Senior Full Stack Web Developer with a Focus on Frontend, 80-100% (f/m/d)

The ZHdK, with around 2100 bachelor’s and master’s students, is one of the largest and most diverse art universities in Europe. The study and research areas include Art Education, Cultural Critique, Design, Film, Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, and Transdisciplinarity. Located in the heart of Zurich, the ZHdK is a dynamic place where passionate people from over 75 countries work, study, teach, research, and continue their education. The university includes numerous exhibition and performance venues where students’ project work is publicly presented.

You are looking for a meaningful role in a creative environment and want to support teaching and research in the arts? Then become part of our development team at the Zurich University of the Arts.

To strengthen the development team in the Information Technology Centre (ITZ), we are looking for a

Your tasks
In a team of 5 people, you will further develop our open-source applications "Leihs" (loan and inventory system) and "Madek" (media archive of the arts). In close collaboration with the product teams, you will design, plan, and implement new features and contribute to the continuous optimisation of the existing solution. You will work largely independently on features while benefiting from regular professional exchange within the team. Mutual code reviews ensure code quality and promote continuous knowledge sharing within the team.

Learn more about our open-source projects Madek & Leihs on GitHub.

Your profile
You have solid knowledge and several years of experience in frontend development. Ideally, you already have experience with functional programming or want to develop further in this area. You are already familiar with our technology stack or are motivated to learn it. It includes:

• React, Tailwind and Bootstrap
• Clojure and ClojureScript
• Multi-service architecture with REST and GraphQL
• DevOps with Ansible as well as Continuous Integration (CI)
• PostgreSQL, Debian web server
• Ruby on Rails (legacy technology, partially being replaced)
• Automated tests with Cucumber and RSpec

You want to familiarise yourself technically and content-wise with our products and actively participate in finding solutions. In addition, you use AI tools purposefully in development – from the effective formulation of prompts through checking the generated code to assessing the architecture. Good German skills are required for collaboration within the team. We are looking for an experienced, proactive personality with high quality standards and a quick grasp, who enjoys working in a team and taking responsibility.

What you can expect from us
You will join a self-organised team that works according to agile software development principles, supports each other, and continuously develops further. AI-supported workflows are part of our daily development routine – we place great importance on a critical and responsible approach to the generated results. You can expect challenging and varied tasks under family-friendly conditions with flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home. We live a participative leadership style with a lot of personal responsibility and offer diverse internal and external training opportunities.

Your contacts for further information

Beat Rohrer (), Deputy Team Leader "Development & Integration"
Alessia Consorti (), HR Business Partner

Additional information about the Zurich University of the Arts can be found at www.zhdk.ch .

We look forward to receiving your complete application documents by 31.08.2026 via the "Apply online now" link at the end of this advertisement. Please note that we only consider online applications for this position.

Workplace Zurich

Zurich University of the Arts
HR Business Partner
Ms Alessia Consorti
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
P.O. Box
8031 Zurich