Senior Backend Engineer, Porsche Digital
Content Hub Team
1-5 days a week in office
Automotive digital innovation studio
Be an early applicant
Automotive digital innovation studio
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
1-5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To discover and scale new digital business models, as well as to optimize existing products.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, with at least 3 years in a lead or management role
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is a plus, but not required
- Strong expertise in both frontend and backend technologies
- Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript (Node, Express, React, ES6+), HTML, and CSS
- AWS expertise, and AWS CDK; familiarity with other cloud services is a plus
- Strong grasp of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices
- Experience with version control (Git) and automated testing (e.g., Jest)
- Knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth, JWT), RESTful APIs, and web security best practices
- Experience with functional programming, native development (without frameworks), or containerization (e.g., Docker) is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving skills and proactive approach to challenges
- Product ownership mindset, with a sense of responsibility from conception to
- Deployment
- Experience with Agile or Scaled Agile frameworks
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
- Experience mentoring and guiding other developers
- Proficient in spoken and written English
What the job involves
- This role sits within the digital marketing and sales portfolio, focused on the online sales of Porsche vehicles
- You will be part of the Content Hub Team, developing and evolving the Discover Tab in the My Porsche App – the central place where Porsche content is consolidated and presented to customers
- This product showcases the most inspirational Porsche content, delivered to the right audience at the right time in their journey
- As part of this newly formed team, you will help shape collaboration practices, foster local company culture, and establish new standards across our global network
- Design, implement, and maintain our product using modern frontend and backend technologies
- Lead, mentor, and coach software engineers, while collaborating closely with other teams
- Develop software architecture with a focus on performance, durability, quality, and scalability
- Build and integrate web interfaces, backend services, and APIs, while leveraging existing ecosystem assets
- Ensure high website performance (mobile and desktop) and accessibility
- Apply DevOps principles: write maintainable code, enable infrastructure reusability, and support continuous deployment
- Maintain Porsche-level quality and security through modern QA practices
- Collaborate in an agile environment, take product responsibility, and contribute to scaling across Porsche’s digital ecosystem
Our take
The automobile industry has long since been dominated by vehicles powered by petrol or diesel with no bells and whistles, but as technological innovation changes the rest of the world, the automobile industry has been similarly affected. Electric cars are becoming commonplace, charging points are becoming increasingly common and the way we purchase and interact with our cars is becoming digital, and it is important for car producers to recognise this and future-proof their brand.
Porsche Digital provides a digital innovation studio for Porsche automobiles, working to future-proof the brand with technology for environmental sustainability, sales optimisation, electric vehicle charging, and VR experiences. In addition to innovating on Porsche cars, the studio also provides advanced industry solutions for IoT, blockchain, AI, and quantum computing, inviting brands outside of Porsche to future-proof their brand.
Whilst digital innovation studios are nothing new, the automobile industry is developing rapidly and older sports car brands are being replaced with newer brands, so Porsche Digital has been smart to find its niche in Porsche vehicle innovation. Through its studio, the company aims to future-proof the Porsche brand for the future of automobiles, whilst ensuring that customer experiences become more interactive and engaging than ever before.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Dog-friendly office
- Personal development budget
- Permanent employment contract
- 30 days vacation
- Attractive salary & bonus
- Christmas and vacation pay
- Pension benefits
- Subsidy for your BVG ticket
- Access to our corporate benefits
- Possibility of mobility leasing (e.g. Job Rad , VW Leasing)
- Referral bonuses for recruiting new talent
Company HQ
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Leadership
Stefan Zerweck
(CEO)Stefan initially joined Porsche Digital in 2019 as the COO before becoming CEo in 2024. Prior to this, they worked at Porsche AG as a Director of Digital Ecosystem. They also worked as a Managing Director at Mercedes-Benz.io and as a Senior Manager of Digital Experience at Daimler AG.
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