Software Architect (AdTech)
Sigma Software1 day ago
Kyiv, UkraineSenior
Responsibilities
- Define and drive architecture for scalable AdTech solutions and distributed cloud platforms.
- Own architectural decisions, technical direction, standards, governance principles, and engineering best practices.
- Lead technical discovery, architecture assessments, solution design, estimations, and proofs of concept.
- Translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and future-proof technical solutions.
- Guide engineering teams on architecture implementation, scalability, performance optimization, and distributed systems design.
- Drive customer-facing pre-sales activities, including presentations, architecture workshops, solution proposals, and technical consulting.
- Support new business opportunities and identify technology consulting opportunities within existing customer engagements.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative, including AI-driven, approaches.
- Mentor engineers and support technical knowledge sharing across teams.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of commercial software development experience and at least 3 years in architecture or technical leadership roles.
- Strong hands-on expertise in at least two of Golang, Rust, Node.js, and C++.
- Experience designing high-load, low-latency distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong understanding of microservices, messaging systems, caching, and API design principles.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and production environments on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience with REST APIs, gRPC, WebSockets, and event-streaming technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub.
- Experience in customer-facing technical consulting and pre-sales activities.
- Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder management, ownership, mentoring, and collaboration skills.
- At least Upper-Intermediate English proficiency.
- AdTech experience and knowledge of programmatic advertising ecosystems, including SSPs, DSPs, AdServers, Header Bidding, OpenRTB, Prebid, and VAST, would be a plus.
- Understanding of real-time bidding systems, auction mechanics, mobile advertising on iOS and Android, advertising analytics, fraud detection, consent management, real-time data processing, GDPR, CCPA, and privacy-first architectures would be a plus.
- Experience designing SDKs, APIs, libraries, or integration frameworks would be a plus.
Benefits
- Remote or hybrid cooperation format depending on location.
- Opportunity to work with international customers and influence the technical direction of complex AdTech platforms.
- Participation in a professional community of more than 300 AdTech experts and access to deep programmatic advertising, distributed systems, and cloud-native expertise.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendSolutions Engineering
About Sigma Software
Sigma Software is a London-headquartered, privately held IT consultancy that designs and builds custom software for startups and enterprises. The company provides end-to-end services—engineering, web and mobile development, .NET/Java platforms, AR/VR, and UI/UX—delivered via outsourcing, managed teams, and consulting. Founded in 2002, it supports long-term product development and modernization projects across multiple industries for global clients.