Senior Full Stack Developer

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at ITTM, you will help build focused applications and services that enable researchers and healthcare professionals to collect, manage, process, and use health data across different projects and use cases.

You will work across the full development lifecycle, from understanding requirements and making architectural decisions to implementation, deployment, and operating applications in production. We are looking for someone who enjoys taking ownership, making pragmatic technical decisions, and contributing to how we build software as a

Tasks

• Design, develop, and maintain web applications and backend services for managing and working with health data.
• Build modern frontends using Vue.js and robust backend services using JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Design maintainable APIs, data models, and application architectures.
• Translate requirements and ideas into practical, user-friendly software solutions.
• Collaborate closely with UX/UI, researchers, product management, and other developers.
• Take ownership of features and applications from requirements through implementation and deployment to production.
• Build, run, and deploy applications using Docker and Docker Compose.
• Contribute to CI/CD, monitoring, troubleshooting, and the continuous improvement of our development processes.
• Use modern development tools, including AI-assisted development, while critically reviewing and taking responsibility for the resulting code.
• Manage priorities independently and deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.

We are looking for an experienced engineer who is comfortable working across frontend, backend, and infrastructure. You should be proactive, pragmatic, and able to work independently while collaborating closely with the team.

• Strong professional experience with JavaScript / TypeScript, including backend development.
• Strong experience with Vue.js and modern frontend development.
• Experience building responsive and mobile-first web applications.
• Experience with relational databases, SQL, and designing data models.
• Experience with Docker and Docker Compose.
• Experience building, deploying, and operating production web applications.
• Good understanding of software architecture, APIs, automated testing, and the trade-offs involved in building maintainable systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.
• Awareness of security, privacy, and data protection requirements when working with sensitive data.
• Comfortable working with unfamiliar technologies and choosing appropriate tools for the problem.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools effectively while critically reviewing generated code.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Helpful, but not required:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform.
• Experience building applications using LLMs, RAG, embeddings, or AI APIs.
• Experience in healthcare, biomedical research, clinical research, or other data-intensive domains.

• Work on software that is used in healthcare and biomedical research.
• Join a small, collaborative team with short decision paths and direct influence on technical and product decisions.
• Take ownership of applications and features instead of working on isolated development tasks.
• Work in a remote and autonomous environment with substantial freedom to organize your work.
• Help shape architecture, technology choices, and how we build software at ITTM.
• Collaborate directly with researchers and professionals working at the forefront of biomedical research.
• Freedom to introduce new technologies and improve existing development processes.
• Access to modern AI development tools, including GitHub Copilot.
• Work on a variety of applications and technical challenges rather than a single monolithic platform.