Junior Software Engineer Java (m/w/d)

Purpose of Position Working within one of our growing Engineering teams, this role reports to an Engineering Manager. You will be working closely with your team members to write SOLID, secure & well-tested code, implement new features and maintain our award-winning marketing platform. As a Junior Software Engineer, you are a passionate and innovative technologist with a proactive, quality first approach to development. You eager to become an expert in our technical stack, open to feedback and collaboration with your new colleagues. You want to improve your skills, extending their awareness from the codebase to include topics such as quality, environments and delivery. We design performant, state-of-the-art software on AWS with a focus on Kafka, Docker and services such as AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway and DynamoDB. We constantly improve our codebase by removing legacy and unlocking migrations, with the plan to shift everything to the Cloud. We expose customer facing UIs that enable our customers to interact with our product. Responsibilities:  * Code development, refactoring and innovation. * Build new products and help shape development technologies and practices. * Help re-engineer, migrate and continuously improve existing applications. * Work with Product Managers to convert ideas to user stories and user stories to features and tasks, and negotiate prioritisation of technical backlog * Design and build distributed systems using streaming, queueing and database solutions. * Work with a wide range of technologies as needed and be encouraged to experiment and drive change. * Work in a small team of passionate software engineers on the entire life cycle of a service or product. * Develop code and contribute to reviews, retrospectives, planning and development sessions. * Contribute to group development initiatives and discussions. * Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely fashion when required, with focus on our customers * Communicate effectively in both verbal (day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written forms (documentation, emails, communication tools) with local and remote team members.   Requirements: * Basic experience with any OOP (ideally Java or Node.js), RESTful APIs and Microservices, unit testing, relational databases, event driven architecture * Basic experience and understanding of web technologies and practices. * Basic experience (or at least interest in) working within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners, UX Designers and Agile Coaches. * Understanding of the concepts of monitoring applications and debugging live and customer-critical issues. * Main focus on Java backend technologies, and in some cases Typescript and Node.js. * Building systems cloud-first (Docker, AWS - Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, and related serverless technologies) but any cloud solution experience is welcomed. * Knowledge of Git and agile processes. * Exposure to TDD or BDD practices. * Open to trying new approaches, technical and procedural, and happy to touch other languages that might be outside your main tech stack. * Interest in growing professionally and establish a development plan * Willing to interact with direct peers, negotiate with product, start taking ownership for smaller technical decisions, occasionally moderate agile ceremonies * English: fluent     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. #LI-AM1

Purpose of Position Weʼre looking for an enthusiastic Junior Software Engineer for a new team in our Advertiser tribe to accelerate the delivery of our brand new Affiliate Marketing platform. The Team This role is within Team Argonauts in our Advertiser Tribe, part of the Growth Domain. This team are dedicated to serve our Advertisers by building the high value features that they need in our new Affiliate Marketing platform. Team Argonauts is a brand new team - a mix between new hires and new joiners from other teams. This gives you the opportunity to do more than just code and create great software. Youʼll be able to support your new colleagues, influence ways of working and best practices, and establish the culture in this new team. Along with access to the OʼReilly learning platform, hackathons, and cross-team initiatives, will provide plenty of opportunities to learn and gain experience from people in the many other teams across the engineering organisation at Awin   Skills & Expertise The experience in the technologies and the expertise listed below are as important to us as the soft skills that you have. We are interested in people who are open, enthusiastic, and interested in positively contributing to the culture of the team. We are passionate about continuous improvement, and are seeking people who can demonstrate a growth mindset and how they have learnt from mistakes. We value everyoneʼs opinion and experience as much as we value delivering and team cohesion, and we consider a challenge and commit mindset to be crucial to balance these. Required * At least 2 years of hands-on experience in commercial Software Engineering roles * Some experience working with front-end code, ideally using Angular * Good experience in developing cloud software using: AWS services, Typescript, Java, Docker * An enthusiasm for using and finding new ways to use AI tools to augment software development practices. * Experience using Git for source control * Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of the SOLID principles * Experience in implementing RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture * Ability to write unit tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines * Familiar with agile processes eg. Scrum or Kanban. Experience in monitoring applications (preferably using Cloudwatch and Datadog). Nice to Have * Experience with information security, able to design and implement solutions with mitigation against security threats * Some experience of TDD and Pair Programming practices * Experience working with PHP, including building and maintaining web applications   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. #LI-AM1