Backend Engineering Manager, Verve
Real time omnichannel ad platform
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Real time omnichannel ad platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower the growth of the open internet by bringing marketers and publishers closer together across the omnichannel customer journey.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with system-level languages. (We are generally language-agnostic, but most of our stack is Java and Go)
- 3+ years of direct experience managing, leading, and growing a team of engineers
- Cloud Infrastructure: Proven experience working with Cloud Computing platforms (GCP, AWS)
- Modern DevOps: Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- AI-Assisted Dev: Solid understanding and practical knowledge of agentic-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or similar)
- Observability & IaC: Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform) and monitoring/alerting systems (Grafana, ELK)
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field
What the job involves
- Verve is expanding its central engineering hub in Dublin, and we are looking for a hands-on Backend Engineering Manager to help build and lead one of our core engineering teams
- In this role, you will lead a team responsible for developing and scaling Verve’s core ad exchange and ad server functionality
- This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys both people leadership and deep technical involvement
- You are not only a manager
- You are a technical leader who can understand complex systems, support engineers in their growth, contribute to architecture decisions, review code, unblock teams, and stay close to production systems
- Mentor, grow, and develop your direct reports, helping them chart their career paths
- Lead agile team operations to ensure consistent, high-quality, and on-time software deliveries
- Drive team growth by actively participating in hiring, interviewing, and performance reviews
- Contribute to department-wide engineering initiatives, optimizing processes for both developer experience and business outcomes
- Maintain a deep, in-and-out understanding of our systems and architecture
- Create new product increments, oversee deployments, and proactively monitor system health
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues alongside your team
- Leverage and champion modern development practices, including agentic-assisted coding workflows
Our take
The Verve Group provides an omnichannel advertising platform that connects advertisers, agencies, brands, and publishers to people in real time. Verve places a significant emphasis on privacy in its offering, in a space that has received media criticism for intrusive practices.
Over the years, the company has expanded its digital financial services platform and steadily ramped up its acquisitions. It bought mobile DSP company Dataset and is a bidding partner for in-app inventory on Google Ad Manager.
The Verve Group have made a significant footprint in the digital ad marketplace, having partnered with thousands of advertisers. The company continues pushing towards new and expanding markets as it builds a larger and stronger global technology stack.
Kirsty
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Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Development and career opportunities
- An Apple MacBook and telephone reimbursement
- Fun (online) events organised by and with colleagues
- And work with a great team and the most fantastic brands!
- 27 vacation days
- Yearly 3 wellness days
- Training budget of 500 Euro per year
- Company pension
Company HQ
Carlsbad, CA
Leadership
Sameer Sondhi
(CEO)CEO at Affle. Previously the Senior Director of Business Development at AdMarvel and xAd. Sameer was also Senior VP at In Mobi.
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