Founding Adtech Platform Engineer — Equity-Based
Core
Building a zero-to-one AI-powered B2B vendor discovery platform and adtech infrastructure to organize the professional-services market.
Role type
Founding Platform Engineer (Adtech)
Builds
Production software for backend systems, event pipelines, APIs, and product workflows including marketplaces and advertiser tools.
Domain
Adtech, programmatic advertising, B2B vendor discovery
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend systems, event pipelines, Kafka, streaming systems, APIs, data platforms, audience targeting, identity, measurement, attribution, clean rooms, first-party data, privacy-safe activation, zero-to-one product building
Preferred skills
Adtech domain expertise, high-scale backend systems, product instinct, comfort with ambiguity
Technologies
Kafka, streaming systems, APIs
Responsibilities
Building backend services and APIs, creating product workflows, making technical tradeoffs in a startup environment, shipping practical zero-to-one products
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC
