Senior / Staff Software Engineering - Payments & Entitlements

Axel Springer Tech GmbH; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Training budget

Tech conferences

Workshops budget

Commuter benefits

Childcare facilities

Relocation assistance

In-house kindergartens

Free lunch

30 days vacation

Work from abroad days

Zusammenfassung

Axel Springer SE seeks a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to own and evolve the premium services backend for payments and entitlements across multi-brand platforms. You will design, build, and operate scalable services in Node.js/TypeScript on AWS, with a focus on reliability, high availability, and cost efficiency.

Join a data-driven team shaping checkout, payment, entitlement, and partner integration architectures, while mentoring others and driving architectural improvements that enable

Qualifikationen

• 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
• 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

Aufgaben

• 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

Kenntnisse

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Observability

Incident resolution

English communication

Tools

Terraform

Jobbeschreibung

Senior / Staff Software Engineering - Payments & Entitlements

• Full-time
• Contract type: Expert

Join a team that builds and evolves the technical foundation for our premium subscription business across multiple brands. Together, we create scalable solutions for acquisition, checkout, payments, entitlements, and partner integrations, combining engineering excellence with business impact. As a Senior/Staff Engineer, you will help shape architecture, drive technical improvements, and contribute to systems that enable sustainable growth and exceptional user experiences.

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• 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
• 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: weoffer free lunch in our canteens
• we offer guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processesthrough our relocation agency
• collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working

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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