Staff Engineer, Retail Media / AdTech Solutions (m/f/d)

Job Description

About your tasks:

• Architecture & Technical Leadership: Drive the technical strategy for Retail Media Ad Solutions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance. Design and lead development of Node.js/TypeScript microservices, ensuring a clean and modular architecture.
• Fullstack Engineering: Develop and maintain high-performance frontend applications using React, Next.js, and Material-UI, with strong form logic using Formik and JSONSchema validation.
• Data & System Design: Optimize real-time and high-throughput data systems, integrating with MongoDB, Redis, and Algolia to support fast ad delivery and campaign insights. Work with BullMQ and RabbitMQ for reliable message queueing across distributed services.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and business stakeholders to align technical efforts with strategic priorities. Contribute to technical planning and ensure engineering is a proactive partner in delivering impactful Retail Media experiences.

Qualifications

About you:

• Several years of professional software development experience, including 2+ years in a Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer, or similar leadership role.
• Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, and cloud-native system design.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining scalable microservices and frontend applications in fast-paced environments.
• At least 3 years experience in AdTech (Retail Media highly preferred), with familiarity in sponsored ads, targeting, and attribution models.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions, mentoring teams, and influencing product and business outcomes.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams and cross-functional environments.

Additional Information

About your benefits:

In order to provide our employees with the best possible support for their individual needs, we offer a wide range of benefits:

• Sports: Stay healthy. Profit from a membership (M) package at Urban Sports Club, so that you can take advantage of a huge variety of sport offers.

• Mental Health: Get quick and professional help from psychologists of Likeminded if you feel overwhelmed in private or professional life. Anonymous and free of charge.

• Work from Home: If your job does not require you to be present in the office, we can arrange the place you work from individually - even for up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU.

• Mobility: We provide our employees with a fully costed Deutschland Ticket which can be used at any time. Click here to learn more.

• Personal development: Grow! We support and encourage your individual development through various in- and external trainings.

• And many more :)