Senior Frontend Engineer – m/f/d

Univention

Frontend Engineer designing and implementing web components while developing a new design system for Univention. Contributing to digital independence for public administrations and educational organizations in Germany and beyond.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanySenior💰 €65,000 - €75,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxPythonTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Secure frontend architecture: You design and implement framework-agnostic Web Components.
Build a design system: You develop a centralized design system based on native web standards.
Evolve the Vue.js application landscape: You take ownership of an existing codebase, perform an assessment and gradually migrate it to the new design system.
Accessibility: You develop according to WCAG guidelines.
Bring the frontend perspective: You contribute the frontend view in API discussions with backend engineers, architects and product managers.
Ensure quality: You are responsible for appropriate test coverage — unit tests, component tests, end-to-end tests.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Essential web-standards expertise: Deep knowledge of vanilla JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and Web Components (Custom Elements, Shadow DOM).
Security mindset: Clear understanding of the OWASP Top 10 — XSS, CSRF, misconfigured CORS, and Content Security Policy (CSP).
Vue.js experience: Refactoring and debugging grown/legacy code, state management (Pinia/Vuex), and router structures.
Accessibility: Solid WCAG knowledge; BITV 2.0 (German accessibility guideline) is a plus.
UX judgement: You independently make UX decisions even without a dedicated design team.
Technological resilience: You can assess an unfamiliar codebase in a structured way, prioritize work and continue development without panic.
AI as a working method: You use AI-assisted tools in your daily work by default — this is an expectation, not optional.
Language: Very good command of English, written and spoken — English is our working language.
Nice-to-have: TypeScript (strongly preferred), basic Python for reading backend code, Linux environments, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD experience, basic IAM understanding, German language skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility: Work remotely or on-site — with working hours that fit your life.
Hardware of your choice: Linux, Mac or Windows — you decide.
Professional development: We actively and structurally support your growth.
Learning & exchange: Conferences, workshops and internal and external hackathons.
Appreciation: We foster an open and respectful company culture with short decision-making paths.
Freedom: Flexible vacation policies and opportunities for workation within the EU.
Security: Permanent employment in a meaningful and future-oriented environment.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Vanilla JavaScriptHTML5CSS3Web ComponentsUnit TestingComponent TestingEnd-to-End TestingRefactoringDebuggingState Management

Soft Skills

UX JudgementTechnological Resilience