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The Bar Raiser stage is run by a senior engineer from a different part of the company, so the technical bar is held to a single standard rather than moving with the team you are joining. The recruiting team commits to feedback within two weeks of submission, per the program FAQs. Because the program hires straight into a permanent engineering role rather than a fixed-term internship, the loop is screening for a long-term hire, so preparation for the coding and Bar Raiser rounds weighs more heavily than it would for a short placement.

Its defining features:

• A permanent, full-time engineering role from the start, with a six-month probationary period, not a fixed-term internship.
• A structured six-month learning journey of technical and behavioural sessions, a formal mentor on your team, and a 12-week capstone project in the first months.
• Open to candidates without a computer-science degree who hold substantial internship (six months minimum) or bootcamp/reskilling experience.

The early-career offering is concentrated on engineering in Berlin rather than a broad multi-function graduate scheme, so it suits applicants specifically targeting a tech career in Germany over those seeking a rotational programme across business areas.

It states explicitly that it does not provide immigration support for fixed-term staff – interns, working students and short-term cover – who must arrange their own permits. English is the working language at the Berlin HQ, and German is required only for certain Tax, Legal and Finance roles. The Tech Graduate Program is a permanent role and so sits in the sponsored category, but its own eligibility criteria still ask that applicants already hold the right to work in Germany or elsewhere in the EU. This is the gate that most narrows the firm for international applicants: an internship here carries no visa support, while the permanent graduate role does, so confirm your status before choosing which to pursue.

Three things set its graduate route apart for engineers: it hires into a permanent role rather than a convert-on-success internship; it accepts candidates without a computer-science degree who arrive through bootcamps or reskilling programmes; and English is the working language at the Berlin HQ, so German is not needed for most engineering roles. The scale-plus-local-brand structure means a graduate engineer builds systems serving many markets from a single Berlin base, rather than rotating across geographies, which is the trade-off to weigh against banks or consultancies offering location mobility.