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

Redcare Pharmacy

13h

About The Position

As a Staff Software Engineer in Retail Media / AdTech Solutions, you will shape the architecture and technical direction of Redcare Pharmacy’s in-house AdTech platform, focusing on scalability, performance, and engineering excellence. You will lead complex technical initiatives across teams, establish engineering best practices, and help build high-performance advertising solutions. Working with Engineering, Product, UX, Analytics, Retail Media business teams, and other stakeholders, you will translate business challenges into scalable technical solutions that support the Retail Media ecosystem.

The role combines technical leadership with hands-on full-stack engineering. You will design and build backend services, APIs, and frontend applications, and architect data-intensive and asynchronous workflows supporting campaign management, ad serving, targeting, and reporting. 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 in 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 designing and scaling complex systems, making 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 cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• AdTech experience specifically in 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 for campaign management, ad serving, targeting, and reporting.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives across teams, drive architectural alignment, mentor engineers, and establish technical standards.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, Analytics, and Retail Media stakeholders to shape technical priorities and translate business needs into AdTech solutions.
• Remain hands-on in implementation and technical problem-solving while influencing technical direction and raising engineering standards.

Benefits

• Urban Sports Club membership (M) package.
• Quick, professional, anonymous, and free psychological support.
• Individually arranged work-from-home location, including up to 20 days per year anywhere in the EU, where the role does not require office presence.
• Fully costed Deutschland Ticket.
• 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