Axel Springer, a leading digital publisher, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build personalization systems for millions of readers across its digital products. This role involves close collaboration with data scientists and editors to architect and deliver end-to-end solutions, redefining user engagement with journalism. It's an opportunity to work at the intersection of media innovation and advanced technology, influencing products central to Axel Springer’s digital transformation and its AI-centric corporate strategy.

Must Have

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance systems and services for personalized content delivery.
• Implement complex architectures across multiple backend and frontend components.
• Collaborate with different teams to integrate machine learning models into production systems.
• Lead end-to-end feature development, from concept and design through implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Contribute to architecture decisions that follow best practices in system design, code quality, and DevOps automation.
• Extensive experience in building and maintaining complex, distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) as your primary backend language.
• Solid Python skills for data-processing or AI integration tasks.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, ECS / Fargate, DynamoDB, S3 etc.) and modern cloud-native architecture.
• Solid experience with TypeScript and React for developing intuitive user interfaces.
• Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and API design.
• Proven ability to design for scalability, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Experience working with CI / CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and test automation.
• A proactive mindset - you think in systems, care about user impact, and take ownership of your work.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Good to Have

• German language skills

Perks & Benefits

• Trainings and learning lunches
• Tech conferences
• Budget for workshops
• Flexible working hours
• Free breakfast snack
• Free lunch in canteens
• 30 days vacation
• 10 days working from abroad
• Free choice of top-notch office equipment (for remote work space and private usage)
• Guidance on relocation and visa processes through our relocation agency
• 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
• Permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin

Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d)

• Berlin
• Experienced Hire
• Part Time / Full Time

Axel Springer is Europe’s leading digital publisher and a global media and technology company headquartered in Berlin. With renowned brands such as BILD, POLITICO Germany, WELT und BUSINESS INSIDER Germany, we reach millions of users worldwide. We combine the reach of an established industry leader with the agility of a startup, constantly driving innovation to transform journalism for the digital age.

Our corporate strategy places AI at the center: “Digital is the new print. AI is the new digital.” This vision reflects our belief that the fusion of artificial intelligence and human creativity will shape the future of media. Our National Media & Tech division is the central tech hub that ensures our journalism is supported by state-of-the-art technology, positioning our brands to thrive in the digital age. We believe in the future of journalism as a business model and invest in forward-looking technologies. Our five essentials are the values that unite us and guide us in our commitment to freedom.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in building personalization systems that deliver tailored experiences to millions of readers across Axel Springer’s digital products. You’ll collaborate closely other teams - data scientists and editors - to architect and deliver end-to-end solutions that redefine how users discover and engage with journalism. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of media innovation and advanced technology, influencing products that are central to Axel Springer’s digital transformation.

How you'll make an impact:

• design and develop scalable, high-performance systems and services for personalized content delivery
• implement complex architectures across multiple backend and frontend components, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and maintainability
• collaborate with different Teams to integrate machine learning models into production systems
• lead end-to-end feature development, from concept and design through implementation, testing, and deployment
• contribute to architecture decisions that follow best practices in system design, code quality, and DevOps automation

What you'll need:

• extensive experience in building and maintaining complex, distributed systems
• strong proficiency in Go (Golang) as your primary backend language
• solid Python skills for data-processing or AI integration tasks
• deep knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, ECS / Fargate, DynamoDB, S3 etc.) and modern cloud-native architecture
• solid experience with TypeScript and React for developing intuitive user interfaces
• strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and API design
• proven ability to design for scalability, observability, and fault tolerance
• experience working with CI / CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and test automation
• a proactive mindset - you think in systems, care about user impact, and take ownership of your work
• excellent communication skills in English (German is a plus)

What we offer:

• 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
• flexible working hours support a healthy work-life balance
• our free food offer: in addition to a breakfast snack, we also offer a free lunch in our canteens
• 30 days vacation plus 10 days working from abroad
• free choice of top-notch office equipment (also for your remote work space and private usage), up-to-date hardware, software and modern office spaces that provide you with maximum flexibility - no matter where you are working
• we offer guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processes through our relocation agency
• collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
• from now a permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin: http://www.axelspringer-neubau.de/

Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH & Co. KG is the central pillar for tech & product and central functions of Axel Springer's German media offerings.

Next Level Publishing – Innovate, evolve, accelerate – that is the mission that drives us. We develop solutions that further develop, renew, and accelerate digital journalism. We ensure that our strong media brands such as BILD, WELT, BUSINESS INSIDER Germany, POLITICO Germany, COMPUTER BILD, and many more are optimally positioned to continue making journalism sustainable and accessible to all.

Questions and answers about the application process

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

Contact person for this position (reference number REF2619W) is Marcel Burmester #LI-MB2