Lead Backend Engineer

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

iion is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to spearhead backend development, architecture management, and scalability for its next-generation DSP/SSP Ad Exchange platform. The role involves taking complete ownership of the platform backend, ensuring robust performance, and delivering seamless integrations with external systems and APIs. This is a great opportunity to lead the technical vision of a pioneering Ad Exchange platform, collaborate with a highly talented and innovative team, and offers excellent opportunities for career progression. Responsibilities include leading backend engineering efforts, designing, developing, and optimizing backend services for scalability and reliability, managing API design, driving performance optimization of real-time bidding processes, and developing technical documentation.
Must have:
  • 7+ years of backend engineering experience
  • 2+ years leading backend teams
  • High traffic volume system experience
  • Successful third-party API integrations
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Java proficiency
  • MongoDB, ClickHouse, Aerospike experience
  • AWS infrastructure expertise
  • Docker and Kubernetes experience
  • OpenRTB protocol understanding
  • ETL pipeline experience
  • Microservices architecture experience
Good to have:
  • AdTech platform experience (DSP, SSP, Ad Exchange)
  • Node.js familiarity
  • CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
  • Data logging and analytics experience
  • Mentorship and technical leadership track record

Job Details

About iion
iion is the leading global game advertising platform, reaching brands’ ideal customers across all gaming environments. We are ambitious trailblazers, aiming to be an indispensable element in brands' media strategy. We are a growing team of 60+ people, working primarily remote, headquartered in Australia and consisting of teams working across APAC and Europe.

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced ‘Lead Backend Engineer’ to spearhead backend development, architecture management, and scalability of our next-generation DSP/SSP Ad Exchange platform. The role involves taking complete ownership of the platform backend, ensuring robust performance, and delivering seamless integrations with external systems and APIs.

Great opportunity to lead the technical vision of a pioneering Ad Exchange platform while collaborating with a highly talented and innovative team. Excellent opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibilities:
  • Lead the backend engineering efforts for iion's DSP/SSP Ad Exchange platform
  • Design, develop, maintain, and optimize backend services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend developers, and DevOps to implement new features and integrations
  • Manage API design and maintain integrations with third-party platforms (external DSP/SSP, Audience providers, etc.)
  • Drive the performance optimization of real-time bidding (RTB) processes and handle high-throughput data pipelines
  • Develop comprehensive technical documentation and foster knowledge-sharing within the engineering team
  • Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure

Role Requirements:
  • 7+ years of professional experience in backend engineering, ideally within AdTech platforms (DSP, SSP, Ad Exchange)
  • 2+ years of experience leading backend teams, with a track record of mentorship and successful technical leadership
  • Demonstrated capability in handling systems designed for high traffic volumes, low latency, and horizontal scalability
  • Proven track record of successful third-party API integrations and collaboration with external partners
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical issues
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of clear articulation of technical concepts
  • Proactive attitude, strategic mindset, and ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic environment
  • Ambitious with strong values of collaboration, agility, and willingness to challenge the status quo

Core Competencies and Skills:
  • Proficiency in Java with extensive experience in building high-performance backend services
  • Familiarity with Node.js for complementary backend logic development
  • Deep understanding of databases such as MongoDB (document-oriented), ClickHouse (analytics), and Aerospike (key-value store)
  • Expertise in AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, and related services
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, ideally using tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins
  • Strong understanding of the OpenRTB protocol and real-time bidding processes
  • Solid experience with ETL pipelines, data logging (structured formats such as Parquet), and analytics/reporting
  • Proven experience with microservices architecture and modular system design

*This is a remote job opportunity and you can be based anywhere in India.

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