Senior Back-End Developer

Who We Are:

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

VML Luxembourg

VML Luxembourg is one of the leading Amazon consulting agencies in Europe. Offering 360° services for Amazon, we have a diverse range of products and services in various sectors to ensure long-term sales growth, ranging from creating multilingual content and listings to all aspects of advertising, including sales promotion, PPC and programmatic campaigns. We are part of WPP, the world’s largest digital media agency, and manage WPP’s European Center of Excellence for Amazon (ACE) dedicated to maximising performance, driving sales and building brands on the Amazon platform.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Back-end developer to join our consulting team, working on the Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) business. As a Senior Back-end developer on the team, you are passionate about turning data into insight, and insight into recommended actions and strategies for our customers.

You will be responsible for partnering with business and consulting teams in understanding clients’ questions and objectives to form a data analysis plan, create/execute queries, and build reporting. You work closely with these teams, providing guidance on interpreting data within their analysis and building self-service tools that best leverage the data available. You will act as a subject matter expert on both the data and reporting available.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Mainly work on the back-end, including connection to e-retail platform APIs, our machine learning and data pipeline, and Rest API for our UI - you may as well occasionally contribute to Front-End development.
• Work closely with Product Management to gather requirements, write a significant amount of code.
• Participate in architectural discussions for new and existing components.
• Be responsible for deployment, testing and maintenance.

What We Want From You

• MS in Software Engineering or related field
• 3–4-year experience in back-end Software development, including hands-on Python experience.
• Strong knowledge on our back-end technologies (Python, Java, Javascript, Docker, AWS, etc.), Python is a must!
• Excellent oral and written communication in English, any further language is a plus
• Product minded: committed to building the best customer experience
• Strong commitment to quality designs
• Automated testing

What We Can Offer You

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.