In 1793 he was appointed as secretary to the chancellery (Kanzleisekretär) and in 1797 as the successor to Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg in the post of General Administrator of the Lotto in Altona.
Johann Friedrich Schütze remained single all his life and died in Altona on 15 October 1810.
[citation needed] Outside of his job, Schütze published a wide and large range of books.
Schütze also published novels, travel reports and many articles in well known, contemporary periodicals.
He worked for the Journal des Luxus und der Moden and translated from French and Danish.