App Developer Jobs in Berlin (2026)
Berlin is the center of gravity for mobile-app work in Germany. Of the roughly 2,162 live roles we track across the companies behind Germany's most-used apps, 766 are in Berlin, more than Munich and Hamburg combined. If you build, design, ship, or grow mobile products, this is the densest market in the country, and most of it hires in English.
This guide covers who is actually hiring, what kinds of roles are open, whether you need German, and how to find a job at an app you'd genuinely want to work on.
Who's hiring in Berlin
The Berlin app scene splits into a few recognizable groups. There are the consumer-fintech names (N26, Trade Republic, Scalable Capital, Raisin, SumUp), the mobility and delivery players (Wolt, Flink, FreeNow, nextbike), the gaming studios (Kolibri Games, Edkon Games), and a long tail of profitable, lower-profile apps most people have never heard of but that reach millions of installs (Freecash, Clue, and dozens more). The common thread: the product is an app, and the team behind it sits in Berlin.
What makes this market different from a generic "tech jobs Berlin" search is that every company on our list is verified as an actual app maker, tied to a real product in the Google Play or App Store charts, not an agency or a consultancy padding its headcount.
What roles are open
Across the board, engineering is the largest single discipline, followed by operations, marketing, data, and people/finance functions. For mobile specialists specifically, the recurring openings are iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin), and increasingly cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) roles, plus the backend, data, and product jobs that surround them.
If you're early in your career, working-student (Werkstudent) and internship roles are a genuine entry point here: Berlin app companies use them heavily, and they convert to full-time offers more often than in most industries.
Do you need German?
Often, no. Berlin's app companies draw on an international talent pool, and a large share of listings, particularly in engineering, product, and design, are written and conducted in English. Our board tags every role by listing language so you can filter to English-only, German-only, or both. Customer-facing, legal, and some operations roles are more likely to require German; core product and engineering roles frequently do not.
How to actually find a good one
The mistake most job seekers make is searching by keyword on a giant aggregator and wading through stale, reposted, or recruiter-spam listings. A better approach for app roles specifically:
Start from the product, not the job title. If there's an app you already use and admire, check whether the team behind it is hiring, that alignment matters more than a marginally higher salary. Filter by workplace (office, hybrid, remote) honestly, because Berlin companies vary widely and "remote-friendly" can mean very different things. And prioritize freshness: a role posted this week is far more likely to still be open than one that's been live for three months.
Where salary is published, it's worth weighting heavily, not because higher is always better, but because a company willing to state a range up front tends to run a more transparent process overall.
Frequently asked questions
How many app developer jobs are there in Berlin right now?
We track 766 live roles in Berlin across verified app companies, out of 2,162 nationwide, refreshed weekly directly from each company's hiring system.
Which Berlin app companies are hiring the most?
It shifts weekly, but consumer-fintech (N26, Trade Republic, Scalable), delivery/mobility (Wolt, Flink), and a set of profitable consumer apps are consistently the largest hirers.
Can I get an app job in Berlin without speaking German?
Yes, for many engineering, product, and design roles. Filter listings by language and focus on companies with international teams.
Are salaries shown?
Where the company publishes them, yes: ranges appear directly on the listing. Many German app companies now publish salary bands, partly in anticipation of EU pay-transparency rules.
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