Software Engineer

at  AWIN

AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, YOU WILL:

• Work inside a small team with a well described and groomed product backlog and be comfortable with agile methodologies and practices
• Improve existing applications, design and build solutions from scratch
• Develop code and contribute to reviews, retrospectives, planning and development sessions
• Work with Product Managers to convert user stories to features and tasks
• Grapple with business logic and help solve business needs
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely fashion
• Communicate effectively in both verbal (day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written forms (documentation, emails, communication tools) with local and remote team members

TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL NEED TO MEET THE BELOW REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years of commercial Software Engineering experience
• Experience using Java, Maven/Gradle, RESTful APIs, Unit testing and SQL
• Knowledge of streaming and queuing solutions (e.g. Kafka)
• Understanding basic Data Structures and Algorithms
• Passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly refactor and improve, with a good understanding of SOLID, design principles and OOP
• Experience working within a cross-functional engineering team

ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED, WE WOULD BE EXCITED IF YOU HAD EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE BELOW:

• Non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB) and/or Elasticsearch
• Building systems cloud-first (Docker, AWS - Lambda, DynamoDB, and related serverless technologies)
• Maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding the concepts of DDD and hexagonal architecture
• Working on high-volume transactional systems

Awin’s Product Development department is responsible for all stages of the product lifecycle - from ideation to market release, ongoing operation and continuous improvement.
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 and test code, implement new features and maintain our award-winning affiliate marketing platform.
As a Software Engineer, writing SOLID, secure & well-tested code is just the beginning of your skill set. You have extensive commercial experience in your technical stack. You are flexible working with different technologies as needed. You enjoy learning new approaches and methodologies to improve your skills.
You are a passionate and innovative technologist with a proactive, quality first approach to development and keen to gain exposure to the latest development practices and toolsets within an interactive and fun development environment. We value fresh perspectives, continuous personal growth, diversity and a healthy work-life balance. For example: we have a 4-day-week at full salary.
The Core Team is a platform team in the Developer Platform domain. Its mission is to provide central services around our core entities and systems that make it easier for Product Teams to build functionality on top of. The team provides these “as a service” through clear APIs, documentation and support - focusing on creating a smooth developer experience for other teams. The team will also focus on topics like standardisation, re-use and reducing duplicated effort across the department. We work with an exciting mixture of technologies including Java, AWS, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Jenkins, Microservices (Docker, REST) and Angular.