OpenX

Engineering Manager (Fixed-Term contract)

OpenX • PL
Python Hybrid
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 own a scalable, high-performance ad-serving platform that handles billions of transactions per day. You will be part of one of the New Formats teams that creates features and products across our stack. The team focuses on building the world’s top cloud ad tech solutions at scale. This role will present many interesting technical challenges to solve in the areas of distributed computing, high-performance computing, and high availability.
On a day-to-day basis, you’ll partner with the Product Manager to scope the features out and deliver solutions to our customers’ problems. Since the Team works in multiple technology stacks, we’re looking for a person that can think in terms of products, while technology is a tool that solves customer’s problems.

What we offer:

  • Employment contract (29 750 - 33 250 PLN gross/monthly)
  • Fixed-Term circa 1 year 8 months
  • 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:

  • Lead engineering team to deliver high-quality end-to-end products and features.
  • Mentor, coach, and lead engineers. Help your peers define career goals and determine a plan to achieve those goals.
  • Expand the Team by hiring the best talent with complementary skills.
  • On-board new team members.
  • Collaborate closely with the Product Manager, UX Team, and stakeholders to set the product direction and execute the plan
  • Build relationships with buy-side stakeholders, participate in partner meetings
  • Communicate clearly and regularly on progress and goals.
  • Work on engineering the OpenX business platform for scale, performance, and rock-solid reliability.
  • Own the development lifecycle and manage technical risks throughout the project.
  • Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve quality and performance.
  • Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of engineering experience
  • 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
  • Excellent communication, teamwork, leadership, and documentation skills.
  • Good level of knowledge and experience with one of programming languages: JS/TS, Python, Java.
  • Experience leading development teams in a fully Agile development environment.
  • Ability to effectively dive into new technologies.
  • Experience with database system design, RDBMS, or NoSQL.
  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform, k8s, and Docker.
  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Communicative Polish and English languages.
  • Good to have: AdTech experience. 
  • Our benefits:

  • 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)