Senior Data Engineer - Core Data Platform Team

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">About Teads</strong></p> <p><br>Teads is the omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet, driving full-funnel results for marketers across premium media. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, the combined company ensures value is driven with every media dollar by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. One of the most scaled advertising platforms on the open internet, Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, with a global team of nearly 1,800 people in 30+ countries.</p> <p>For more information, visit <a class="c-link c-link--underline" href="http://www.teads.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://www.teads.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">www.teads.com</a>.</p></div><div> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our main Engineering challenges at Teads</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build&nbsp;<strong>efficient and easy-to-use web products</strong>&nbsp;used by thousands of users working for the world’s most premium publishers, advertisers, and agencies.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Rich and diverse tech stack and system architecture</strong>&nbsp;to optimize for&nbsp;<strong>performance, scalability, resiliency</strong>, and cost efficiency. We use mostly Scala and TypeScript, among others.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Working in a very&nbsp;<strong>high-traffic</strong>&nbsp;environment (2.2 billion users per month, 100 billion events per day) with low latency and high availability constraints (2 million requests per second, responses in less than 150 milliseconds).</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Management of&nbsp;<strong>large datasets</strong>&nbsp;with milliseconds order of magnitude access time, to compute in a near real-time complex auction resolution algorithm (18 million predictions per second).</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A fast-changing environment where we continuously&nbsp;<strong>collaborate with Product teams</strong>&nbsp;and constantly adapt our Cloud infrastructure for&nbsp;<strong>new features and Products</strong>.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bring a wide diversity of profiles to the same level of quality and knowledge</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work in an international environment with offices located in Israel, Slovenia and France.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Our Core Data Platform team</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We're a leading force in the ad tech industry, revolutionizing how brands connect with their audiences. Our platform processes billions of ad impressions daily, generating massive datasets that drive our core business. We thrive on innovation and seek a <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Data Engineer</strong> to help us build and scale the data infrastructure that powers our insights and analytics. This is a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and make a direct impact on our products.</span></p> </div> <h2 id="EMGoffer-Whatwillyoudo?"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What will you do?</span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll be a key part of our data platform team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable data pipelines. You'll work closely with data scientists, analysts, and server side engineers to ensure our data is reliable, accessible, and ready for analysis. Your expertise will be crucial in expanding our <strong>data warehouse</strong> and <strong>data lake</strong> capabilities, enabling us to deliver next-generation ad tech solutions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your mission will be to:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Develop and Optimize Data Pipelines:</strong> Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using <strong>Apache Spark</strong> to ingest, process, and transform large-scale datasets from various sources.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Manage Cloud Infrastructure:</strong> Architect and manage our data infrastructure primarily on <strong>Google Cloud Platform (GCP)</strong> or <strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong>. This includes services like BigQuery, S3, GCS, EMR, and AirFlow.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Enhance Data Storage:</strong> Improve and manage our <strong>data warehouse</strong> and <strong>data lake</strong> solutions, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accessibility for business intelligence and machine learning applications.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Collaborate and Innovate:</strong> Partner with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and implement solutions that support new product features and business initiatives.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Ensure Data Integrity:</strong> Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to maintain data pipeline health and ensure data accuracy.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="EMGoffer-Whatyoubringtotheteam"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What will you bring to the team?</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7+ years of professional experience in a data engineering or similar role.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Good programming abilities. Testing your code is second nature to you. You are mindful of your application’s architecture, performance, maintainability, and overall quality.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Technical skills</span> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong proficiency in SQL / Java or Scala / Python.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Extensive experience with distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark / Flink / Hive / Trino.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proven experience working with cloud-based data services on GCP or AWS (e.g.BigQuery, S3, GCS, EMR, DataProc).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with real-time data streaming technologies like Kafka or Flink.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Deep understanding of data warehouse and data lake concepts and best practices</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Solid understanding of IaC using Terraform</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within a team. You are an active listener and a dialogue facilitator, you know how to explain your decision and like sharing your knowledge.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Multiple shipped projects in Software Engineering.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Production knowledge and practices (Release, Observability, Troubleshooting, …), thanks to multiple shipped projects / applications. Strong problem-solving skills.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nice to Have</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with containerization (Docker/OrbStack, Kubernetes).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of the ad tech ecosystem (e.g., DSPs, SSPs, Ad Exchanges).</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We care about you</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Security &amp; Savings</strong>: Attractive package providing financial peace of mind, including competitive compensation, profit-sharing, daily meal vouchers (Swile), family health insurance (Alan), and a personalized relocation package (if needed).</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Career Development</strong>: Continuous investment in our employees’ skills: in-house and external training, tech conference opportunities, internal mobility (individual contributor or management career ladder).</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Life Balance</strong>: A well-balanced work-life for our employees is one of our top priorities: 35+ days off per year, hybrid work (2 days remote work per week), fully covered parental leave, and reserved daycare places.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Wellness</strong>: Prioritizing employee well-being through premium work equipment, enjoyable work environment (work-life balance, team building events, summits), remote work subsidy, promoting Diversity &amp; Inclusion with internal &amp; external initiatives (women speaking groups, dedicated school partnerships), dedicated charitable time and sustainability actions (Eco Tree, subsidy for eco-mobility).</span></p> </li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What are our recruitment process steps?</span></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/0*LvUbeTN13crFO1Bw" alt="" width="695"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Please submit your CV in English.</em></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>#LI-Hybrid</strong></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Life at Teads</strong></p> <p>At Teads, we don’t just offer new roles - we blend creativity, technology, and data to shape the future of media. You’ll work with smart humans, meaningful brands, and cool tools, all while helping redefine how advertising works in a world that demands more transparency, better insights, and smarter strategies.</p> <p>As a Teadster, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our future success in the region. Here’s why Teads stands out:</p> <ul> <li>We've merged two open internet category leaders—Outbrain and Teads—to create the ‘new’ Teads, a unified omnichannel platform that drives results from branding to performance across all screens, including CTV, mobile, and web.</li> <li>As part of our team, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that fosters innovation, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.</li> <li>Teads is committed to your success, offering the support, tools, and development opportunities you need to excel in your role.</li> </ul> <p>Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.</p> <p>Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.</p> <p>Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups – employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.</p></div>