Hybrid Senior JavaScript Developer

at verkstedt

• Job title: Senior JavaScript Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Docker, JavaScript, Node.js, Open Source, React, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Senior JavaScript Developer at verkstedt building performant web applications for digital healthcare and retail media. Shaping large-scale applications and collaborating on innovative projects.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and implementing robust frontend applications using React, TypeScript, and modern tooling.
• Building and maintaining component libraries with a focus on reusability, accessibility, and performance.
• Developing backend services using Node.js and TypeScript - APIs, server-side logic, and data layer.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for our frontend and backend applications.
• Working on greenfield projects as well as evolving existing systems.
• Contributing to open source projects, or collaborating with the team building fun projects during our Open Fridays (usually on a Wednesday).

Requirements

• At least 4-5 years of hands-on JavaScript development experience
• Strong experience with React and modern frontend architecture
• Strong TypeScript skills across frontend and backend
• Strong experience with Node.js for backend services and APIs
• Experience with state management patterns and libraries
• Solid understanding of web performance optimization
• Familiarity with testing strategies (unit, integration, e2e)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build tooling
• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker)
• Fluency in English is crucial for our international team. If you can sprinkle in some German, that’s a delightful bonus we appreciate.

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work (mainly from home, with one office day per week in Berlin or Cologne)
• Learning budget for conferences, courses, and books
• Choose the gear you like
• Relocation support if you’re moving to Berlin or Cologne
• Minimal meetings we take planning seriously and spend our time coding, not in meetings
• Web applications don’t build themselves, so we make sure to keep the office stocked with coffee, fruits, Club Mate & snacks.
• We hold regular team events — dinners, game nights, chess evenings, and board games at the office, plus seasonal whole-company events like go-kart racing and escape rooms.