A Software Engineer (m/f/d, 20 hours per week, limited to 3 years) - base department

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is currently seeking a Software Engineer (m/f/d, 20 hours per week, limited to 3 years) in the base department.

About us

We are a small, committed team of eight people that live the open-source spirit and value open communication, flat hierarchies, and the collaborative development of new ideas and solutions. Our team members come from diverse professional and educational backgrounds: Some have traditional IT education backgrounds, while others have come to programming through detours or career changes. We value the broader perspectives that diversity of professional backgrounds and identities brings to both our team and to the software we develop. When we speak of diversity of identities, we mean this in a comprehensive and intersectional sense: Half of our team identifies as women, and although we are predominantly white and have no visible disabilities, we hope to have developed a team culture that feels welcoming and inclusive to everyone. We view diversity as an ongoing process of development that enriches our work and our team. An open, respectful, and as inclusive as possible work environment is important to us, and we welcome applications from people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. English is our internal working language. For some meetings with internal and external stakeholders a basic understanding of spoken German will be helpful.

Further information about the team can be accessed via the following link: Department-base

Our expectations

·       Expertise and at least 3 years of experience in developing modern web applications

·       Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, in particular Vue.js and Nuxt

·       Experience in building, further developing, and maintaining component libraries

·       Very good knowledge of HTML, CSS, accessibility, and responsive web design

·       Experience with UI/UX design and prototyping, as well as with interface design tools such as Figma

Nice to have

·       Knowledge of the OpenAPI Specification is an advantage

·       Experience with Python, Django, and PostgreSQL is an advantage

·       Experience with Linux server environments is an advantage

·       Experience with Docker is an advantage

·       Experience in the field of Linked Open Data and Controlled Vocabularies could be helpful

What the job contains

·       Architectural design of new applications

·       Further development and updating of existing projects

·       Code reviews and team discussions about our coding guidelines

·       Continuous improvement of our development and deployment processes

·       Documentation of our projects for the wider open source community

·       Participation in planning meetings with our diverse users and stakeholders

How we work

·       We follow roughly a scrum-ish approach, with daily meetings and sprints, usually spanning 3 weeks.

·       The Dev-Team has a weekly meeting as an open space to discuss issues that come up during the sprints, e.g. code or architecture style decisions.

·       At the end of each sprint we have an additional open space meeting or skill sharing session.

Our offer

An exciting and varied area of responsibility awaits you in an interesting technical working environment in which you can work independently on innovative solutions. We offer individual working hours and the opportunity to work from home.

Various benefits such as:

·       Central location with outstanding public transport links

·       Health-promoting measures (e.g., vaccination offers)

·       Discounted shopping vouchers through the works council

·       Training opportunities and personal development

The monthly minimum wage for the position is currently € 2,052.80 gross (14 times a year, based on 20 hours per week) with the required minimum professional experience, with the willingness to overpay with appropriate qualifications (IVa/R1 with 3 years of professional experience, salary scheme for general university staff).

Qualified applicants should submit their written application with a letter of intent, outline of expertise, CV and certificates by 2. July 2026 via our online application platform at. Applications submitted otherwise will unfortunately not be considered.

If you have any questions, please contact: Philipp Mayer

The University of Applied Arts pursues an anti-discriminatory recruitment policy and, as an employer, stands for equal opportunities and diversity. We aim to increase the proportion of women among artistic, academic and general university staff, particularly in management positions, and therefore explicitly encourage qualified women to apply. In case of underrepresentation, women with equal suitability are prioritized.

The University of Applied Arts welcomes applications from people with disabilities.

We regret to inform you that applicants are not entitled to compensation for traveling and accommodation expenses.