Full Stack Developer - Research & Development

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Contributor on high-impact regional and global digital projects as a full-stack developer, and train to become fully productive with Covestro's preferred technologies (Angular, Spring-Boot, Postgres).
• Design, implementation, documentation, and maintenance of complex tailor-made software applications, digital workflows, automation and/or virtualization solutions, ensuring seamless integration of new applications with multiple existing data structures.
• Develop software using professional processes such as maintenance of a common code repository, release management, automatic testing, transition into the operations (DevOps) phase, using agile software development methodology. Implement Covestro standards for cloud computing architecture, IT security and data protection.
• Based on prior experience in professional software development roles, provide guidance to Covestro's global internal software development community ("AppMakers Guild").
• Identification and analysis of functional and non-functional requirements across multiple functions.
• Proactively engage with end-users / product owners as they express their needs and review software products.
• Proactively conduct testing and resolution of errors and communicate with all stakeholders for each project.
• Independently manage time between multiple projects ensuring that all milestones and timelines are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar with at least 4 years of experience developing software applications; OR Master's degree in the same fields with at least 2 years of experience developing software applications.
• Experience in dealing with technical data from R&D, quality assurance, and production.
• Experience managing your own projects.
• Experience with software development in team environment, preferably with Agile methodology.
• Experience in deploying and maintaining solutions to AWS with cloud formation and lambda functions, and containerized solutions (e.g., Docker).
• Experience working in an international company environment.
• Good interdisciplinary background in engineering, statistics, chemistry, and mathematics.
• Interest and willingness to learn additional necessary programming languages and technical skills.
• Demonstrated success at developing and delivering innovative digital solutions that solve business or operational needs.
• Ability to apply computing and programming concepts to answer scientific and technical questions.
• Proactive working attitude, self-initiative and desire to maintain expertise and acquire new skills and knowledge in the fields required for the job.
• Fluent language skills in English, both written and spoken.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing your own projects.
• Experience with software development in team environment, preferably with Agile methodology.
• Experience in deploying and maintaining solutions to AWS with cloud formation and lambda functions, and containerized solutions (e.g., Docker).
• Experience working in an international company environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar with at least 4 years of experience developing software applications.
• Master's degree in the same fields with at least 2 years of experience developing software applications.