Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Awin

About the AI Platform Team The AI Platform Team enables Awin teams to build, ship, and operate AI-powered products safely, consistently, and efficiently. We focus on the shared platform and enablement layer for AI development across the company. That includes reusable services, internal APIs and SDKs, platform patterns, observability, evaluation support, guardrails, cost visibility, and practical guidance that helps teams move from experimentation to production with confidence. This is a team for engineers who enjoy building internal platforms, creating paved roads for others, and raising the engineering quality bar for AI development across the organization. About the role We are looking for a Senior AI Platform Engineer - Security & Governance to join the AI Platform Team and help define and implement the guardrails, privacy patterns, governance mechanisms, and safe defaults that allow AI adoption to scale responsibly across Awin. In this role, you will work on the safety and control layer of AI development: AI security patterns, privacy and PII handling guidance, provider and model governance, reusable guardrails, and lightweight readiness mechanisms that improve safety without creating unnecessary process. This role is best suited to someone who combines strong engineering judgment with real practical experience in security, governance, privacy, or compliance for AI-powered systems. We care more about evidence of sound decision-making and pragmatic implementation than about titles or years in a specific niche. What youʼll do * Define and improve practical guardrails and safe defaults for AI-powered systems * Help shape Awinʼs approach to privacy, PII handling, and data-safe patterns for AI workflows * Contribute to approved provider and model guidance, including practical validation and usage expectations * Work with engineers to translate policy, risk, and governance needs into reusable platform patterns and engineering controls * Help define production-ready expectations for AI systems from a safety, governance, and risk perspective * Contribute to readiness checks, automated validations, and scalable governance mechanisms that reduce reliance on manual approval processes * Help improve logging, tracing, and observability practices so AI systems are auditable and safer to operate * Partner closely with Security, Legal, Architecture, and product engineering teams to ensure standards are practical and proportionate * Support teams in understanding AI-specific risks such as unsafe outputs, provider misuse, privacy exposure, and poor trace hygiene * Write clear documentation, patterns, and guidance that help teams apply standards consistently * Contribute to strong engineering practices across the team through clean code, testing, and collaboration  * Mentor others and help raise the teamʼs overall maturity in AI safety, governance, and privacy-aware engineering Requirements * Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience working on production systems * Practical experience in security, governance, privacy, compliance, or risk-related engineering work * Clear hands-on experience applying those controls to AI- or LLM-powered systems * Strong understanding of AI-specific risks, including privacy exposure, PII handling, unsafe outputs, provider/model risk, and misuse or abuse patterns * Experience translating policy or risk requirements into practical engineering controls, patterns, or defaults * Good understanding of how to make AI systems observable, auditable, and safer to operate in production * Ability to work effectively with engineers, architects, and non-engineering stakeholders such as Security or Legal * Good practical experience with Python and/or JavaScript / TypeScript * Comfortable working across the lifecycle of a platform capability, from design and implementation to rollout and iteration * Good understanding of information security and how to design solutions with security in mind * Comfortable applying unit testing, continuous integration, and continuous deploymentStrong communication skills, both synchronous and asynchronous * Comfortable working through ambiguity and helping shape standards where the right balance between safety and speed is still evolving * Strong judgment and pragmatism, with an ability to improve safety without introducing excessive bureaucracy Nice to have * Experience designing or implementing guardrails for AI or LLM-powered systems * Experience with AI governance automation, readiness gates, policy checks, or preflight validation patterns * Familiarity with tracing, auditability, and logging standards for AI systems * Familiarity with evaluation workflows, regression checks, and production readiness practices for AI * Experience assessing third-party AI providers or model usage from a risk or governance perspective *  Experience with privacy-by-design patterns in data-sensitive systems * Experience working in regulated or higher-risk environments * Experience writing clear developer guidance and turning repeated risk questions into reusable standards Tools and technologies you may work with: * Python * JavaScript / TypeScript * Azure / AWS * LLM APIs * CI/CD tooling * Observability and tracing tools * Policy and validation patterns * Internal platform services, standards, and governance tooling Working style We are looking for someone who enjoys building in a space that is evolving quickly, but who stays grounded in pragmatic engineering and long-term platform value. A strong fit for this role is someone who: * Thinks clearly about real-world AI risk, not just theoretical concerns * Can balance safety, speed, and developer experience * Communicates clearly and helps others understand trade-offs * Prefers reusable controls and automation over manual gatekeeping * Is comfortable collaborating across engineering, security, architecture, and legal boundaries * Writes clear, actionable guidance rather than vague policy language * Is proactive about identifying risk patterns early and turning them into scalable solutions * Enjoys helping other engineers build safer systems without slowing them down unnecessarily Our Offer * Flexi-Week: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing by offering you a four-day Flexi-Week (with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week) at full pay, with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. * Flexi-office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our hybrid/remote working scheme which is designed to foster a culture of mutual trust and working flexibility. * Work Expense Contribution & Remote Working Furniture: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs, as well as a furniture package to support you in setting up a comfortable workspace when working from home. * Health and Wellbeing: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can focus on your mental and physical wellbeing. * Development: We’ve built our extensive training suite, Awin Academy, to cover a wide range of skills that support your professional and personal growth, with trainings conveniently packaged to help your overall development. * Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer recognition programme. We are hiring in multiple countries for this role. Additional benefits, including health and wellbeing offerings, will be discussed during the initial interview. Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities. Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world’s leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. Awin is part of the Axel Springer group. Learn more at axelspringer.com/en/, and explore the Axel Springer Essentials here: axelspringer.com/en/inside/the-essentials-what-we-have-adapted-and-why   Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development. #LI-RS1

Awin

Head of Engineering - Developer Experience & Platform Awin is seeking an exceptional engineering leader to shape the future of how our engineers build, ship, and operate software at scale. As Head of Engineering – Developer Experience & Platform, you will own the end-to-end developer experience strategy, drive the adoption of AI-native engineering practices, modernise our cloud platform, and lead the teams and tooling that enable Awin's engineering organisation to work at its best. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of engineering excellence, platform strategy, and AI innovation. You will define and deliver the developer experience (DevEx) vision for Awin, ensuring our engineers have the tools, environments, processes, and culture to be highly productive and deeply satisfied in their work. You will own our platform strategy on AWS, lead FinOps practices, and spearhead the organisation-wide rollout of AI-augmented and agentic development workflows. You will act as a trusted internal champion for engineers – gathering data-driven insight, translating it into organisation-wide improvements, and working hand-in-hand with engineering leadership, product, and stakeholders to make change happen and allow our Product teams to deliver value to our customers at scale. The right candidate has strong hands-on experience with modern AI-driven software development and building developer-centric cloud platforms at scale. This is a senior but hands-on role within the Engineering organisation, reporting to the Director of Engineering. Key Tasks & Responsibilities   Developer Experience Strategy & Tooling * Own and evolve Awin's Developer Experience programme – defining the vision, strategy, and roadmap for DevEx improvement across the engineering organisation * Identify friction points, productivity blockers, and systemic inefficiencies through data, qualitative research, and direct engagement with engineering teams, other Heads of Engineering or Engineering Managers * Drive organisation-wide improvements to technology, tooling, and engineering processes, building consensus and alignment with key stakeholders across product, engineering, security, and operations. * Establish and track DevEx metrics and KPIs (e.g. DORA metrics, developer satisfaction scores), using them to demonstrate impact and guide investment decisions. * Own the developer tools portfolio and associated budgets – evaluating, procuring, and retiring tools to ensure engineers have best-in-class tooling without unnecessary cost or complexity. * Lead strategic assessment and rollout of new developer tooling, including CI/CD platforms, IDE capabilities, code quality and security tools. AI-Native Development & Agentic Workflows * Lead Awin's AI engineering rollout – defining the strategy for AI-native software development, establishing standards, and scaling adoption across the engineering organisation. * Evaluate and implement AI-augmented development tools including AI coding assistants, agentic development environments, automated code review, test generation, and intelligent CI/CD pipelines. * Champion modern AI-native software development best practices and drive continuous evaluation of the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape. * Design and deliver enablement programmes – training, communities of practice, documentation, and hands-on workshops – to accelerate AI fluency and confidence across engineering teams. * Measure and report on the impact of AI adoption on developer productivity, code quality, and time-to-market. Cloud Platform Optimisation * Lead the strategy and execution of cloud platform standardisation across Awin's AWS estate, establishing golden paths, reference architectures, and platform abstractions that improve developer experience and reduce cognitive load. * Drive cloud migration efforts, infrastructure modernisation initiatives, partnering with Product teams to improve reliability, scalability, observability, and security posture (including platform-wide Incident Management, SRE * Own AWS cost management and FinOps practices – establishing budgeting frameworks, implementing cost allocation and tagging strategies, identifying and acting on optimisation opportunities, and providing transparent reporting to leadership. * Build out internal developer platform capabilities to abstract cloud complexity and accelerate developer self-service. * Ensure cloud platform decisions are made with developer experience as a primary consideration alongside cost efficiency, security, and scalability. Leadership & Organisational Impact * Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team spanning developer experience, platform engineering, and tooling functions. * Act as a collaborative, influential engineering leader, shaping Awin's technical culture, engineering standards, and ways of working. * Contribute to the engineering leadership team, participating in strategic planning, headcount discussions, and broader organisational design. Skills & Experience * Significant experience in and passion for software engineering, with hands-on coding background in one or more major languages (e.g. Java, TypeScript). * Strong understanding of AI-native software development – including AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot), agentic development workflows, and LLM-integrated toolchains. * Proven leadership experience in developer experience, platform engineering, developer productivity, or a related engineering leadership role within a mid-to-large scale technology organisation. * Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, engineering best practices, and what makes engineering teams highly productive. * Demonstrable experience leading and improving CI/CD practices, deployment pipelines, and developer tooling ecosystems. * Strong background in AWS – comfortable with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform), container platforms, serverless patterns, and cloud-native architectures. * Experience with FinOps or cloud cost management, including budgeting, tagging strategies, and cost optimisation at scale. * Track record of successfully delivering organisation-wide change programmes in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders. * Experience designing and using developer experience metrics frameworks (e.g. DORA, SPACE, DX Core 4) to measure and improve developer productivity. * Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire, and grow engineering teams in a fast-paced, distributed environment. * Strong commercial awareness – experience managing budgets, building business cases, and making tool and investment decisions with clear ROI thinking. * Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery; comfortable operating from vision through to execution. * Experience working in global, distributed engineering organisations across multiple time zones and cultures. Our Offer * Flexi-Week: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing by offering you a four-day Flexi-Week (with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week) at full pay, with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. * Flexi-office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our hybrid/remote working scheme which is designed to foster a culture of mutual trust and working flexibility. * Work Expense Contribution & Remote Working Furniture: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs, as well as a furniture package to support you in setting up a comfortable workspace when working from home. * Health and Wellbeing: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can focus on your mental and physical wellbeing. * Development: We’ve built our extensive training suite, Awin Academy, to cover a wide range of skills that support your professional and personal growth, with trainings conveniently packaged to help your overall development. * Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer recognition programme. We are hiring in multiple countries for this role. Additional benefits, including health and wellbeing offerings, will be discussed during the initial interview. Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities. Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world’s leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. Awin is part of the Axel Springer group. Learn more at axelspringer.com/en/, and explore the Axel Springer Essentials here: axelspringer.com/en/inside/the-essentials-what-we-have-adapted-and-why   Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development. #LI-RS1

Adyen

This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.  For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster. Senior Product Manager, Split Payments  Adyen is a truly global company that processes billions in payments annually. Adyen’s value goes beyond Ecommerce and In-Person payments with a broad offering of embedded payments and financial services like issuing, bank accounts and capital; facilitated by Adyen’s global Banking licenses. Behind every platform transaction is a critical need to dynamically automate fund distribution, enabling platforms to scale their monetization models, protect their margins, and manage commissions smoothly. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead and scale our Split Payments capabilities.   You will join the team responsible for Split Payments. This role sits at the intersection of core payment processing, financial data routing, and platform scalability. Split Payments allows our Platform customers to monetize payment processing towards their sub-merchants. You will lead the product lifecycle for split logic across authorization, capture, refunds, and chargebacks, building reliable systems that support Adyen's expanding platform ecosystem. You will work closely with Payments, Accounting, Compliance, Legal, Commercial and Operational teams, and customers to understand their needs and translate them into product enhancements together with the development team. What you'll do Set Vision & Strategy * Define Long-Term Strategy: Define and own the long-term vision and strategy for Adyen’s split payment product, grounded in customer value and measurable business impact. * Translate Strategy into Roadmaps: Translate market opportunities and platform requirements into clear priorities, actionable roadmaps, and success metrics. * Simplify Ambiguity: Simplify an ambiguous, highly complex space by defining clear, actionable split payment and monetization use cases alongside your engineering and commercial teams. * Own Product Lifecycle: Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for automated split configurations.  Lead Through Influence * Act as Product Authority: Operate as the primary product authority for split payments across Adyen. * Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert on payment lifecycle variations, clearing/settlement flows, and Adyen's overarching Adyen for platform's product. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, Support, Sales, and Implementation teams to align our core capabilities with evolving platform business models.  Build for Scale & Customer-Centric * Enhance Automated Engine: Design and scale rule-driven logic to handle automated commission calculations and fee distributions across various payment lifecycle stages. * Optimize System Performance: Collaborate with engineering to maximize the performance, reliability, and scalability of our out-of-flow split generation infrastructure. * Evolve Self-Service Tooling: Contribute to customer-facing automated splits tooling in the Customer Area to help platforms easily configure, version, and manage their monetization strategies. * Engage with Platforms: Interact directly with platforms to understand their pain points in split payments, gather feedback on dashboards, and translate their needs into core product requirements. * Monitor & Iterate Performance: Monitor product metrics and identify continuous optimization opportunities to guarantee absolute data accuracy, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. * End-to-End Ownership: Take full ownership of specific initiatives from initial scoping through final delivery, seamlessly managing timelines and stakeholder expectations. Who you are * Experienced Product Leader: You have a minimum of 8 years of experience in a product management or client-facing product role, ideally in B2B dealing with complex enterprise software, payments, fintech, marketplaces, or SaaS platforms. You are customer centric and build for the benefit of all customers. * Strategic Thinker with a Hands-on Mentality: A self-starter with proven organizational and commercial strength. You possess excellent project management skills and the ability to lead time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives (commercial, operational, and technical) in a fast-paced environment with little supervision. You are able to challenge status quo. * Analytical Problem Solver: You are naturally curious, data-driven, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. You excel at taking complex challenges and converting them into structured, actionable solutions for both internal and external stakeholders. * Humble, Curious, and a Quick Learner: You possess a strong sense of initiative and self-motivation. You are eager to dive deep into complex payment flows, financial data, and technical constraints to proactively identify problems and propose long-term solutions. * Natural Communicator & Team Player: You have high energy and solid interpersonal skills, making you comfortable driving both deep technical discussions with engineers and strategic commercial/operational alignments with enterprise merchants across varying cultures. * Platform & Merchant Enabler: You can easily look at short- and long-term planning to make smart decisions on prioritization and delegation. At the same time, you maintain a hands-on mentality, capable of setting a clear path for platform merchants setups Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments  Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.  Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application! What’s next? Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility. This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.