Hybrid Software Developer

at KTA - Services im Verbund der Klaus Tschira Stiftung

• Job title: Software Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: J2EE, Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Spring
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Heidelberg, Germany

About the role

• Software Developer working in the Scientific Databases and Visualization group at HITS. Responsible for software development and providing data management services in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Developing software in agreement with colleagues and partners
• Applying an agile development approach including automatic testing and test-driven development
• Installing and administering the software on servers of the SDBV
• Interacting with national and international users of tools and services

Requirements

• A degree (university or university of applied sciences) in computer science, electronics, applied physics or similar
• Previous experience in web engineering and software implementation
• Ideally fluent in a convention-over-configuration framework such as Ruby on Rails or Spring, Spring MVC or J2EE
• Ability to comprehend, extend, and modify other people's code, mainly JAVA
• Fluency in English is mandatory
• Problem-solving attitude, communication skills, willingness to continuously learn
• Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary, multi-site (inter-) national team

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• 30 days of holiday plus additional company holidays
• Option of remote work on a pro-rata basis
• Job bike
• Job ticket
• Fitness and childcare subsidies
• Capital-forming benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Health screen vouchers
• Varied and subsidised meals in our in-house restaurant with free drinks and a coffee and tea bar