Sofico is a Belgian software company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Ghent. Its Miles platform manages vehicle leasing, fleet and mobility contracts for finance and leasing companies. The software is used by major automotive captives and leasing groups worldwide.
HQ: Ghent, Belgium • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1988
≈ $70k – $140k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Munich, Germany) • Internship • Senior • English
Java
Databases
MS SQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Kalepa delivers critical risk insights and decision-ready quotes for every submission in minutes. Move faster, act decisively, and consistently select the most profitable risks - across every line you write.
Warsaw • New York • Salt Lake City • Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services • Insurance • Est. 2018
$100k – $185k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Staff
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
AWS Lambda
$100k – $185k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Staff
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
AWS
$80k – $165k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Senior
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
AWS
Zencargo is a London company founded in 2017 that combines digital freight forwarding with supply chain software. Its platform gives importers visibility of shipments and recommends how to route and fund inventory. The company works with consumer brands and retailers moving goods from Asia into Europe.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Freight Forwarding • Supply Chain • Transportation & Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
Remote (Europe) • Full-Time
Close is the CRM with a built-in AI teammate that works with your team to call leads, qualify prospects, book meetings, and keep your CRM up to date. It also includes built-in calling, email, SMS, pipeline management, automation, and reporting.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Sales Enablement • Software • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Est. 2013
≈ $147k – $244k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (United States, Germany) • Full-Time • Senior
AI Agents
DevOps
Vercel
Design
Webflow
Marketing
Amplitude
≈ $139k – $231k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (United States, Germany) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Python
Hypothesis
Pydantic
Flask
Databases
ElasticSearch
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
ElevenLabs
Langfuse
LLM
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI Codex
Mobile
Twilio
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
WebRTC
WebSockets
GitHub
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
Speechify is a voice AI productivity company best known for its text-to-speech app. It lets users listen to articles, PDFs, books, and web pages, and also offers voice typing, AI summaries, and AI podcasts. The company was founded in 2017 and is centered on accessibility and productivity.
HQ: Miami, United States • Education • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • 5000+ employees
$30k – $120k per year • Senior • In office (Munich, Germany) • Senior
Kotlin
Java
Mobile
Kotlin Multiplatform
DevOps
GCP
$30k – $120k per year • Senior • In office (Munich, Germany) • PhD • Internship • Senior
C#
C++
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
CI/CD
Vercel
$30k – $120k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Terraform
Vercel
Applied Intuition is a Silicon Valley software company founded in 2017 that develops digital infrastructure and simulation platforms for autonomous systems and physical AI. The platform provides advanced tools for simulation, synthetic data generation, and vehicle software management, allowing engineers to develop, test, and safely deploy self-driving technology. It serves leading global automotive manufacturers, defense organizations, and commercial transport companies across sectors like trucking, agriculture, and mining.
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Smart Mobility • Manufacturing • Automotive Manufacturing • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
$116k – $174k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Bash
C++
Go
Java
Python
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
$106k – $145k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Go
Java
Kotlin
MATLAB
Python
C++
C++
CMake
MATLAB
Simulink
DevOps
Bazel
Buildkite
CI/CD
Docker
Jenkins
Kubernetes
AWS
≈ $86k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Full-Time • Senior
Best AI recruitment software with built-in CRM for executive search firms. Stardex combines the best ats system with AI recruiting tools, candidate tracking, and client management in one platform. Built for recruiters and agents of recruiters.
Amsterdam • New York • Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • Human Resources • 51-200 employees
$60k – $90k per year • Equity 0.1–0.8% • Amsterdam • Remote (United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada) • Full-Time
SQL
TypeScript
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Guardsquare is a Belgian cybersecurity company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Leuven. It develops ProGuard and DexGuard, the most widely used tools for hardening and obfuscating mobile applications. Its technology protects banking, payment and gaming apps used by hundreds of millions of people.
HQ: Leuven, Belgium • Cybersecurity • Application Security • iOS Apps • Est. 2014
≈ $66k – $174k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Munich, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Staff • English: B2
Java
Java
Gradle
Mobile
ProGuard
Wingtra is a Swiss drone company founded in 2016 as a spin-off of ETH Zurich. Its WingtraOne vertical take-off aircraft maps large areas at survey-grade accuracy for mining, construction and agriculture. The company sells through a global distribution network across dozens of countries.
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Electronic Components • Drones & UAVs • Hardware • Est. 2016
≈ $107k – $169k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Europe) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Marketing
HubSpot
MetalBear builds mirrord for AI-powered teams. Run code against a real cluster from line one. 10× faster dev cycles, zero per-developer environment costs.
London • New York • Sydney • Information Technology • Software • Virtualization • DevOps • Artificial Intelligence
≈ $60k – $141k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (Germany) • Full-Time • Middle
Rust
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Docker
GitOps
Kubernetes
Motius is a Munich research and development company founded in 2013 that builds prototypes with emerging technologies. It assembles project teams from a community of thousands of technologists for each client challenge. The company works with industrial and mobility corporations on early stage product development.
HQ: Munich, Germany • 1-10 employees
≈ $102k – $215k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Architect • German
≈ $74k – $149k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
Julia
Python
Django
FastAPI
Databases
Neo4j
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
New York • Seattle • Software • Data & Analytics • 51-200 employees
$140k – $240k per year • Equity 0–0.2% • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States, India, Germany, Canada, Morocco) • Full-Time • Middle
Node JS
TypeScript
Node JS
Prisma
AI/ML
Gemini
LangChain
Langfuse
OpenAI
Frontend
React.js
shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
Kubernetes
SigNoz
Analytics
Tableau
Mindrift is an expert-sourcing and AI training platform owned by Toloka (a data services enterprise owned by Nebius Group, Nasdaq: NBIS), operating primarily out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Launched by Toloka CEO and founder Olga Megorskaya to elevate crowd-sourced data generation into high-level human feedback, Mindrift operates on a B2B data-as-a-service (DaaS), custom enterprise AI training contract, and freelance expert marketplace model.
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands • Professional Services • Data Entry & Processing • Cybersecurity • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014
up to $90k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Germany) • Freelance • Senior • English: C1
JavaScript
Python
Python
Beautiful Soup
AI/ML
OpenRouter
LangChain
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GitHub
QA
Selenium
Intel is an American semiconductor company founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It created the x86 instruction set that still underpins most personal computers and servers, and designs and manufactures processors, chipsets, discrete graphics, networking silicon and AI accelerators. Unlike most of its competitors the company owns its fabrication plants, and it is investing heavily in Intel Foundry to manufacture chips for external customers while rebuilding its process technology leadership.
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Cloud Computing • Semiconductor Manufacturing • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Computer Components • Semiconductors • 5000+ employees • Est. 1968
≈ $62k – $147k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Middle • English: C1
Gradle by Develocity is the open source build system for Java, Android, and Kotlin developers.
≈ $114k – $237k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (Europe) • Staff • English
Java
Kotlin
Python
JavaScript
Java
Gradle
Maven
Micronaut
Quarkus
AI/ML
AI Agents
Context Engineering
Frontend
npm
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Alpaca is a developer-first financial infrastructure, clearing, and brokerage API enterprise headquartered in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2015 by Yoshi Yokokawa and Hitoshi Harada, the company has raised over $320 million in venture funding - including a $150 million Series D at a $1.15 billion valuation led by Drive Capital, alongside Citadel Securities, Portage, and Horizons Ventures.
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Financial Services • FinTech • Capital Markets • Est. 2015
Equity • Remote (Europe)
C++
Go
Java
Python
Rust
Scala
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Heroku
Equity • Senior • Remote (EU) • Senior
Go
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Commander.js
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
gRPC
Management
Slack
Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (EU) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
Python
SQL
Databases
Google Bigtable
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
GCP
Google GKE
Grafana
gRPC
Prometheus
WebSockets
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux distribution, headquartered in London. Founded in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth, the company provides enterprise-grade services, support, and security for open-source software, enabling organizations to deploy and manage workloads consistently across diverse environments. Their portfolio spans the entire compute spectrum - from public and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes/MicroK8s), and data center management to specialized edge and IoT computing.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
≈ $114k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Freelance • Staff
C++
Go
Python
Rust
DevOps
Ubuntu
≈ $114k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
C++
Go
Python
Rust
TypeScript
SQL
DevOps
Ubuntu
Debian
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenStack
≈ $66k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
Bash
C++
Go
JavaScript
Python
Rust
DevOps
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
Debian
Fedora
Mozilla Corporation is a prominent global technology non-profit organization and open-source software developer headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA. Founded in 1998 as an offshoot of Netscape Communications, the organization operates on an open-source software development, digital rights advocacy, privacy technology, and commercial digital services model led by Executive Director / CEO Laura Chambers.
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Gaming • PC Games • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Web Development • Software • Internet Services • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1998
≈ $63k – $131k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (Germany, Canada) • Senior
≈ $47k – $91k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (Germany, France) • Internship • Senior
≈ $45k – $126k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (Germany, Sweden) • Internship • Senior
Tenstorrent is a Canadian semiconductor company founded in 2016 and led by veteran chip architect Jim Keller. It designs artificial intelligence accelerators and RISC-V processors, and sells intellectual property licences as well as hardware, with an open-source software stack. Investors and licensees include major automotive and technology groups seeking an alternative to closed accelerator ecosystems.
HQ: Toronto, Canada • Embedded Systems • Hardware • Machine Learning • Est. 2016
≈ $79k – $158k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Full-Time • Senior
Computer Vision
Fine-tuning
NLP
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Edge AI
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Sales & Marketing • Email Services & Providers • Email Marketing
$60k – $75k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (EMEA) • Contractor • Middle • English
JavaScript
PHP
SQL
Go
Node JS
Ruby
PHP
Laravel
Databases
Redis
ElasticSearch
Frontend
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
Git
Design
Canva
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Senior |
53 |
$114K |
$139K |
$200K |
| Staff |
8 |
$168K |
$185K |
$220K |
| All levels |
85 |
$114K |
$140K |
$190K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 387 open Backend Developer jobs in Munich from 188 companies. 39 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 156 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
85 of these Backend Developer jobs in Munich state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $114K and $190K a year, with a median of $140K. By level, the median runs senior at $139K and staff at $185K. The step from senior to staff is worth about 1.3x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are Germany (45), France (15), Poland (12), Netherlands (10), and Ireland (5). 75% of the listings are fully remote and a further 9% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Backend Developer jobs in Munich right now are Canonical (32), Speechify (16), Mozilla Corporation (9), Alpaca (8), Workato (8), and Constructor (7). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (172), JavaScript (127), Kubernetes (122), TypeScript (116), AWS (112), CI/CD (104), Docker (99), and PostgreSQL (96). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Backend Developer jobs in Munich, 22 state visa sponsorship, 27 offer a relocation package, and 67 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
