About The Position
The Senior Cloud-Native Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, and maintains software components and integrations. The role independently develops backend services and, when needed, frontend functionality. It is responsible for deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting containerized applications on Kubernetes, including work with Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines. The engineer analyzes and resolves complex issues across applications, networks, containers, and infrastructure; integrates Health Intelligence Platform (HIP) components into customer environments; and supports implementation. The role collaborates closely with Product Engineering, IT Operations, and other Forward Deployed Engineers. It also improves deployment automation, application reliability, monitoring, and maintainability, and contributes to technical decisions and software engineering best practices. The vitagroup has more than 100 specialists working across Germany to improve healthcare through technology and services. Its Health Intelligence Platform is an open platform intended to support vendor-independent digitalization.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience, with substantial hands-on engineering responsibility.
- Proficiency in at least one modern backend programming language, such as Java or TypeScript.
- Experience developing and maintaining REST APIs and distributed applications.
- Strong practical experience with Kubernetes, including deployment, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting of production systems.
- Practical experience with Docker, Helm, Linux, and CI/CD tools.
- Ability to systematically analyze and resolve both application-level problems and infrastructure challenges.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and take responsibility.
- Fluency in English and German.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with frontend technologies such as React or Angular.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or other cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of Terraform, GitOps, Argo CD, or comparable deployment automation tools.
- Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 FHIR or openEHR.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, message brokers, or event-driven architectures.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain software components and integrations independently.
- Develop backend services and, when needed, frontend functionality.
- Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot containerized applications on Kubernetes.
- Work with Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Analyze and resolve complex technical problems involving applications, networks, containers, and infrastructure.
- Integrate HIP components into customer environments and support their implementation.
- Collaborate with Product Engineering, IT Operations, and other Forward Deployed Engineers.
- Optimize deployment automation, application reliability, monitoring, and maintainability.
- Contribute to technical decisions and promote software development best practices.
Benefits
- 30 days of vacation.
- Mobile office option, including the possibility to work from another European country.
- Company pension provision.
- Flexible working hours.
- International health insurance.
- Competitive salary, social benefits, and a performance-based bonus.
- JobRad bicycle leasing for professional and private use.
- Employee discounts.
- Open feedback culture and individual training.
- Interdisciplinary work.
- Agile and digital company structures.
- More than 20 years of knowledge and experience in the digital healthcare sector.
- Mentoring and knowledge sharing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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