Software Engineer

Software EngineerPortugal (Lisbon)RemoteFull-time

SuperAwesome is an award-winning technology company that powers the youth digital ecosystem, helping brands to meet their audience where they are.

We bring together proprietary advertising and gaming products, audience insights, and compliance capabilities to help build a safer internet for the next generation.

Our technology is trusted by hundreds of brands and creators and enables more effective digital engagement with almost half a billion young people worldwide every month.

As we specialise in reaching under-18 audiences, we have to be as curious, fast-paced, and creative as kids and teens. At SuperAwesome, you’ll be encouraged to own your impact, make your team more awesome, and evolve like a kid as you grow into your role.

At our core is the #SAFam, a community where every voice is valued and diversity is celebrated. We prioritise individuality and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they truly belong.

What you’ll do

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer at SuperAwesome, you’ll be part of a mission-driven team building high-quality, scalable products that make the internet safer for the next generation.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver impactful features—primarily on the backend, but with opportunities to contribute across the full stack. You’ll help design and build services that power key areas of our platform, ensuring privacy, resilience, and performance are built in from day one.

Our engineers take ownership of the entire development lifecycle—from technical design and implementation to monitoring and continuous improvement. You’ll help shape engineering best practices, support your teammates, and drive the evolution of systems that serve hundreds of millions of users globally.

In this role you will

You’ll be accountable for:

• Creating digital experiences that are safe and empowering for young audiences
• Designing and implementing features and services for one of SuperAwesome’s key products
• Maintaining high levels of code quality, test coverage, and operational visibility
• Building backend-heavy systems while contributing across the full stack where needed
• Ensuring system performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows
• Helping break complex problems into simple, maintainable deliverables
• Supporting the product in production, including participation in our on-call rota
• Writing clear technical documentation and participating in architecture reviews
• Championing DevOps culture—treating infrastructure as code and owning deployments

Our Stack

We’re a cloud-native engineering team working with:

• Languages: Node.js, TypeScript, (and increasingly Python)
• Infrastructure: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes
• Data & Messaging: Kafka, Postgres, event-driven architectures, Databricks (DBX)

What we’re looking forCore experience

• Proven experience building high-throughput web systems or distributed services
• Strong programming skills in Node.js/TypeScript, with working knowledge of Python
• Experience working across the full software lifecycle—from design to deployment and support
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and cloud-native infrastructure (CI/CD, Terraform, etc.)
• Awareness of security best practices in cloud environments
• A pragmatic approach to testing, quality, and documentation
• Great communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams

Engineering for Scale & Resilience

• Distributed Systems & Microservices: Experience designing resilient cloud-native systems, strong understanding of service-to-service communication patterns and API lifecycle
• Automation & Infrastructure: Deep knowledge of Terraform, AWS, and infrastructure automation best practices
• Observability & Reliability: Familiarity with distributed tracing, Grafana, alerting/monitoring strategies, and incident response tooling

AI/ML & Data Platforms

• Experience with Databricks, ML workflows, or operationalizing data science
• Comfort with stream processing, event-driven data pipelines, or ingestion framework

Data Engineering

• Proficient in modelling for distributed data systems, data pipeline orchestration, and data quality/governance tooling

Product/UX Alignment for Internal Tools

• Experience building internal tools with a user-centered mindset
• Comfortable collaborating with product and design teams to improve internal UX
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing practices

Why SuperAwesome?

SuperAwesome powers the youth digital ecosystem, combining proprietary ad and gaming products, audience insights, and compliance capabilities to power a better internet for the next generation.

Working with us means:

• Making a real-world impact on half a billion users every month
• Shaping technology at the intersection of law, policy, and innovation
• Joining a team that values curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning
• Being part of the #SAFam—a supportive, inclusive, and diverse community

If you're excited about building systems that truly matter—and want to work with people who care about doing things right—we’d love to hear from you. ❤️