Job Description

For the Process Automation Enablement area, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer Spectroscopy Platform for Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH.
In this role, you will take responsibility for building a software platform for spectroscopy from the ground up and successfully bringing it into real-world use. You will combine software architecture, requirements definition, and technical leadership to drive the development of our spectroscopy software platform. Working closely with cross-functional teams and domain experts, you will support developers in delivering a scalable, maintainable, and compliant product that creates real value.
The position is full-time and offers a hybrid working model with remote work on some days as well as on-site presence at the campus in Göttingen.

Grow with us – Your Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and translate complex software requirements in collaboration with Product Management and Product Development stakeholders to ensure implementable and testable product specifications

• Design and develop scalable, maintainable software components using prototyping, making technology and design trade‑offs within agreed architectures (e.g. microservice-based architectures), design standards, and leading design reviews to ensure long‑term sustainability and performance of the software system

• Drive and guide architectural decisions and provide technical leadership to an external development team to ensure alignment with the architecture and quality standards

• Implement high‑quality, efficient, and readable code following coding standards and best practices to ensure performance, memory efficiency, and ease of maintenance

• Create and maintain design, functional, and test documentation to ensure traceability, validation readiness, and knowledge continuity

• Ensure that automated unit and regression tests are defined, implemented, and maintained within the established testing frameworks to enable early defect detection and stable software releases

• Ensure validation of software functionality and interaction with hardware interfaces by the external development team to guarantee correct system behavior in the target operating environment

What will convince us

• Completed Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable technical field

• Proven multi-year experience in developing complex, commercial software products, as well as expert knowledge in relevant technologies such as .NET, C#, TypeScript, and React

• Strong expertise in object-oriented design and software engineering, along with experience in microservices architectures

• Extensive experience across multiple phases of the software development lifecycle

• Experience in developing software in regulated environments, as well as knowledge of data protection and compliance requirements in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector

• Domain knowledge in spectroscopy is a plus

• Strong communication skills and experience in managing external development teams

• Results-oriented, structured, and self-driven way of working

• Ability to collaborate effectively within a matrix organization

• Very good German and English skills complete your profile

What we offer

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings

• Work life balance: Remote options, flextime, flexible work schedules

• Attractive compensation: Vacation and holiday bonuses including pension benefits and 30 vacation days

• Large, modern campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center

• Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact

• Travel benefits: car leasing, bike leasing, large free parking garage, good bus connections

• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network

We support diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, ages, disabilities and cultural backgrounds.

About Sartorius

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers