Junior Software Engineer

Purpose of the Role

Working within one of our agile 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 motivated and curious technologist eager to learn and grow. You will work alongside experienced engineers to contribute to our award-winning marketing platform by writing well-tested, maintainable code and participating in team discussions and activities.

We design performant, state-of-the-art software on AWS with a focus on Kafka, Docker and serverless technologies, such as AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB. Finally, we bring our products to life with JavaScript-related technologies , TypeScript, Angular).

Key Responsibilities

• Code development, refactoring and innovation.
• Assist in building new features and products under the guidance of more experienced team members.
• Help re-engineer and continuously improve existing applications.
• Work with Product Managers to convert ideas to user stories and user stories to features and tasks
• Learn about distributed systems and contribute to their development where appropriate.
• Work with a wide range of technologies as needed and be encouraged to experiment and drive change.
• Adapt quickly and flexibly to different projects and processes, and cope well with changing stakeholders.
• 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.
• Communicate effectively in both verbal (day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written forms (documentation, emails, communication tools) with local and remote team members.

Whilst the above is a guide to the general expectations of the role, we expect this position to evolve, allowing you greater scope to gain both knowledge and experience within the online and affiliate marketplace.

Skills & Experience

• Commercial Software Engineering experience.
• Proven track record with any OOP (ideally Java or Typescript), RESTful APIs and Microservices, unit testing, relational databases
• General experience with web technologies and practices.
• Building systems cloud-first (Docker, AWS - Lambda, DynamoDB, and related serverless technologies) but any cloud solution experience is welcome.
• You are open to trying new approaches, technical and procedural
• Experience working within a cross-functional engineering team alongside Product Owners and UX Designers
• Strong knowledge of Git and agile processes.
• Exposure to TDD or BDD practices.
• Non-relational databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in monitoring applications.

Our Offer

• Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves.
• Remote Working Allowance: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately.
• Flexi-Office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our Flexi-Office and hybrid/remote work possibilities to work across Awin regions
• Meal Vouchers: You will be supported with a certain net sum to spend it on a variety of lunches.
• Health & Wellbeing: The insurance covers several types of health, vision and / or dental treatments for you and for up to one additional family member.
• Remote Working Furniture Package: After 3 months of employment, you will be eligible for a furniture package, which should enable you to set up a proper workplace at your remote working location
• Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program.

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.

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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