Senior TypeScript Engineer (m/f/d) EduTech

Join us on the mission of democratizing education and play a key role in advancing the educational journey for more than 2¹⁷ learners around the globe. At EduTech you will contribute to shaping our central digital interface, MyCampus V2. The team develops solutions that make education more accessible and highly personalised.

This position is available immediately in full-time (40hrs./week) at our locations or remotely within Germany or UK.

• TypeScript, Vue, Node, NestJS, Storyblok, Jest, Docker, Sentry, AWS

Don’t worry if you don’t have experience with every technology in our stack—if you’re passionate about learning and growing, we encourage you to apply!

• Be part of our cross-functional agile teams working on our student platform
• Increase our digital student experience by designing, implementing and operating our products with a focus guiding them through the platform and processes
• Together with other software engineers, product managers, UI/UX designers create continuously improving customer centric solutions.
• Together with other developers bring our code standards to a new level by shaping and developing best practises
• As a Teamplayer mentor younger developers so you and your team grow – technically as well as a team
• Build self-contained micro frontends that include different persistence layers and scalable and cloud-native solutions in our AWS environment

• You have a strong understanding of web technologies and got already in contact with JavaScript/Typescript using current frameworks like e.g. VueJS, React etc.
• You speak HTML and CSS fluently – writing and using components is your day to day business
• Experience in modern software development tools and systems
• Experience with automated software testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery practices
• Experience in event driven architectures, messaging patterns and Apache Kafka is a plus
• Excitement about creating end-to-end solutions for our customers in a cross-functional team
• Passion for knowledge sharing and willingness to mentor other team members in best practices, code quality and tech frameworks
• Proven ability to drive change and influence the adoption of new technologies and practices within a team

• Be you at IU: We support and empower you to achieve your personal and professional goals. After all, your happiness significantly contributes to a positive and productive environment.
• Work wherever you want…: Digitalization is part of our DNA. So decide for yourself which place sparks the most productivity in you. You love remote work? No problem! Would you like to work abroad for a while? Our WorkFlex Benefit makes it possible.
• … and flexible in terms of time: It’s your job; We trust you and give you the greatest possible freedom to organize yourself.
• Take your knowledge to a new level: Where else, if not with us? Enjoy free access to all our e-learning platforms. In addition, we will finance you a complete technology course of your choice.
• Rest well: We make an effort every day, but we also take the time to recharge our batteries: with 30 days of annual vacation plus an extra day of vacation on your birthday.
• Make your journey sustainable: Whether it’s a DeutschlandTicket subsidized down to just 7 euros or a Jobrad (bike leasing) offer, enjoy the freedom of mobility for both work and personal activities, while also making an eco-friendly choice.

Join our engineering team at Germany’s largest university with over 140,000 students and over 4,000 employees from more than 87 nationalities! We are passionate, competitive, open to anything new – and we live to develop anything that makes our students’ digital education experience and our IU services better to achieve our vision “Everybody can access education to grow.”

Does this sound like the perfect job for you? Then apply now! If you have any further questions, feel free to contact Ronja at ronja.kaiser@iu.org.

Please be aware that all applications must be submitted through our online form; applications via email will not be considered.

Follow words with actions: We take our “Culture Of Everyone” very seriously and would like to take this opportunity to expressly point out that you are welcome to join us, regardless of your origin, religion, gender, age or sexual orientation. Even if you have a disability, our doors are wide open to you. We are looking forward to fostering diversity here at IU.