2 days ago
Dublin, IrelandSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of high-throughput components for the core ad exchange platform.
- Write optimized, concurrent Go or Java code and own system performance, including concurrency, memory usage, and latency.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, conduct pull request reviews, and establish engineering standards.
- Own critical services end to end from system design and development through CI/CD deployment and production monitoring.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical architecture in partnership with engineering management and product stakeholders.
- Identify bottlenecks, optimize infrastructure usage, and lead complex incident resolutions.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience focused on distributed backend systems.
- Advanced expertise in Go or Java, including concurrency, memory management, and performance profiling.
- Proven experience architecting and scaling high-throughput, low-latency applications.
- Hands-on experience with GCP or AWS and Kubernetes and Docker at scale.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Terraform, Grafana, and ELK.
- Practical experience using and advocating for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex for agentic-assisted development.
- Ad-tech, fintech, high-frequency trading, or other tens-of-thousands-of-requests-per-second experience is a bonus.
Benefits
- Health, life, and income protection insurance coverage.
- TaxSaver commuter tickets.
- 23 paid vacation days, 3 wellness days, and public holidays.
- Workplace mental health support.
- Annual training budget and internal webinars.
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About Verve
Verve is an events and experiential marketing agency that designs and produces live, hybrid, and digital brand experiences, sponsorship activations, and promotional campaigns for consumer and enterprise brands. It operates an agency-services model spanning event management, creative design, and social/digital content. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Dublin, it is part of The Opus Group with additional presence in London, Amsterdam, and Singapore.