Working Student Frontend Development

At ZEISS, you have the chance to seamlessly integrate your studies with hands-on experience by actively participating in exciting projects. This opportunity enables you to acquire valuable skills, broaden your network, and develop both professionally and personally.

Your daily work routine will be a vibrant and engaging blend of the following tasks:

• Support our Web Component Development team in building, testing, and maintaining reusable frontend components for digital products and platforms
• Contribute to the implementation of modern, scalable, and user-centered frontend solutions using web technologies
• Collaborate closely with developers, designers, and product stakeholders to refine requirements and translate them into high-quality frontend components
• Assist in improving the usability, accessibility, responsiveness, and consistency of our component library and frontend applications
• Help document components, usage guidelines, and development standards to support efficient collaboration and adoption across teams
• Participate in debugging, testing, and optimizing frontend code to ensure quality and performance
• Support the integration of web components into larger applications and contribute to the continuous improvement of our frontend development processes
• Directly apply the skills and knowledge gained during your studies to real-world projects

• Enrolled student in computer science, media informatics, software engineering, or a comparable degree program
• First practical experience or solid knowledge in frontend development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or TypeScript
• Interested in modern frontend architectures and component-based development
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are able to understand technical requirements quickly
• Collaborative team player who is also independent, open-minded, proactive, and agile in your thinking
• You exhibit a structured work approach and effectively organize your tasks
• You are fluent in English
• You are available for a minimum of one year and 20 hours per week

Nice to have

• You have gained first experience with frontend frameworks or libraries such as React, Angular, Vue, Lit, or similar technologies
• You are familiar with Git, package managers, and common frontend development workflows
• You have a basic understanding of responsive design, web accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility
• You understand how different disciplines-concept, design, and development-work together to create high-quality digital products
• You have conversational skills in German or are eager to improve your proficiency in the German language

ZEISS is technology, optics and innovation. We develop, manufacture and sell highly innovative products and solutions for our customers in a variety of business fields. As one of the world’s top technology companies with a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare and Smart Production, and a strong brand to boot, ZEISS is shaping the future far beyond the optics and optoelectronics industries. The company’s significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success, continued expansion and market leadership.