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Our Culture

At SphingoTec, we believe in excellence and innovation and remain true to our mission to improve patient outcomes. In our company, we recognize and appreciate one another´s efforts, and we share our success and celebrate the achievements together. We are scientists and researchers, financers and administrators, marketers and sales, operators, and quality experts. We complement each other’s expertise and work together in flat hierarchies to archive our shared goals. We know our success depends on our talented team members’ efforts, and therefore we put employees first. We offer rewarding careers for people who embrace our values, and who want to make the world a healthier place.

We use precise technology and combine it with a deep understanding of disease biology. The results are biomarkers and diagnostic solutions that improve patient outcomes for acute and critical care: Our diagnostic solutions provide actionable insights in real-time for underserved medical conditions. A career at SphingoTec is not just a job – it´s a life pursuit in the service of better patient care.

Dr. Andreas Bergmann, CSO and Founder of SphingoTec

Your career at SphingoTec

Are you interested in an open position? Then we look forward to receiving your application. We are constantly looking for highly motivated professionals to complement and expand our team.

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We drive innovation

SphingoTec develops and markets innovative IVD tests for novel and proprietary biomarkers. The innovations are addressing diagnostically underserved acute and critical care conditions such as acute kidney injury, sepsis, and acute heart failure. Our approach is hypothesis-driven and builds on a deep understanding of disease biology.

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Our product portfolio

Our biomarker portfolio includes Proenkephalin A 119-159 (penKid)*, a biomarker for assessment of kidney function, and bioactive Adrenomedullin 1-52 (bio-ADM)*, a biomarker for assessment of endothelial function. We market these tests as microtiter plate assays. 

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Benefits and perks

As an international, privately held company we conduct ourselves with responsibility and we are performance-driven with a focus on long-term development. One reason for our success as a biotechnology company is the commitment of our employees to embrace innovation and change. We value the most engaged collaborators and we offer a motivating international work environment. At SphingoTec young professionals can pursue their careers in the biotechnology industry. The professionals with work experience will find new challenges and individual ways of further developing their career paths. Below you can find some of the benefits you will enjoy by joining our team:

  • An exciting job in a company geared towards international growth with a flat hierarchy and short decision-making processes
  • A unique, innovative product portfolio with the highest medical added value
  • Attractive remuneration
  • A dynamic working environment in a team that successfully combines experienced industry experts with young high potentials
  • Great career development prospects within an international and innovation-focused company
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Regular team events