Fullstack Developer Javascript job Leipzig (m/f/d)

No, for us only your actual coding experience and skills matter.

We see some candidates with a formal education who aren't producing good code, don't know how to debug, etc.

We will take a person who is very productive and produces good code over someone who has an "official degree" every time.

Sadly, no. In my experience as a manager that does not work well for my management style.

Therefore we cannot offer a fully remote job at the moment.

No, unfortunately at this time and size of the company, we will not be able to assist you with this.

We are primarily looking to hire local developers already living in Leipzig or close to Leipzig.

For this position, we are happy to reduce your hours to 35 hours a week. The salary will be adjusted to the reduced hours, of course.

For this position, we offer 30 days of paid leave (based on a five-day workweek).

Life is not just about work: We know that focused, hard mental work needs to be balanced with down-time and enjoyment.

You are free to take additional unpaid free days as you require them.

Yes, we are very flexible time-wise. You will be able to start at a time which works for you - what matters to us is that you are productive and that the agreed hours are put into the project.

You can also work on the weekends, having more free time during the week. This might be beneficial if your partner, for example, is working on the weekends as well.

Please note that we will not pay extra for work on the weekends, it is paid at the regular rates.

Sometimes, if a project is urgent and deadlines loom, we might ask you to work overtime - on a voluntary base and for a limited time.

Since PiCockpit is a very big project, it is a marathon, not a sprint. From my experience, productivity decreases as more hours are put in.

That being said, if your productivity is consistently high with overtime, you can work more hours than 40 per week.

However, please note that we have a policy of not paying any special bonuses for overtime - you will continue to get paid at the same hourly rates as for the regular work.

A developer needs to read a lot of documentation in English, and communicate with the developer community in English.

Furthermore, if you don't have German (or Russian) as a native language, communication with the boss will be in English.

This is why this job has excellent English skills as a fundamental requirement. We have to reject applicants with poor English skills.

Good people want to develop themselves, and we support them in this process.

As a step up from this position, you could grow into project lead / senior developer, and later to software solution architect.

Of course, growing your skills and performance will be compensated accordingly.

Office conditions:

Our office is located in a cellar, and is cramped. The floor is clay soil sprinkled with lime - when you work in the office you should wear clothes and shoes which are allowed to get dirty.

This is temporary, and being worked on, while new space in the house next to us is being renovated.

The toilets are unheated (cold in winter), and have only cold water, currently. This is also being worked on - we hopefully should have warm water later this year.

Code - wise:

There is legacy backend code written in Crystal Lang, which is a rather exotic choice. We are currently working on reducing the backend code (moving functionality into the frontend), and you will be given ample time to learn Crystal Lang if that will be required.
We are also currently migrating the legacy picockpit-client code written in Python to JavaScript / node.js - so you might have some additional clean-up work on your hands when you join.
You might be pulled into client projects on relatively short notice from time to time (which might not be a disadvantage if you like variety)

Please don't. We are looking to connect with developers directly, and are not interested in having the developer or us pay part of the salary to you.

Also, a developer who is willing to leave a position quickly for a higher salary elsewhere is not who we are looking for - we are looking for loyal people who are enthusiastic about the work we're doing.

Of course, in case you as a developer are dissatisfied with the current job, we would love to hear from you, maybe we're a better fit.