Job Description:
We at Mars Petcare believe in making a better world for pets and we want to do this through transforming our relationships with Pet Owners through delivering excellent products, services and personalized experiences with our brands. The Digital Products, Platforms & Services team is a newly formed team sits within Growth, Digital & Platforms (GDP) global function and is responsible for designing, developing & rolling out state-of-the-art digital products across brands, regions & divisions globally and help our brands accelerate organic growth.
THE JOB
We are looking for a motivated and proactive Software Engineer with strong expertise working with Digital Assets Management (DAM) tools. This role is part of our Content ecosystem team, where you will play a key part in supporting and evolving our DAM platform, contributing to the delivery of seamless and scalable solution for managing digital assets across our organization.
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As key member of the Content product technical team, you will work closely with experienced engineers, product owners and stakeholders to implement and optimize workflows and features built on Aprimo. You will help ensure our DAM system supports the needs of our global brands and segments, contributing to the content delivery process.
This role requires foundational understanding of backend development and content technologies. Hands-on experience with DAM SaaS platforms, REST APIs, and cloud services will be a strong plus. We will value your willingness to learn and contribute to system integrations, custom configurations, and support ongoing improvements in the DAM space.
Join our forward-thinking team and play a critical role in shaping the technology that powers best-in-class content experiences across the organization.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
- 2+ years configuring and developing with SaaS tools
- Should have prior hands-on software development, with proficiency in some programming languages such as Javascript, Python, Kotlin, or Java is a plus.
- Good understanding of backend frameworks and libraries (e.g., Django, Express.js) Certification is a plus
- MUST HAVE
- Experience configuring, evolving and maintaining products with SaaS tools.
- Hands-on expertise and proficient use of RESTful API design principles and best practices is required
- Foundational knowledge with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Attention to detail in documenting technical specifications and data-related workflows.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- NICE TO HAVE
- Prior experience with Global multi-brand organization.
- Awareness of data privacy regulations and a commitment to ensuring compliance in data-related activities
What will be your key responsibilities?
- - Design, develop, and maintain configurations for our multi-brand global platforms.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize feature development
- Implement best practices for backend development, including code quality, scalability, security, and performance optimization.
- Integrate backend systems with third-party APIs, services, and databases.
- Optimize backend code for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Participate in test strategy writing automated tests (if needed).
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Stay current on backend development trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
- Troubleshoot and debug backend issues, working closely with cross-functional teams to resolve technical challenges
- Work closely with product managers, other software engineers, and stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize feature development
- Provide training and support to end-users on capabilities developed and best practices
- Document your work in a clean, concise manner to be consumed by your colleagues in a way that speaks of your attention to the details
- You and your Content squad /team will deliver some key capabilities such as (not limited to)
Marketing resource management:
- You will participate in the development of the digital asset workflows in a multi-brand global company since the brief to the final approval.
Add new Brand hub tool:
- You will understand how a brand guidelines tool works, participating in its configuration and stablishing foundations and best practices.
Content guidelines:
- Your team and you will participate creating an agnostic engineering guidelines that will help developers to configure the SaaS tools in a safe, scalable, consistent way.
DAM integration:
- You will participate in the technical audit to enhance current integrations and participate in the design of new integrations against our DAM.
Bulk upload:
- Your team and you will design, develop and deploy a custom web application that enables large-scale asset uploads to our DAM platform. This solution will streamline the content submission process and enhance the overall customer experience across all our current markets.
AI capabilities:
- Your DAM product and you will explore how AI can be integrated into the DAM product to support our brands in the creation, management, and consumption of digital assets within Aprimo.
CICD improvements:
- You will contribute to enhance our deployment processes by introducing innovations to our deployment process.
A/B Testing and Optimization:
- You will be tests different paths and messages and timings & triggers within journeys, thus optimizing the consumer experience with data & insights
SaaS technical expert team:
- You will be trained in all our current SaaS and, along the technical lead and solution architect will be the technical experts and the owners of the platforms.
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What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.