Senior Software Engineer

Purpose of Position

As a Senior Software Engineer you are part of a cross-functional customer focused team, working on extending and maintaining our Afiliate Marketing platform.

You will be an advocate for writing clean, secure and well-tested code. You will follow best-practice guidelines and help to improve those to ensure that the code is open and easy for others to reuse. You are part of a team and will extend, maintain and operate assigned parts of our platform.

You have a good understanding of the user needs within your service and work with the product manager and other team members to translate these into technical solutions. You work through the entire lifecycle of a service or product, from understanding requirements, development to deployment, support and maintenance. You show an understanding for deadlines, find pragmatic solutions and are proactive in raising potential risks.

As a Senior member of the team, you will help the team in solving the challenges that arise as our business grows and develops; working together to ensure that the service continues to meet the needs of our business and its customers. Furthermore, you will participate in knowledge-sharing activities and mentoring colleagues both within your team and the wider Engineering practice.

The Team

You will be joining our Publisher Tribe in the Growth Domain, a dynamic team dedicated to empowering publishers on the Awin platform. As part of this team, you'll play a pivotal role in crafting tailored user experiences and providing essential tools for our publishers to cultivate new partnerships and expand their presence. By utilizing a diverse array of technologies, you'll work alongside other tribe members to pioneer innovation and promote expansion.

Skills & Expertise

Required

• At least 6 - 8 years of hands-on experience in commercial Software Engineering roles. 

• Proven track record with any OOP stack. o We in our team employ Java v17 with Maven, Spring Boot v3, TypeScript for backend development, Docker and Git.

• Experience working with PHP, including building and maintaining web applications.

• Experience in developing applications with Docker and serverless technologies with any cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc. o We in our team employ AWS with the Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

• Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of SOLID principles.

• Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture.

• Ability to conduct a thorough code review process, write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines. 

• Understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.

• Understanding of relational database design principles and proficiency in SQL and non-relational databases like DynamoDB. 

• Familiar with agile processes, Scrum or Kanban.

Nice to have

• Experience working with front-end code, ideally using Angular • Maintaining CI/CD pipelines • Experience with cache solutions such as Redis, Memcached, or else. 

• Experience with streaming and queuing solutions (ideally Kafka, Kinesis or SQS).

• Working on high-volume transactional systems

• Knowledge of TDD and Pair Programming practices.

• Experience in monitoring applications.

• Knowledgeable about information security, able to design and implement solutions with mitigation against security threats

Our Offer

• Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves.
• Flexi-Office: Do you prefer to work from our cool office, from home, or in a completely different environment? With us, the choice is yours. We offer the flexibility to work wherever you want within our Awin locations.   
• Health & Well Being: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can devote yourself to your mental and physical well-being. 
• Development: We’ve built our extensive training suite Awin Academy to cover a wide range of skills that nurture you professionally and personally, with trainings conveniently packaged together to support your overall development. You can also improve your English skills by participating in our local language course.
• Remote Working: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately.   
• Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program and show your appreciation for colleagues who have gone the extra mile to support you.

Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture.

Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities.

Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world’s leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.

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