Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Formats
Core
Building high-scale, low-latency systems to serve and render premium ad formats (video, brand creative) across every surface and device for Faire's wholesale platform.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Ads Formats)
Builds
Unified serving layer, automated ad format serving/optimization systems, and framework-level solutions for new creative formats.
Domain
Digital Advertising / E-commerce / High-scale Backend Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
System design, high-performance backend development, cross-team technical leadership, AI-native development, product building, cross-functional collaboration, mentorship
Preferred skills
Cross-platform development, creative serving infrastructure, machine learning in advertising
Technologies
Kotlin, Java 16, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey, Elasticsearch, FAISS, Redis, DynamoDB, Protocol Buffers, HTTP, JSON, AWS, Kubernetes, Buildkite, Datadog
Responsibilities
Define end-to-end architecture for next-generation ad formats; Design highly automated systems for ad format serving and A/B testing; Build framework-level solutions to accelerate new format shipping; Conceptualize and prototype new ad format ideas; Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to deliver cohesive solutions; Advocate for best practices in scalability and operational excellence; Guide and upskill other engineers.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
