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

Redcare Pharmacy

20h • Remote

About The Position

Redcare Pharmacy is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to shape the architecture and technical direction of its in-house Retail Media AdTech platform, with a focus on scalability, performance, and engineering excellence. The role drives complex technical initiatives across teams, establishes engineering best practices, and builds high-performance advertising solutions. The engineer works closely with Engineers, Product Managers, UX Designers, the Retail Media business team, and other stakeholders to translate business challenges into scalable solutions that support the growth of the Retail Media ecosystem.

The position combines technical leadership with hands-on full-stack engineering. The engineer designs and builds backend services, APIs, and frontend applications, and architects data-intensive and asynchronous workflows supporting campaign management, ad serving, targeting, and reporting. The role is remote from Germany and may require occasional on-site collaboration at the Berlin or Cologne offices, depending on business and team requirements.

The technology stack includes React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Koa.js, NestJS, MongoDB, Redis, BullMQ, RabbitMQ, Algolia, Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), Google Cloud Platform, CircleCI, ArgoCD, and integrations with modern ad-serving platforms.

Requirements

• Extensive software engineering experience, including experience operating as a Staff, Principal, Tech Lead, or similar technical leadership role.
• Strong expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frontend frameworks.
• Proven track record of designing and scaling complex systems, driving architectural decisions, and leading technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
• Experience in AdTech, such as Retail Media, sponsored advertising, ad serving, targeting, auctions, or attribution.
• Ability to work hands-on while influencing technical direction, mentoring engineers, and raising engineering standards.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional product environments with Engineering, Product, and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• AdTech experience, ideally within Retail Media, sponsored advertising, ad serving, targeting, auctions, or attribution.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction of the Retail Media platform and design scalable, maintainable architectures.
• Lead the evolution of Node.js/TypeScript microservices and distributed systems.
• Design and build high-performance backend services, APIs, and frontend applications using Node.js, React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Architect and optimize data-intensive and asynchronous workflows using MongoDB, Redis, Algolia, BullMQ, and RabbitMQ.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives across teams and drive architectural alignment.
• Mentor engineers and establish technical standards that improve engineering quality and long-term platform scalability.
• Partner with Product, UX, Analytics, and Retail Media stakeholders to shape technical priorities, challenge assumptions, and translate business needs into AdTech solutions.
• Remain actively involved in implementation and technical problem-solving while influencing technical direction.

Benefits

• Urban Sports Club membership (M) package.
• Quick, professional, anonymous, and free access to psychologists for support with personal or professional challenges.
• Individually arranged work-from-home location, including up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU when the job does not require office presence.
• Fully costed Deutschland Ticket for mobility.
• Support and encouragement for individual development through in-house and external training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed