Staff Engineer – Ad Monetization
Core
Designing and owning the architecture of the ad monetization platform for Glance, a hyper-personalized shopping agent serving 100M+ users across India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Brazil, and the US.
Role type
Staff Engineer (Individual Contributor, Tech-Lead)
Builds
A demand-source-agnostic ad serving layer, ad slots within the Glance content feed, and revenue reconciliation systems.
Domain
Digital Advertising, Ad Monetization, Mobile Commerce
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Java, Spring Boot, Distributed Systems, Low-latency system design, Python, Cloud (GCP/AWS), Kubernetes, Event Pipelines (Kafka/Spark/Flink), ADRs, API Contracts, Automated Testing/Canaries, Revenue Integrity
Preferred skills
Ad Tech (SSP, Prebid, OpenRTB, VAST, MRAID), Mobile SDKs, Privacy Signals (TCF, GPP), Consent Frameworks (GDPR, DPDP)
Responsibilities
Design a demand-source-agnostic serving layer; Build ad slots into Glance's content feed with balanced ad load; Run design reviews and own API contracts between services; Ensure integrity gates for creative safety and invalid traffic; Mentor senior engineers into area leads.
Seniority
Staff, Architecture & Strategy
