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    Axel Springer News Media National

    Digital Media

    Senior / Staff Software Engineering (m/f/d) - Payments & Entitlements

    Berlin, GermanyHybridFull-time10+ yrs experiencePosted 1mo ago
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    Job description

    • own and evolve the technical foundation of our Premium Services domain across acquisition, retention, offering, checkout, payment, entitlement, and partner integrations
    • design, build, and operate scalable backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, serverless architectures, and high-availability web systems
    • challenge existing systems and drive well-founded improvements that reduce complexity, optimize costs, increase reliability, or unlock new revenue opportunities
    • identify and improve technical and business processes across payment flows, entitlement logic, checkout experiences, partner integrations, and operations
    • work closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to turn premium, payment, and entitlement requirements into pragmatic technical solutions
    • design and improve APIs, service architectures, event-driven communication patterns, and integration flows across our multi-brand premium ecosystem
    • build and operate AWS infrastructure with Terraform, CI/CD, observability, and strong production ownership, including hands-on troubleshooting and mentoring
    • 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures
    • strong hands-on production experience with Node.js and TypeScript, ideally in high-traffic, business-critical environments
    • deep experience with AWS, serverless architectures, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, CI/CD, observability, and incident resolution
    • solid understanding of modern web challenges such as caching, cookies, session handling, performance, resilience, and peak load scenarios
    • experience operating and evolving subscription, payment, checkout, entitlement, acquisition, retention, or partner integration products
    • strong analytical mindset with the ability to question existing solutions, identify inefficiencies, and turn improvements into measurable impact
    • pragmatic, hands-on approach with strong English communication skills, confident AI tool usage, and interest in Rust where it adds value
    • your personal growth is important to us: we offer trainings and learning lunches, tech conferences, a budget for workshops and much more to expand your knowledge and your skills
    • Employee offers that suit you and your life situation: Whether it's a discounted public transport ticket or JobRad leasing, a bicycle garage (incl. regular bicycle service), childcare facilities or two modern in-house kindergartens
    • 30 days vacation plus 10 days work from abroad
    • our free food offer: we offer free lunch in our canteens
    • we offer guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processes through our relocation agency
    • collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
    • from now a permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin: http://www.axelspringer-neubau.de/

    The most frequently asked questions and their answers can be found on our FAQ page: career.axelspringer.com/en/faq
    Diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We are looking forward to receiving all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.
    You can find information about the representation for the severely disabled at Axel Springer here: https://career.axelspringer.com/en/rsde

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    Axel Springer News Media National

    Axel Springer is Europe's leading digital publisher and a global media and technology company headquartered in Berlin. With renowned brands such as BILD, POLITICO Germany, WELT und BUSINESS INSIDER Germany, we reach millions of users worldwide. We combine the reach of an established industry leader with the agility of a startup, constantly driving innovation to transform journalism for the digital age. Our corporate strategy places AI at the center: "Digital is the new print. AI is the new digital." This vision reflects our belief that the fusion of artificial intelligence and human creativity will shape the future of media. Our National Media & Tech division is the central tech hub that ensures our journalism is supported by state-of-the-art technology, positioning our brands to thrive in the digital age. We believe in the future of journalism as a business model and invest in forward-looking technologies. Our five essentials are the values that unite us and guide us in our commitment to freedom. You will lead a data engineering team both technically and as a people manager. You set the technical direction, raise the engineering bar, and stay hands-on enough to guide architecture and delivery - while also helping engineers grow and thrive through coaching, feedback, and clear expectations. You will also build up the data engineering team over time: hiring, strengthening capabilities, and developing future technical leaders.

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