Purpose of the Position

As
Senior Software Engineer , you will take ownership of designing, building and operating scalable, high-quality systems within our award-winning marketing platform. You will play a key role in shaping technical direction, influencing engineering practices, and driving improvements across the team and wider organisation.

You are a highly experienced and pragmatic technologist with a strong product mindset, able to balance technical excellence with business impact. You actively mentor others and contribute to raising the overall engineering bar.

The Team

You will be joining our
Tracking tribe , a cross functional team at the core of the business, responsible for building and evolving Awin's tracking platform, the backbone of our affiliate marketing network.

Tracking is critical to how Awin operates: it ensures accurate attribution, reliable reporting, and partner trust across advertisers and publishers.

Key tasks and responsibilities

Own the end-to-end delivery and operation of features and services.

Design, build, and evolve scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.

Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.

Improve existing applications, reduce technical debt, and strengthen reliability.

Collaborate with Product Managers to turn business needs into technical solutions.

Identify and address technical risks, performance issues, and scalability challenges.

Champion engineering quality through testing, code reviews, tooling, and best practices.

Troubleshoot complex production issues and support system resilience.

Mentor engineers and contribute to the team's technical growth.

Improve team processes across planning, delivery, and retrospectives.

Collaborate effectively with local and remote teams across the organisation.

Whilst the above outlines the general expectations of the role, we expect this position to evolve over time, offering opportunities to gain deeper knowledge and experience within the online and affiliate marketing domain.

Skills & Expertise

Required

Significant commercial experience in backend software engineering, with a track record of delivering production-grade systems.

Experience with one or more backend languages such as Java, Python, .NET, or Node.js.

Experience designing and building microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.

Good understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging, and high-volume data processing patterns.

Strong system design skills, with the ability to make pragmatic technical trade-offs.

Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and infrastructure as code tooling such as Terraform.

Strong knowledge of testing strategies, CI/CD, and engineering quality practices.

Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills, especially in complex distributed environments.

Experience with observability tools, metric dashboards, alerting, and operational monitoring.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Our Offer

Flexi-Week: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing by offering you a four-day Flexi-Week (with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week) at full pay, with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance.

Flexi-office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our hybrid/remote working scheme which is designed to foster a culture of mutual trust and working flexibility.

Work Expense Contribution & Remote Working Furniture: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs, as well as a furniture package to support you in setting up a comfortable workspace when working from home.

Health and Wellbeing: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can focus on your mental and physical wellbeing.

Development: We've built our extensive training suite, Awin Academy, to cover a wide range of skills that support your professional and personal growth, with trainings conveniently packaged to help your overall development.

Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer recognition programme.

We are hiring in multiple countries for this role. Additional benefits, including health and wellbeing offerings, will be discussed during the initial interview.

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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