TiVo

Staff Engineer - Ad Tech

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16 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end architecture of the Golang ad proxy, including OpenRTB bid request construction, DSP/SSP fan-out, VAST/VMAP response handling, and SSAI integration points.
  • Design systems that meet sub-200ms auction SLAs at production scale and create architecture documents covering component boundaries, failure modes, data contracts, and scalability limits.
  • Evaluate architectural alternatives, present trade-offs, and drive consensus with senior architects, engineering, and product stakeholders.
  • Define connection pool strategies, goroutine lifecycle management, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation with site reliability teams.
  • Lead OpenRTB 2.x/3.0 specification compliance, including bid-request signal quality, impression construction, privacy-signal propagation, and supply-chain transparency.
  • Improve fill rate and bid win rate by diagnosing signal gaps, floor-price configuration issues, creative-attribute mismatches, and partner-specific bid logic.
  • Own the signal-quality audit framework and drive remediation of degraded device, user, content, and regulatory signals.
  • Establish VAST/VMAP error-rate baselines and lead investigations into creative failures, timeout spikes, and impression discrepancies with AdOps.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 8 years of software development experience using Golang.
  • Prior experience developing performant OpenRTB workflows.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCS.
  • Strong advertising-technology background, including ad serving and advertising and privacy signals.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, communication skills, and ability to collaborate effectively.
  • Knowledge of additional programming languages or frameworks such as Java, JavaScript, or Python.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, equity, bonuses, and comprehensive benefits.
  • Flexible time off, holidays, sick time, health and wellness initiatives, and a charitable match program.
  • Location-dependent perks including employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, and fitness facilities.
  • Flexible hybrid work environment combining in-office collaboration with work-from-home benefits.

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