, distributed systems integration, real-time and low-latency software development, military standards compliance, system reliability improvements, and collaboration across engineering, product, sales, and R&D teams. The role requires strong Rust, C++, or Python skills, Linux expertise, networking knowledge, containerization experience, and fluency in English and German.