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# Staff Software Development Engineer

- **Company:** Sixt GmbH & Co. Autovermietung KG
- **Location:** München, Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Data Stores, Hibernate (Java), Java Persistence API, PostgreSQL, Redis, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Working Model 2D, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Microservices
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5908496335

## About the Role

* Experience You have deep experience building backend services with modern Java and Spring Boot, and you are comfortable operating at Staff level across architecture, implementation, and cross-team technical leadership
 * Architecture You are experienced in microservices and event-driven architectures, and you know how to design for reliability, scalability, idempotency, and long-term maintainability
 * Data Stores You have worked with PostgreSQL, JPA/Hibernate, Flyway, Redis, and Kafka, and understand how to choose the right persistence and messaging patterns for the problem
 * Operations You are comfortable owning services in production environments and improving them through observability, metrics, alerting, CI/CD, and Kubernetes-based operations
 * AI-Assisted Development You are comfortable using AI-assisted tools thoughtfully and know how to apply them in ways that remain reviewable, reliable, and useful in day-to-day engineering work
 * Curiosity You are collaborative, and product-minded, willing to work across the stack when needed; experience with React, TypeScript, micro-frontends, and end-to-end feature delivery is a huge plus

## Description

You want to work on the core of high-impact mobility experiences, drive topics across multiple product and platform areas, and shape the future architecture of a broad Java backend landscape? Then join us and help evolve the systems behind digital checkout, post-booking journeys, customer self-service, and the shared platform capabilities around them. We are building and operating business-critical backend services with a strong focus on scalability, resilience, observability, and testability. Join us in Pullach near Munich and help shape the future of mobility with us!, * You design, build, and evolve reliable and scalable backend services in modern Java and Spring Boot across multiple product areas and shared platform capabilities

 * You stay hands-on in code, lead cross-team technical initiatives, and drive topics from idea to production with clear business impact
 * You work across REST and gRPC APIs, event-driven flows, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Flyway, and shared platform libraries to deliver robust customer-facing solutions
 * You raise the bar on architecture, observability, performance, security, testing, and developer experience in a cloud-native environment with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and modern engineering guardrails
 * You collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional team members across backend, web, and mobile, and you mentor engineers through strong technical leadership, reviews, and knowledge sharing
 * You use AI-assisted tooling pragmatically where it improves quality, speed, or developer experience, and you help define sensible engineering practices around it, * Mobility boost We support you with a monthly mobility allowance of €20 per month for even more freedom
 * Future security We contribute to your retirement plan and support you with capital-forming benefits to ensure you are well covered
 * Feel-good atmosphere Stay active with our modern SIXT gym, various leisure activities like the gaming area or the SIXT choir, and enjoy our high-quality employee restaurant
 * Flexibility Enjoy 30 days of vacation and a hybrid working model with flexible hours
 * Giving back Take one day each year to volunteer at a charitable organization dedicated to supporting children