Senior Backend Engineer - Adtech / SSP

Nexxen
Bellevue
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 180,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Code review","Mentorship","Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving"]

Build and run a high-throughput SSP for real-time programmatic advertising, handling hundreds of billions of ad requests daily. Own initiatives end-to-end across design, implementation, rollout, and operations. Apply an AI-first mindset and an SRE approach to observability, incident response, and capacity planning. Integrate with DSP/SSP partners using standards like OpenRTB and VAST while optimizing performance bottlenecks and strengthening test/automation coverage.

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Senior Backend Engineer - Adtech / SSP

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Job Summary

Build and run a high-throughput SSP for real-time programmatic advertising, handling hundreds of billions of ad requests daily. Own initiatives end-to-end across design, implementation, rollout, and operations. Apply an AI-first mindset and an SRE approach to observability, incident response, and capacity planning. Integrate with DSP/SSP partners using standards like OpenRTB and VAST while optimizing performance bottlenecks and strengthening test/automation coverage.
Location: Bellevue
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own complex initiatives end-to-end, including design, implementation, integration, rollout, and operation
  • •Apply an AI-first mindset to software development and data exploration
  • •Integrate with DSPs, SSPs, third-party data providers, and standards such as OpenRTB and VAST
  • •Build high-throughput, low-latency services using caching and in-memory stores, and diagnose performance bottlenecks at scale
  • •Use an SRE approach for observability, incident response, capacity planning, shared on-call rotation, and drive test, monitoring, and automation coverage

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 200,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionDisability Insurance401kEapParental LeavePaid LeavePaid Holidays

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of expert-level JavaScript/Node backend experience at scale
  • •Strong grounding in distributed systems, including scaling, fault tolerance, caching, and load balancing
  • •Hands-on experience with distributed databases (Aerospike, Redis) and streaming pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis)
  • •Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and systems design
  • •Strong SQL/RDBMS, Linux, networking, and Git skills, with a test-first mindset using automated acceptance and load testing
Experience:5+ yearsAdTechProgrammatic advertising
Education:Master's
Skills:Code reviewMentorshipCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solving
Tech Stack:JavaScriptNode.jsRedisKafkaAerospikeKinesisSQLRDBMSLinuxNetworkingGitOpenRTBVAST

Company Brief

Nexxen
Nexxen is a global advertising technology company offering a unified platform for programmatic advertising, data management, and Connected TV solutions, serving advertisers, agencies, publishers and broadcasters worldwide.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2007
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