Senior Fullstack Developer (m/f/d)
Locations
- Bad Homburg (Metropolitan Area Frankfurt), Germany
- Waterloo, ON, Canada
What you will do:
We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Developer to take a leadership role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining our web applications and contributing to best practices across the team. This position will focus on building scalable and efficient systems while ensuring seamless integration across our platforms. You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge backend technologies in a modern stack, shaping infrastructure improvements and influencing technical decisions.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives on ownership, enjoys solving complex problems, and wants to make a tangible impact on team culture.
- Lead development of fullstack web applications, from architecture and design to deployment and maintenance
- Design and maintain GraphQL APIs, Redis caching strategies, and MySQL databases to handle increasing resource demands
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks in infrastructure and application performance
- Collaborate with and mentor frontend developers, project managers, IT, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Architect and maintain APIs and backend services for scalibility, performance and security
- Lead efforts to improve infrastructure stability within our Azure DevOps environment
- Collaborate with DevOps and cloud engineers to enhance CI/CD pipelines on GitLab, implement automation, and improve observability
- Provide minor maintenance and support for legacy projects built in PHP/Ruby on Nginx
- Provide technical leadership, facilitating growth and knowledge-sharing within the team and fostering a culture of learning and innovation
- Contribute to architectural and systems designs decisions, as well as strategic technical planning
What we are looking for:
- 5+ years of web development experience in fullstack development
- Proficiency in at least one modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Ember)
- Strong backend development skills with Node.js, .NET, or similar technologies
- Hands-on knowledge of Azure cloud services, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD automation
- Solid understanding of REST and/or GraphQL APIs
- Experience with high-traffic applications and large-scale distributed systems
- Proficiency in load balancing, caching strategies, and database optimization
- Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipeline management
- Previous experience as a team or project lead in an enterprise environment is highly preferred
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting PHP and Ruby applications is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
What we offer:
You will be offered permanent employment, full-time, at one of our offices listed above. You will be part of a highly motivated international team of specialists working in an environment that offers a warm welcome with detailed onboarding and a dedicated mentor for a familiarization period as well as a wide range of individual development possibilities. Interested in joining our team? Click ‘’Apply’’ to send us your application.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Maxon we embrace diversity, are avid explorers and curious learners, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t entirely match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply in any case. You may be just the right candidate for this or other positions.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Maxon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.