STACKIT Cloud-Accelerator-Programm

About Schwarz Digits

Schwarz Digits creates the technological foundation for digital decision-making freedom in Europe. As the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group, we develop and manage the IT infrastructures for the retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland, as well as Schwarz Produktion and PreZero. At the same time, we act as an independent provider on the external market to support companies across Europe in their digital transformation. Our core services are bundled in the areas of Cloud, Cyber Security, Data & AI, Communication, and Workspace. Contribute to digital decision-making freedom in Europe.

With us, you work at the interface between agility and security: You benefit from fast decision-making processes, enjoy real scope for design in your projects, and build on the stable foundation of the Schwarz Group.

Do you want to conquer the cloud world with us and shape the future of Europe? Great! Then Schwarz Digits Cloud - STACKIT is the right place for you. Our vision is ambitious: An independent Europe - digital, leading. As a cloud and colocation provider, we are building the secure infrastructure for it. With our server locations exclusively in Germany and Austria, we offer both the Schwarz Group, to which we belong, and external customers a European alternative to international cloud providers and support our customers holistically with individual solutions.

As a dedicated engineer, you are part of the Product Engineering STACKIT business unit. Here, our products and services are developed, tested, and improved.

Ready for the Cloud!

More than a trainee program! From graduate to cloud professional in 9 months? With our "STACKIT Cloud-Accelerator-Program", we get you ready for the cloud as a career starter. After the program, you'll hit the ground running in exciting cloud everyday life - ready, set, cloud!

Further Information

• Would you like to learn more about the position and the program? Link to the program
• Apply now and become part of the future!
• Application process in three selection steps: 1. Online Assessment, 2. Telephone Interview, 3. Selection Day. The 2nd selection step "Telephone Interview" starts from 05/15/2026.
• The STACKIT Recruiting Team will assign you one of the predefined dates. Positive feedback after selection steps 1 and 2 assumed.
• Dates after invitation to the coding challenge on-site in Heilbronn. Dates are currently being planned.

What awaits you

• The program focus is a comprehensive introduction to all cloud topics for the perfect start to your career at STACKIT.

• The program is structured as follows:

  • Arriving: 2-3 days - Here it's time to arrive and set everything up during the STACKIT Onboarding and Kick-off.
  • Get Ready: 6 weeks - In technical training, you will learn Go, Kubernetes, our products, and the domains.
  • Innovation Lab: 8 weeks - Implement ideas in practice and learn agile methods directly through teamwork and pair programming.
  • Grow Together: 2 days (Offsite) - Present the lab results, experience team building, a hackathon, and learn about your future team assignment.
  • Develop & Grow: 6 months - Experience everyday life in the expert team. You will implement projects and be specifically developed through monthly check-ins and soft skills training.
  • Finals: The successful, joint completion of your program.

• With us, growth is the name of the game - both professionally and personally. Therefore, you will receive time for further and advanced training to gain experience and knowledge.

• Our cloud experts offer you a network that accompanies and supports you in your personal and professional development.

• After completing the program, you will receive a certificate and start as a Junior Cloud Engineer at STACKIT.

• You are permanently employed from day 1 and thus a fixed part of STACKIT.

This is you

• You have successfully completed a degree in computer science or acquired a comparable qualification and are looking for a career start in the future-oriented cloud environment.
• You ideally have already gained initial professional or internship experience in the cloud environment.
• You are interested in topics from operating systems to web applications and have already gained initial experience in development, preferably in Java, Go, TypeScript or Python.
• You have basic knowledge of Git, Web Development and databases.
• You are enthusiastic, passionate about IT and new technologies.
• You do not work according to a fixed scheme, but are creative and put your heart into it.
• You communicate confidently in English, can exchange ideas in meetings and technical discussions. Additional German skills would be nice to have.
• You can attend the training/workshops on-site (Heilbronn office) for the first 12 weeks.