What makes you a great fit:
6-8+ years of strong commercial Java backend development experience.
Proven team leadership or strong technical leadership experience: successfully managing a team of 4-8+ developers, delivering complex projects, and growing team capabilities.
Must be a very strong hands-on Java programmer with proven ability to write complex, high-performance, production-ready code.
Mandatory practical experience in the AdTech domain: DSP, SSP, Ad Exchange, Ad Server, or Programmatic Advertising systems.
Solid experience designing and developing high-load real-time systems (RTB, OpenRTB, auction engines, etc.).
Excellent expertise in: Spring Boot, Hibernate, MongoDB, ClickHouse (or similar technologies).
Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools (Prometheus/Grafana, etc.).
Good understanding of programmatic advertising concepts, real-time data processing, and privacy regulations (GDPR/CCPA).
Ability to combine deep hands-on coding with team leadership and people management.
English: Intermediate level (B1/B2) — sufficient for reading technical documentation and participating in basic technical discussions.
Will be a plus:
Direct experience building or significantly redesigning DSP/SSP/Ad Exchange systems.
Previous role as Backend Team Lead or Tech Lead with a strong coding focus.
Knowledge of machine learning in advertising (bidding optimization, look-alike modeling, etc.).
Experience working in fast-paced product companies with high traffic and rapid iteration.
Strong skills in conflict resolution, team motivation, and process improvement.
Your day-to-day in this position:
Full technical leadership and people management of the backend development team (task distribution, goal setting, performance tracking, and delivery ownership).
Hands-on development and daily code reviews of critical DSP platform components.
Building and optimizing development processes: code reviews, knowledge sharing, onboarding, and continuous team skill growth.
Technology ownership for the entire backend stack: selecting tools and best practices, managing technical debt, ensuring scalability and performance.
Leading the development of high-load, low-latency real-time systems for real-time bidding, auction logic, ad serving, targeting, data processing, and other core features.
Integration with SSPs, Ad Exchanges, DMPs, Ad Servers, and external advertising platforms.
Active mentoring and development of team members through 1:1s, technical guidance, and helping engineers grow from junior/middle to senior levels.
Deep performance optimization, latency reduction, refactoring, and technical debt elimination across the team’s deliverables.
Cross-team coordination with frontend, DevOps, data science, and product teams.
Defining and enforcing technical standards and development best practices.
What is your new project?
Domain: AdTech
Location: Israel
Company size: 10-20 employees
Founded in: 2022
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