Software Engineer IV (Python)

Company at a Glance

OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens.

At OpenX, we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale ad marketplaces, and we are constantly on the lookout for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.

We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong platform and cloud expertise to design and implement scalable integrations that enhance the performance of our platform. You’ll join a talented team to build and optimize real-time services, collaborating closely with partner engineering and product teams to deliver secure and robust solutions.

• Design high-performance, distributed, low-latency systems
• Architect, create and deliver new features and functionality
• Work with Product to drive the requirements, and own the project end-to-end
• Work with Engineering and Product teams distributed across multiple locations
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of servers and processes
• Think long-term and be unsatisfied with band-aids
• Identify unnecessary complexity and remove it, analyze existing solutions

Open-minded - happy to give & receive feedback, not afraid to fail, and move on

Proactive - always want to find a satisfying solution

Self-organized and self-motivated

We want to talk to you.

We are operating at a scale:

100% Cloud-based (GCP) platform

Over 370 billion Ad requests every day

Over 120 000 CPU daily

Over 140 TB RAM daily

Over 50 PB of data per week

Over 1200 production deployments a month

The Team focused primarily on building audiences and segments capabilities for our platform. Our core work revolves around how audience segments are discovered, enriched, filtered, evaluated, and activated, so users can find and use the right audiences more effectively across different markets.

To support this, we work on AI-powered segment discovery, international audience targeting, contextual intelligence, and data marketplace features that help users discover, evaluate, and activate the right audiences at scale.

Our work also includes the underlying graph and data-processing foundations from household graph research to scalable 1P segment pipelines, combining product, backend, and data engineering to build ad tech solutions for a 'cookieless' future.

Desired Characteristics:

OpenX VALUES

Our five company values form a solid bedrock serving to define us as a group and guide the company. Our values remind us that how we do things often matters as much as what we do.

WE ARE ONE

We are one team. There are no exceptions. We are a group of strong and diverse individuals unified by a shared mission. We embrace challenges and win together as a team. We respect and care about our colleagues and cultivate an inclusive culture

WE ARE CUSTOMER CENTRIC

We innovate on behalf of our customers. We understand, respect, and listen carefully to our customers. We build great products to solve our customers’ problems. We manage our customers’ expectations clearly and honestly. We are a trusted partner to all of our customers - we act with integrity at all times. We care.

OPENX IS OURS

We are all owners of OpenX

We all have a voice to improve OpenX

We stake our personal and professional reputations on the excellence of our work

We are not interested in just «doing our jobs»; we take ownership to drive results

WE ARE AN OPEN BOOK

We understand and respect what each of us does. We are eager to teach and share what we know with others, both internally and externally. We are eager to learn from others and we ask questions internally and externally.

WE EVOLVE FAST

We take responsible risks and own and learn from our mistakes. We recognize and repeat success. We actively seek out and provide constructive feedback. We adapt quickly and embrace change. We tackle growth and learning with real urgency. We are endlessly curious.

OpenX TRAITS

Our three traits capture what makes a great team member at OpenX.

HUMBLE

Ideal team players are humble and demonstrate integrity. They put the team's success above their own, share credit generously, and value collective achievements. They are self-assured, open to coaching, and committed to continuous learning.

DRIVEN

Ideal team players are results-driven and motivated. They are curious, always seeking more to do, learn, and take on. As proactive problem-solvers, they take initiative without needing external motivation. They continuously think about the next steps and opportunities for improvement.

SMART

Ideal team players are smart and possess the intellectual acumen to understand the complexities of our organization and industry. They are interpersonally intelligent, good communicators, and exemplify sound judgment in their interactions across the company to foster a collaborative environment.

OpenX is committed to equal employment opportunities.

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