German for IT & Software Developers: Vocabulary & Phrases

Many IT jobs in the DACH region are English-friendly, but German gets you the role, the team and the daily standups. Here’s the German that actually comes up in tech teams.

Key phrases on the job

Ich melde mich, wenn es fertig ist.I’ll get back to you when it’s done.
Können wir das kurz besprechen?Can we quickly discuss this?
Das Ticket ist erledigt.The ticket is done.
Ich pushe den Code gleich.I’ll push the code shortly.
Es gibt einen Fehler im Build.There’s a bug in the build.
Passt das so für dich?Does that work for you?
Ich brauche noch ein Review.I still need a review.
Wir machen das im nächsten Sprint.We’ll do that in the next sprint.

Vocabulary you need

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