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# Senior / Staff Software Engineering - Payments & Entitlements

- **Company:** Axel Springer SE
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Node.Js, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Break Fix, Backend, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://career.axelspringer.com/de/job/senior-staff-software-engineering-payments-entitlements-4

## About the Role

* 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
 * solid understanding of modern web challenges such as caching, cookies, session handling, performance, resilience, and peak load scenarios
 * 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

## Description

Was du bei uns bewegst:

 * 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

Was du mitbringst:

 * 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
 * solid understanding of modern web challenges such as caching, cookies, session handling, performance, resilience, and peak load scenarios
 * 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