Apprenticeship as an IT specialist for application development (m/f/d)

As part of your training in application development, you will acquire comprehensive IT knowledge and methodological skills. You will learn how software applications are planned, structured, and professionally implemented—from the initial idea to the technical design to the finished application.

You will gain deep insights into how programming languages, databases, and development environments work. You will develop a deep understanding of digital business processes, IT security, data protection, and quality assurance.

In addition to the technical fundamentals, the focus is also on the ability to work in a team, communicate with customers, and record important content in a comprehensible manner. The aim of your training is to systematically prepare you for challenging tasks in modern software development—with a strong practical focus, an emphasis on IT security, and an awareness of social responsibility. This will lay the foundation for your future career as an IT specialist.

The apprenticeship starts every year on 1 September and usually lasts three years. Practical assignments in the company alternate regularly with lessons at vocational college. Your journey starts with a joint onboarding week in Berlin, where you will get to know the company and meet other new apprentices.

At the beginning of your training, you will complete a four-month boot camp, where you will acquire a solid foundation of basic knowledge. You will then work directly on real IT projects, taking on increasing responsibility within the development team.

During each year of your training, you will gain practical experience in various departments of your training company and learn how to program complex applications independently.

At vocational college, you will learn the theoretical basics, e.g., programming languages, databases, system architectures, and IT security. In the final year of training, you will deepen your knowledge in a six-month specialization phase and prepare intensively for your final exam project in the subsequent six-month final phase.

You will create an independent project that forms an essential part of your final exam. In this project, you will develop a practical software solution and present it to the examination board. Our training teams will be on hand to provide you with advice and support – both technical and methodological, tailored to your individual needs.

You can apply online via our career portal—it's easy and takes just a few clicks. The portal describes exactly which documents we need from you and which documents need to be uploaded. Once we receive your application, we will take a close look at your documents.

If everything fits, we will invite you to take an online selection test. This test is much more important to us than your grades and is the same for all applicants. If you pass the recruitment test, we will invite you to an interview. You will then receive feedback from us shortly afterwards.

And if everything looks good: Welcome to the Bundesdruckerei Group! Start your future as an IT specialist in application development with your apprenticeship!