Full-stack tool engineer

You are passionate about dev tools, programming languages and web development? You want to take your skills to the next level? Come and join us to become a tool engineer!

You’ll get the opportunity to take part in vibrant open source communities, contributing to our frameworks and bolstering your public profile as open source software expert. You’ll learn all about custom IDEs, domain-specific languages, visualizations and much more.

You already bring some experience with our main topics? That’s great!
You haven’t worked in such fields yet but you are curious, keen to learn technologies and willing to push the limits of tool engineering? That’s much more important!
You care about a healthy work-life balance? We do, too, and we seek for a strong and long-term motivated team performing their daily work with joy.

What you will do

• Contribute to Theia, Langium, Sprotty and other exciting open source projects
• Make use of your knowledge about these tools to create valuable solutions for our customers
• Communicate with open source communities and customers in your daily work as well as at conferences and meetups

What you should bring

• Frontend development experience with web frameworks like React, Angular or Vue
• Experience with Node.js frameworks like Express / Koa or Java frameworks like Spring Boot
• Solid knowledge of the web platform, including JavaScript, HTML, CSS and HTTP
• Desire to discover and learn
• Fluent writing and speaking in English
• Permission to work in Germany
• Bonus points: GitHub / GitLab profile with past open source activities
• Bonus points: Knowledge of cloud technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and Helm
• Bonus points: Knowledge of parser / compiler technology
• Bonus points: Experience with building dev tools of any kind

What we offer

• Full-time/part-time employment with flexible working hours
• Spend at least 20% of your time on open source projects
• Be a member of a passionate team so you can learn continuously and expand your skills
• Work from our office in Kiel or remotely (in Germany)
• Balanced workload and a relaxed working atmosphere
• Fund-based pension plan and private add-on health insurance