Senior Fullstack Developer

The Position
Be the architect of what's next in Animal Health innovation. As a Senior Fullstack Developer in our Animal Health Global Innovation team in Ingelheim, you'll serve as the nucleus of a growing technical competency, building impactful digital solutions while helping shape the future of software engineering, AI, and innovation across our organization.
This position has a hybrid setup with approximately 2 days per week on site.
Tasks & responsibilities
You will lead engineering activities for the Innovation Hub suite of applications used by Animal Health Research, Development and Clinical business units. This entails reviewing and approving architectural and technical designs, reviewing code created by other team members, participating in scrum meetings with product owner/business subject matter experts to ensure functional requirements are correctly understood by technical architect/technical designers, ensure technical delivery estimates are reasonable and aligned with project timelines, interview technical candidates as needed.
Furthermore, you will be the software development subject matter expert for the IT RDM Animal Health Global Innovation (AHGI) team providing guidance on the use of the Enterprise Development Platform (EDP) methodologies and tools, pros/cons of various tech stacks for project needs and assisting in the selection and onboarding of external technology partners.
You will proactively research emerging development technologies and methods like vibe coding, AI agent creation, Dataland framework/tools, etc., to inform the AHGI team of trends and opportunities.
Hands-on development within the Innovation Hub and other future applications will also be part of your role.
You will manage, and author as needed, technical documentation deliverables.
Finally, you will perform system lead responsibilities for appropriate applications.
Requirements
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Development or in a similar field; alternatively a bachelor’s degree with more relevant professional experience
Several years of professional experience in developing frontend and backend application components of web and transactional applications
Profound experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, React, Node.js, tRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
Animal Health pharmaceutical experience is preferred
Fluent English and German language skills (spoken and written) are required
As part of our commitment to transparency and fairness, salary information will be shared during the recruitment process. We also offer a comprehensive benefits and wellbeing package.
Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.
Ready to contact us?
If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: hr.de@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Recruitment process:
Step 1: Online application - The job posting is online until November 24th, 2026. We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand.
Step 2: Virtual meeting beginning in November.
Step 3: Panel interviews beginning in December
Please include the following documents when applying for this position: CV, references
Please submit your application documents in English.

Skills
JavaScript, React, Node.js, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes

Experience
5+ yrs