Penguin Random House is looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our Berlin team. You will focus predominantly on frontend development while also contributing to backend work as part of a product team building a customer-driven platform for dunning and collection journeys.
What You'll Do
- Act as a role model and mentor by promoting best practices, conducting code reviews, and ensuring high code quality.
- Be the technical counterpart that complements the Product Owner.
- Gather and translate strategic requirements into actionable technical and business solutions.
- Design, develop, test, and deliver robust, maintainable, and well-structured software, applications, APIs, and workflows.
- Participate in regular Scrum ceremonies as part of an agile, cross-functional team.
- Analyze, discuss, and implement business requirements while maintaining clear documentation.
- Adopt, apply, and give feedback on organizational and industry best practices to strengthen engineering culture.
What We're Looking For
- University degree or equivalent qualification in IT.
- 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including as a senior or lead engineer.
- Strong proficiency with Angular (20+), TypeScript, and JavaScript.
- Basic experience with Java (Spring Boot) and/or C# / .NET, including Windows API.
- Proven experience developing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-based applications.
- A solid understanding of RESTful APIs.
- Experience with relational databases, preferably Oracle or SQL Server (PL/SQL).
- Knowledge of cloud development, ideally with Azure.
- Hands-on experience as an Agile Senior/Lead Engineer, supporting and guiding a development team.
- Strong communication skills in English.
- EU citizenship and/or a valid work permit for Germany (no visa sponsorship provided).
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with microservices and distributed architectures.
- German language skills.
Technical Stack
- Frontend: Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript
- Backend: Java (Spring Boot), C# / .NET, Windows API
- APIs: RESTful APIs
- Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, PL/SQL
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes
- Design: Figma
Team & Environment
You will be part of an agile, cross-functional product team.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Berlin.
