Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (f/m/d) - React, Node.js

• *Hey Full-Stack Enthusiast 👋
• *We’re smartclip – the tech company behind Europe’s leading TV and video advertising platform.
• *Our mission? To empower European broadcasters with innovative, scalable, and privacy-first technology — and to keep the internet open.
• *If you’re passionate about writing clean, efficient code, mentoring others, and shaping great software from design to delivery — you might be the person we’re looking for.
• *What you’ll do**

You’ll join our

• *UI Engineering team**

and take ownership of full-stack projects that power our adtech ecosystem.

This isn’t just about coding — it’s about collaboration, technical ownership, and making an impact.

• *Here’s what your day might look like:
• Build and maintain modern
• *React frontends

and

• *Node.js APIs**

with TypeScript.

• Design and implement
• *REST or GraphQL APIs**

that scale efficiently.

• Collaborate closely with backend engineers, designers, and product owners to translate requirements into elegant solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code — with automated tests as a natural part of your workflow.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and best practices — we value opinions backed by experience.
• *What you bring
• 5+ years of hands-on experience**

in full-stack JavaScript development.

• Deep knowledge of
• *Node.js (framework e.g. Koa, Express or Fastify), TypeScript**

,

• *React**

and modern web architectures.

• Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL or SQL Server), including database design, SQL querying, and REST API development (GraphQL is a plus).
• A strong sense of code quality with
• *mandatory hands-on experience in testing**

, including frameworks such as e. g.

• *Jest, Vitest, or Node’s built-in testing framework**

– Clean design and automated tests are not optional.

• Bonus points

for experience with: AWS, Jenkins, Grafana, Graylog, Confluence, Jira, Shell scripting

• *Why you’ll love working with us**

We’re a team of curious, collaborative engineers who value ownership, creativity, and clean architecture over buzzwords.

At smartclip,

• *you’ll find:
• Tech freedom**

– work with cutting-edge tools (React, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes, and more).

• Top equipment:

choose your setup – Mac, Linux or custom tools

• Remote-first flexibility

– work wherever you’re most productive, no micromanagement.

• Continuous learning:

Udacity, Coursera, hackathons, conferences & coaching

• Perks that matter

– Deutschland-Ticket, JobRad, Urban Sports Club, RTL+ Premium, and fun company events.

• *Come join our motivated team — a bunch of people who love tech, data, and great products as much as you do!
• *Sounds like a fit?

We’d love to get to know you!

• *Welcome to smartclip! We’re just your average group of techies, you know, trying to keep the internet open and defend the European TV industry from Silicon Valley’s giants. Join us!
• *About smartclip

smartclip is the adtech development unit of RTL Group — Europe’s leading free-to-air broadcaster group. Our proprietary advertising technology is custom-built for the needs of European broadcasters and publishers — enabling media owners to implement smarter monetisation strategies. We are committed to delivering the most innovative ad experiences spanning in-stream, out-stream, addressable TV, connected TV, audio, and gaming — ultimately empowering brands with true cross-screen storytelling opportunities on all devices.

For more information: Please visit www.smartclip.tv and follow us on LinkedIn.

• *Location:**

Hamburg, Berlin, Gütersloh or Remote (ideally max. 3 hours travel time to Berlin)