Working Student Frontend Development (m/f/x)

Thrive on innovation with a global technology leader. Develop exciting customer-centric digital solutions and business models in the diverse, dynamic and stable work environment at ZEISS Digital Partners.

Join our inspiring colleagues in a modern workspace and benefit from our open culture. Cooperating closely with our ZEISS businesses around the globe, we enable the digital future @speed and @scale for ZEISS.  

Your Role

At ZEISS, you have the chance to seamlessly integrate your studies with hands-on experience by actively participating in exciting projects. This opportunity enables you to acquire valuable skills, broaden your network, and develop both professionally and personally.

Your daily work routine will be a vibrant and engaging blend of the following tasks:

Support our Web Component Development team in building, testing, and maintaining reusable frontend components for digital products and platforms

Contribute to the implementation of modern, scalable, and user-centered frontend solutions using web technologies

Collaborate closely with developers, designers, and product stakeholders to refine requirements and translate them into high-quality frontend components

Assist in improving the usability, accessibility, responsiveness, and consistency of our component library and frontend applications

Help document components, usage guidelines, and development standards to support efficient collaboration and adoption across teams

Participate in debugging, testing, and optimizing frontend code to ensure quality and performance

Support the integration of web components into larger applications and contribute to the continuous improvement of our frontend development processes

Directly apply the skills and knowledge gained during your studies to real-world projects

Your Profile

 Enrolled student in computer science, media informatics, software engineering, or a comparable degree program

First practical experience or solid knowledge in frontend development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or TypeScript

Interested in modern frontend architectures and component-based development

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are able to understand technical requirements quickly

Collaborative team player who is also independent, open-minded, proactive, and agile in your thinking

You exhibit a structured work approach and effectively organize your tasks

You are fluent in English

You are available for a minimum of one year and 20 hours per week

Nice to have

You have gained first experience with frontend frameworks or libraries such as React, Angular, Vue, Lit, or similar technologies

You are familiar with Git, package managers, and common frontend development workflows

You have a basic understanding of responsive design, web accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility

You understand how different disciplines—concept, design, and development—work together to create high-quality digital products

You have conversational skills in German or are eager to improve your proficiency in the German language

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents (CV, transcript of records).

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Ines Kloda