Senior Software Engineer | Go, Python & Real-Time Bidding
I’m recruiting for a growing AdTech company looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep hands-on experience building real-time programmatic bidding systems.
This is not a general backend role where AdTech experience is simply a plus.
They need someone who understands the architecture and mechanics behind RTB, SSPs, DSP integrations, ad exchanges and OpenRTB — and has actually built or operated these systems in production.
You’ll join the core team responsible for a large-scale programmatic advertising platform processing high volumes of traffic across dozens of services.
What you’ll work on:
- Architect and build real-time bidding and auction infrastructure
- Develop and scale SSP / DSP integrations and OpenRTB workflows
- Work across bid requests, responses, timeouts, floor pricing and deal mechanics
- Build high-throughput, latency-sensitive backend services
- Help migrate performance-critical systems from Python to Go
- Own major backend initiatives from architecture through production
- Improve scalability, reliability and performance across the ad platform
- Mentor engineers and contribute to architectural direction
What they’re looking for:
- 7+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Strong production experience with Go
- Strong production experience with Python
- Deep professional experience in AdTech
- Hands-on experience building RTB platforms, SSPs, DSPs or ad exchanges
- Strong understanding of OpenRTB and programmatic auction mechanics
- Experience with high-scale distributed or latency-sensitive systems
- Ability to operate as a senior IC and hit the ground running
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, microservices and cloud infrastructure is valuable. GCP is a plus, but experience with any major cloud platform works.
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced AdTech engineer who wants to own technically difficult infrastructure at real scale without the bureaucracy of a massive advertising platform.
**Remote/**Optional NYC office access
$170K–$185K base + equity
If you’ve built real-time bidding infrastructure and know the SSP/DSP ecosystem from the inside, please apply!