Full Stack Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Purpose of Position

As a Software Engineer you will be part of a cross-functional product team, working on delivering the best experience for Advertisers on our Affiliate Marketing platform. As the team responsible for delivering some of the most in-demand features for our customers, your work here will be visible and every change you make can have a positive impact on our customers.

Your responsibilities include writing clean, secure, and well-tested code, following best-practice guidelines, and collaborating closely with Engineers, Product and UX to translate user needs into technical solutions and bring forward your own ideas on how to improve the product.

Throughout the lifecycle of a service or product, from requirements to deployment, support, and maintenance, contribute throughout the lifecycle, considering deadlines, balancing effort and outcome, and proactively addressing risks.

Your contribution will be vital in overcoming challenges and ensuring that our components continue to meet the needs of our business and customers.

The Team

You will be joining our Advertisers tribe, a cross functional team at the core of the business. Team Orion is a young but established team dedicated to giving the best platform experience for our Advertisers. This entails managing the Dashboard entry point for them and crafting new solutions which increase engagement and user satisfaction. The team will focus on developing easy access, AI driven solutions to access performance metrics and build personalised campaigns.

We use an exciting array of technologies, including Java, AWS Lambda, NodeJS with TS, SQL/NoSQL databases, Angular, and more.

We also have a great team culture and cohesion, we love working together and trust each other completely. We pair program regularly, organise knowledge sharing sessions, push each other to be the best versions of ourselves and once a week we play online games like Scribbl, Catan or OpenGuessr.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Work inside a small team and be comfortable with agile methodologies and practices
• Proactively advocate for technical improvements and help defining the priorities
• Design and build solutions from scratch
• Continually refactor and extend existing applications
• Proactively take on stories or tasks and autonomously drive them forward
• Develop code and contribute to reviews, retrospectives, planning and development sessions
• Follow best-practice guidelines and processes and help to improve those
• Work with Product Managers to convert user stories to features and tasks
• Work with the Product Trio (Engineering, Product and UX) to refine the best ideas into feasible solutions
• Grapple with business logic and help solve business needs
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely fashion
• Communicate effectively in both verbal (day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written forms (documentation, emails, communication tools) with local and remote team members

Whilst the above is a guide to general expectation of the role, we expect this position to evolve allowing you greater scope to gain both knowledge and experience within the online and affiliate marketplace.

Skills & Expertise Required

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in commercial Java Software Engineering roles
• A positive and collaborative work ethic
• Eagerness to learn and work with more than one programming language
• Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of design patterns, clean code and testing practices
• Experience in working with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and modern frontend frameworks (ideally Angular)
• Experience and an enthusiasm for using, leveraging and finding new ways to use AI tools to augment software development practices, without overly relying on them
• Ability to conduct a thorough code review process, write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with version control systems, preferably Git
• Experience with streaming and queuing solutions
• Understanding of relational database concepts, database design principles, and proficiency in SQL
• Successful collaboration within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners, UX Designers and Agile Coaches Exposure to agile processes Knowledge of TDD or BDD practices
• Experience with non-relational databases like DynamoDB, MongoDB Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture

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.
• Remote Working Allowance: 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.
• Flexi-Office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our Flexi-Office and hybrid/remote work possibilities to work across Awin regions
• Meal Vouchers: You will be supported with a certain net sum to spend it on a variety of lunches.
• Health & Wellbeing: The insurance covers several types of health, vision and / or dental treatments for you and for up to one additional family member.
• Remote Working Furniture Package: After 3 months of employment, you will be eligible for a furniture package, which should enable you to set up a proper workplace at your remote working location
• Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program.

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.

Awin is part of the Axel Springer group. Learn more at axelspringer.com/en/, and explore the Axel Springer Essentials here: axelspringer.com/en/inside/the-essentials-what-we-have-adapted-and-why  

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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