Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Awin's Product Development department manages the entire product lifecycle from ideation to market release and ongoing improvement. The Core Team is a platform team in the Developer Platform domain, providing central services and APIs to support other product teams, focusing on standardisation, re-use, and reducing duplicated effort. Awin is part of the Axel Springer group.

• 5+ years of commercial Software Engineering experience
• Strong experience with Java, Maven/Gradle, RESTful APIs, and thorough testing practices
• Solid experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure (ECS, Fargate, ALB, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Terraform
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, ECS/Fargate)
• Understanding of networking concepts: load balancing, API gateways, DNS, TLS/SSL
• Understanding of user and client authentication and authorisation flows (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT)
• Proven ability to lead technical discussions, make architectural decisions and drive them to completion
• Comfortable with on-call responsibilities and incident response
• Proficient in using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery and improve productivity

Nice to have:

• Service mesh concepts and technologies
• Observability and monitoring (CloudWatch, distributed tracing, structured logging)
• CI/CD pipeline design and optimisation

• Drive technical design and architectural decisions for platform services and infrastructure
• Own and deliver complex technical initiatives from concept to production
• Work in a small agile team, contributing to planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Design, build, and improve applications focusing on infrastructure, reliability, and developer experience
• Mentor and support fellow engineers
• Collaborate with other teams to define API contracts and drive adoption of platform services
• Work with Product Managers and Engineering Manager to shape the technical roadmap
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues; participate in on-call rotations