2 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own complex software initiatives through design, implementation, integration, rollout, and operation.
- Build high-throughput, low-latency SSP services and resolve performance bottlenecks in systems processing billions of transactions per day.
- Integrate with DSPs, SSPs, third-party data providers, OpenRTB, and VAST.
- Use Redis, Kafka, and Aerospike for caching, in-memory storage, and distributed data processing.
- Apply observability, incident response, capacity planning, shared on-call support, monitoring, and automation practices.
- Drive automated acceptance and load testing coverage.
- Provide code reviews and mentorship and help shape technical processes, tooling, architecture, and roadmap decisions.
- Partner with product, operations, and engineering teams on platform initiatives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of expert-level JavaScript/Node.js backend experience at scale.
- Strong grounding in distributed systems, including scaling, fault tolerance, caching, and load balancing.
- Hands-on experience with Aerospike, Redis, Kafka, and Kinesis.
- Strong SQL/RDBMS, Linux, networking, and Git skills.
- Solid data structures, algorithms, and systems design fundamentals.
- Experience with code review and mentorship.
- Experience with automated acceptance and load testing.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- AdTech industry experience is strongly preferred.
- A BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid schedule based in Bellevue, Washington, with three days per week in the office and the remainder remote.
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) and employee assistance program.
- Parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays.
Tech Stack
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About Nexxen
Nexxen builds programmatic advertising technology—a DSP, SSP, and data platform—used by brands, agencies, and publishers to plan, buy, and monetize TV/CTV and digital video. The public company earns media-buying and platform fees and operates across North America, Europe, and APAC. Headquartered in New York, it is listed in London and focuses on data-driven campaigns across converged media.