About the Company
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 and BUSINESS INSIDER Germany, the company reaches millions of users worldwide. Axel Springer combines the reach of an established industry leader with the agility of a startup, constantly driving innovation to transform journalism for the digital age.
The company's corporate strategy places AI at the center: 'Digital is the new print. AI is the new digital.' This vision reflects the belief that the fusion of artificial intelligence and human creativity will shape the future of media. The National Media & Tech division is the central tech hub that ensures the company's journalism is supported by state-of-the-art technology, positioning its brands to thrive in the digital age.
Responsibilities
- Design resilient, scalable architectures that power millions of users across multiple brands
- Lead architectural decisions across multiple engineering teams while providing hands-on support to solve complex distributed systems challenges
- Build and operate cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and performance at enterprise scale
- Enable engineering teams through platform decisions, tooling, and architectural guidance that accelerates development velocity
- Design and implement service architectures, API gateways, and inter-service communication patterns for the multi-brand ecosystem
- Manage infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines (cloud, containers) to ensure stable and performant systems across all properties
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, working directly with teams to implement solutions
- Mentor colleagues on distributed systems best practices, conduct architecture reviews, and foster technical excellence across the organization
Requirements
- 7-10+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud architecture
- Proven track record building and operating systems at significant scale (high-throughput, high-availability environments)
- Expert-level Kubernetes knowledge and experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containerization, and DevOps practices
- Strong experience with service-oriented architectures, microservices patterns, and API design
- Proficient with modern infrastructure tools and practices (Infrastructure as Code, observability, service mesh, etc.)
- Experience with AI development tools like Cursor, Cline, Claude Code for enhanced development workflows
- Polyglot mindset and a high degree of adaptability and curiosity - quick learner, easily adaptable, and willing to venture outside comfort zone
- Solution-oriented mindset and a 'just do it' mentality - prefers shipping value over chasing perfection, confident, driven, and open to try new things
- Excellent communication skills in English and ability to work closely with engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on approach to problem-solving with the ability to dive deep into code and infrastructure when needed
Benefits
- Opportunities for personal growth through trainings, learning lunches, tech conferences, and a budget for workshops
- Flexible working hours to support a healthy work-life balance
- Free breakfast and lunch in the canteens
- 30 days vacation plus 10 days working from abroad
- Free choice of top-notch office equipment (also for remote work and private use), up-to-date hardware, software, and modern office spaces
- Guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processes through the company's relocation agency
- Permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin