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ZEISS | Germany | 07xxx Jena | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 21.11.2025 on stepstone.de

Head of Software Development

Branch: Electrical engineering Branch: Electrical engineering


Trust something new, grow beyond itself and redefine the boundaries of the feasible. That is exactly what our employees can and should live daily. To make a sign with our innovations and to enable great. Because there are a lot of fascinating people behind every successful company. In an open and modern environment with numerous development and further training opportunities, ZEISS employees work in a culture characterised by expert knowledge and team spirit. All this is supported by the special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation: to advance science and society together. Today dare. Inspire tomorrow. Diversity is part of ZEISS. We look forward to your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity. Apply in less than 10 minutes. .

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Trust something new, grow beyond itself and redefine the boundaries of the feasible. That is exactly what our employees can and should live daily. To make a sign with our innovations and to enable great. Because there are a lot of fascinating people behind every successful company. In an open and modern environment with numerous development and further training opportunities, ZEISS employees work in a culture characterised by expert knowledge and team spirit. All this is supported by the special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation: to advance science and society together. Today dare. Inspire tomorrow. Diversity is part of ZEISS. We look forward to your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity. Apply in less than 10 minutes.

ZEISS Microoptics is a unit of the Photonics & Optics strategic business unit specializing in the development, optimization, mastering, replication and integration of optical applications based on micro-optical and holographic optical elements. Your duties As Head of Software Development and Software Architect in our new Microoptics software development team, you will rugged and scalable software architectures are responsible for our automation solutions in production and their interfaces. Our approach uses .NET. You have a better idea? Let's talk.

build, guide and support the team as a disciplinary leadership.

Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and implement agile working methods with the team.

work closely with other teams, partners and suppliers to identify and implement requirements.

Successfully completed university degree in computer science or a related technical field

Insufficient practical experience as software architect, ideally in the industrial environment or automotive with focus on automation solutions, such as Beckhoff control systems

Embossed hands-on mentality to work closely with software development teams

First experiences in the disciplinary leadership and development of software development teams

Very good technical knowledge to be technical Sparring partners in the team for interface and database connections, DevOps and Cyber Security

Strong communication skills and presentation skills for stakeholder management

German and English language skills in word and writing

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ava ZEISS
07745  Jena
Germany

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