The hiring company is a market leader in car rental comparison services. Since 2016, the team in Augsburg has been dedicated to helping customers find the best rental car deals while providing expert support for any inquiries or issues.
The company’s IT teams focus on continuously improving the usability and efficiency of the comparison platform, as well as streamlining customer service interactions. Combining the agility of a startup with the stability of a well-established market leader, the company offers an exciting work environment characterized by e-commerce dynamics, agile processes, short decision-making paths, and strong team collaboration.
Location: Augsburg, Germany.
Type of contract: Permanent onsite.
Your tasks:
1. Collaborate on key projects for the multilingual car rental platform, including landing pages, booking flows, and self-service features.
2. Develop a middleware by working closely with frontend and backend teams to implement business logic and REST APIs.
3. Take ownership of technical improvements, advancing both JavaScript backends and web frontends for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
4. Optimize the tech stack, ensuring the applications remain state-of-the-art.
5. Work closely with product managers, contribute your own ideas, and implement innovative features.
Requirements
6. Education: Completed training as an IT specialist or a degree in computer science or a related field.
7. Practical Experience: Initial experience in frontend or backend development, with an understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
8. Tech Stack: Knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and interest in modern web development with React, Angular, or> as well as Fastify, Express, Koa). Basic Linux shell experience is a plus.
9. Digital Mindset: Passion for web development and a strong sense of UI/UX.
10. Drive & Team Spirit: Strong quality awareness, hands-on mentality, communication skills, and team orientation.
11. Languages: Fluent German (C1 level) and good English skills.
Benefits
12. You can get to the office easily:Central location directly at Augsburg main station in the Helio (with shopping, fitness, bowling and cinema right in the building). Bright and modern offices offer space for creativity, outdoor work and fun at the table football.
13. The company move you forward:Individual development and training opportunities through the strong and sustainable growth in specialist or management careers. The company also promotes your development with internal and external professional training as well as regular feedback discussions and personal coaching in order to identify and develop your strengths and potential.
14. Your ideas are important to the company and will be implemented quickly:Independent, agile work while contributing your own ideas. Short decision-making processes and release cycles are a matter of course for the team.
15. The company appreciates your commitment:unlimited contracts and attractive remuneration with annual bonuses for special successes. There are vouchers for numerous company products and a subsidized company pension on top.
16. The company equips you:A workstation with a powerful laptop, two additional screens and VPN access is available from the first day of work. Are you looking for individual equipment such as an ergonomic mouse or noise-canceling headphones? No problem!.
17. Here you can feel good:Free drinks - as it should be for Augsburg residents, also Spezi - are chilled in every office. Excellent coffee, cocoa, muesli and fresh fruit provide energy. Several times a month the company invites you to lunch together and order pizza, eat burgers or go to bars!
18. Besides the work, they are a great team:visits to the beer garden and Plärrer, drinkouts and legendary summer and Christmas parties. They also organize joint sports rounds, whether for football, bouldering or yoga.