Engineering Lead (Advertising)

Avolta; Berlin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel experience company in Berlin is looking for an Engineering Lead (Advertising) to develop a new advertising platform. You'll define the technical architecture, build the MVP, and lead a dynamic engineering team. Ideal candidates have 6-8 years of experience in engineering with a strong track record in product development, particularly in AdTech or MarTech. This is a full-time position that involves hiring, mentoring, and ensuring high standards across projects.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical lead role.
• Proven track record in 0→1 product development, ideally in AdTech or MarTech.
• Experience with programmatic advertising or internal platform tools is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technical architecture of our advertising platform.
• Build the MVP — campaign intake & traffic, creative workflow, reporting & dashboards.
• Decide what to build vs. buy across core services (CMS, DMP, DSP integrations).
• Hire and mentor the early-stage engineering team.
• Partner closely with Product, Ops, and Data to ship scalable internal tools.

Skills

API architecture

Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)

Modern stacks (React, Node.js, Python)

Product development

Startup mindset

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WHO WE ARE

Avolta is the world’s leading travel experience player. With a traveler-centric philosophy and a geographically diverse network, the travel retail and F&B company addresses the needs of up to 2.3 billion passengers each year, with 5,500 outlets in more than 75 countries across six continents. Guided by their Destination 2027 strategy and boosted by their recent combination with travel F&B giant Autogrill, the company is well positioned to realize their ambition to create a Travel Experience Revolution through their many locations at airports, motorways, cruise lines, seaports and railway stations amongst others.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The purpose of this position is to join as one of the founding engineering leaders for Avolta’s new advertising platform. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in developing a scalable and modular campaign management system that serves Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and omnichannel media initiatives. The role is based in Berlin and will be a part of the Product & Technology team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and lead the technical architecture of our advertising platform
• Build the MVP — campaign intake & traffic, creative workflow, reporting & dashboards
• Decide what to build vs. buy across core services (CMS, DMP, DSP integrations)
• Hire and mentor the early-stage engineering team
• Partner closely with Product, Ops, and Data to ship scalable internal tools
• Ensure high standards of security, scalability & compliance (GDPR, etc.)

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Must have 6-8 years of engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical lead role
• Must have proven track record in 0→1 product development, ideally in AdTech, MarTech, or workflow tools
• Must have strong in API architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and modern stacks (React, Node.js, Python, etc.)
• Having a startup mindset: you move fast, solve problems, and build with purpose
• Having experience with programmatic advertising or internal platform tools would be ideal

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Advertising

• Industries

  Retail and Food and Beverage Services

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