Senior/Lead Software Engineer — Real-Time Ad Serving (LiveIntent)
Zeta Globalabout 4 hours ago
Berlin, GermanySenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize business logic in Lua for ad selection and targeting.
- Design, build, and maintain real-time services processing 200K+ requests per second.
- Collaborate with Product teams to deliver features that meet customer needs.
- Ensure code quality through code reviews and automated testing.
- Participate in architecture discussions and influence the technical roadmap.
- Support production systems through on-call rotation.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience in backend development.
- Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals including data structures and algorithms.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems in production.
- Exposure to the full software development lifecycle from design to monitoring.
- Strong commitment to code quality, automated testing, and documentation.
- Proficient in English.
- Experience with Lua or willingness to learn.
- Experience in online advertising or ad tech is a plus.
- Proficiency in a systems-level language like C++, Go, Rust, or Java is a plus.
- Experience with MongoDB and real-time data processing is a plus.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) at scale is a plus.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools is a plus.
- Experience with OpenRTB protocol and ad exchange integrations is a plus.
Benefits
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage.