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Lead Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

full-time•Berlin

Summary

Location

Berlin

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

Company links

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About this role

Intro


About the team


Your Mission

As a Lead Backend Engineer at Adsquare, you will individually contribute to our products in a cross-functional squad, while leading and mentoring a small team of backend engineers.


Ideally you are


Your Profile

  • You like working with people and have experience on a leadership position.

  • You bring excellent communication skills and the willingness to actively mentor your team. 

  • You have significant experience with Java or Kotlin.

  • Familiarity with Scala, Python and data pipelines is a big plus.

  • You have significant experience in building rest-full services using Spring Boot.

  • You have significant experience building cloud native solutions in AWS.

  • You have a proven track record of delivering backend heavy software projects from prototype to value generating product.


What you will do

  • Lead and mentor a team of 4-5 backend engineers (60%):

    • Build an appreciative and trustworthy connection with each of your team members, fostering their growth and well-being.

    • Respond to - and proactively come up with - technology modernization topics with high level of ownership and focus on outcomes.

    • Drive cross-squad standards (such as API design patterns, Observability, etc) ensuring technical consistency across the organization.

  • Individually contribute with your backend expertise in a cross-functional squad (40%):

    • Design and build scalable solutions based on Spring Boot ecosystem.

    • Design and build highly scalable solutions in AWS and provision them using Terraform.

    • Work closely with data engineers to help them integrate data processing pipelines into our product value chain.


Desired Background


Our Software Stack

Java and Kotlin, Angular, Spring (Boot, Config, Cloud), AWS (Batch, Lambda, SQS, SNS, Step functions, API Gateway, …), Terraform, MongoDB, PostgreSQL (and PostGIS), RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, GitLab, Gradle


Your Opportunities


Why us?

On top of a competitive package…

  • We are open to flexible work models: we work on a hybrid mode and remotly
  • To encourage education and professional growth, we offer an individual yearly budget of 1.200€
  • You are entitled to 30 vacation days per year
  • Regular team events and company events organised by our People team (Trust us, they know how to throw a party!)
  • We equip you with the latest hardware and provide you with all the tools you need to thrive


Desired start date


Locations

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor a team of 4-5 backend engineers while individually contributing to backend solutions. Design and build scalable solutions based on Spring Boot and AWS, collaborating closely with data engineers.

About adsquare GmbH

Adsquare powers marketers with geospatial data science to enhance their omnichannel campaign experience. We are an award-winning location intelligence platform and enable improved campaign planning and activation, as well as measurement and attribution for campaign optimisation. Founded in 2012, Adsquare is integrated with market-leading DSPs, DMPs and SSPs in 32 countries. More than 1.800 retailers, media agencies, advertisers and Out-of-Home operators are relying on Adsquare’s accurate and consented location data to improve their marketing effectiveness. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Adsquare has 10 global offices across the USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information visit http://www.adsquare.com or contact us via [email protected].

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