Senior Software Engineer IV (Python)

Company at a GlanceOpenX 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. If you’re: 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.

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. If you’re: 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.

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.   If you’re: 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. What we offer:

Employment contract (22 595 - 25 254 PLN gross/monthly) OR B2B (181 - 202 PLN net/hourly)

Working with the newest technologies such as Cloud Computing (GCP)

Challenges at work that are difficult to find anywhere else!

Solving important problems in a scale

Joining a company that is growing and scaling

Flexible working hours & remote work option

Key Responsibilities:

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

Required Qualifications:

5+ years experience with building SaaS applications using Python

Experience with databases system design, RDBMs (MySQL, Postgres) or NoSQL

Experience with Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform

Deep knowledge of cloud solutions, enabling the analysis of system architecture while taking potential costs into consideration (or alternatively, strong proficiency in another cloud platform).

Experience with REST/GraphQL

Experience with k8s, and Docker, CI/CD, SQL (BigQuery)

Communicative Polish and English

Desired Characteristics:

Experience with JS/TS and Java is nice to have

Experience with Airflow and Cloud Composer

Creating, maintaining, and modifying DAGs to orchestrate and automate data pipelines

Experience working in digital media, marketing technology, or advertising technology is a big plus.

Our benefits (on employment contract):

Annual performance bonus

Tax-deductible system due to copyright protection: 75%

Private health care for you and your family (covered by OpenX)

Private life and travel insurance

MultiKafeteria program

Training: access to the LinkedIn Learning platform and Tech workshops

Holiday Allowance

Pension scheme (PPK from PZU)

Additional paid day off

Free parking lot

Access to peer-to-peer recognition platform

Monthly work-from-home allowance and one-time payment when you join us to help you set up your home office

We celebrate team members' important personal milestones (vouchers, gifts)

OpenX VALUESOur 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 ONEWe 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 CENTRICWe 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 OURSWe are all owners of OpenXWe all have a voice to improve OpenXWe stake our personal and professional reputations on the excellence of our workWe are not interested in just "doing our jobs"; we take ownership to drive results WE ARE AN OPEN BOOKWe 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 FASTWe 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 TRAITSOur three traits capture what makes a great team member at OpenX. HUMBLEIdeal 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. DRIVENIdeal 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. SMARTIdeal 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. It is a fundamental principle at OpenX not to discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, gender identity/transgender status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, and other protected characteristic as established by law. OpenX Applicant Privacy PolicyApplicants can review our Applicant Privacy Policy at any time by visiting the following link: https://www.openx.com/privacy-center/applicant-privacy-policy/. Effective Date of the Privacy Policy: November 21, 2024

5+ years building SaaS applications with Python; experience with RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres) or NoSQL; AWS or GCP; REST/GraphQL; Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, SQL (BigQuery); communicative Polish and English.

Key Responsibilities

• designing distributed systems
• building scalable integrations
• optimizing real-time services

Skills & Tools

Python, MySQL, Postgres, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, REST, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, SQL, BigQuery, Airflow, Cloud Composer, LinkedIn Learning

Job Details

• Category: Software Development
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
• Salary: PLN 271,140 – 303,048 / year
• Languages: English, Polish

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement plan

About OpenX

A technology company building digital advertising markets and technologies for publishers and advertisers. — Industry: Information Technology