Software Engineer 1 - DSP Runtime, Nexxen
$170-200k
Video marketing platform
Open for applications
Video marketing platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$170-200k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Nexxen's mission is to empower brands to captivate and activate the audiences that matter most through its end-to-end CTV and video marketing self-serve platform.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building large-scale distributed systems
- A history of successfully taking ownership of features/functionality and delivering end-to-end projects
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, Scala or Similar language
- Experience building low-latency, high-throughput services handling large volumes of requests
- Familiarity with programmatic advertising ecosystems, including DSP, SSP, and ad exchanges
- Experience implementing or integrating real-time bidding (RTB) protocols
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts such as horizontal scaling, caching, load balancing, and fault tolerance
- Familiar with real-time streaming technologies like Kafka or Kinesis
- Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
- Practical experience working with SQL and relational databases (RDBMS), as well as NoSQL databases like Aerospike, Cassandra, Redis, or KeyDB
- Experience with microservices architectures, REST/gRPC APIs, and asynchronous processing
- Strong debugging and performance optimization skills
- Comfortable using version control systems like Git and managing CI/CD pipelines with GitLab or similar platform
- Experience working within a Linux environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build core components of our Demand Side Platform (DSP) that powers real-time programmatic advertising
- The role focuses on developing high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems capable of processing billions of bid requests per day while delivering optimized bidding decisions within strict latency constraints
- You will experiment with new and innovative technologies designed for Programmatic Ad serving and Ad Tech solutions
- You will work on the core bidding infrastructure, targeting systems, and integrations with supply partners to drive efficient ad delivery and maximize campaign performance
- Design and develop high-performance distributed systems handling large-scale bid request traffic with sub-100ms latency requirements
- Build and optimize real-time bidding (RTB) services that evaluate targeting rules, campaign budgets, and bidding strategies in real time
- Architect microservices and event-driven systems that support billions of daily ad transactions
- Build systems to support server-side auctions and bid optimization strategies
- Integrate with external Supply Side Platforms (SSPs), exchanges, and ad servers using industry standards such as OpenRTB and VAST
- Develop robust APIs and connectors for partner integrations and supply onboarding
- Troubleshoot and optimize integration performance with external ad tech platforms
- Optimize systems for extreme throughput, low latency, and high reliability
- Implement efficient caching layers and in-memory data stores using technologies such as Redis, MongoDB, etc
- Monitor and improve system performance through observability, load testing, and capacity planning
- Collaborate with product managers, ad operations, and partner engineering teams to deliver new platform capabilities
- Provide technical leadership in architecture reviews, system design, and performance optimization
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices across the organization
- Develop and maintain reliable, scalable, and efficient backend services using modern technologies and frameworks
- Write high-quality, well-tested code that is maintainable and adheres to best practices in software engineering
- Analyze data to drive decision making and assess the impact of system changes
- Take ownership of your personal development by keeping up with the latest backend technologies, tools, and best practices. Continuously improve the development process and share knowledge within the team
- Follow agile methodologies and work in a fast-paced environment where results are quickly visible
Our take
Video has been an invaluable marketing tool for businesses since the beginning of TV advertisement, but modern technology has dramatically changed how such content is consumed. On-demand omnichannel streaming services and CTV has provided unique opportunities for advertisers to develop their audience engagement strategies, but without the appropriate technology platform, this can be difficult to navigate.
Nexxen provides an end-to-end self-service CTV & video marketing platform, helping to provide businesses with the appropriate engagement tools to future-proof their video marketing. The platform includes AI-driven analytic tools based on audience data, marketplaces for the self-serving of media for campaigns, in addition to analytic tools to assess the success of campaigns in real-time.
Whilst several other start-ups provide either video engagement tools or self-serve video marketing marketplaces, Nexxen has taken the smart angle of combining both into a single platform, whilst specialising in futureproofing companies for the rise in CTV engagement demands. The company aims to save clients money, time, and operational complexity by unifying where they operate their video advertisement campaigns into a single platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2011
$37m
LATE VC
Apr 2011
$3.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111.8m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible Time Off policy
- Matching 401k plan
- Commuter Benefits Plan
Company HQ
Theater District, New York, NY
Leadership
Ofer Druker
(CEO)CEO and co-founder of Matomy Group since 2011, and of AdsMarket since 2007.
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