Senior Software Engineer — Real-Time Ad Serving
Zeta Global · Prague, Czech Republic
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Zeta Global's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 54% of Zeta Global's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zeta Global
- high 119 stale, 0 reposted of 143 open
- Hiring momentum
- 174 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
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About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the LiveIntent Real-Time Ad Serving team, you will design and develop business logic for programmatic advertising, focusing on ad selection, targeting, and delivery optimization. You will primarily work in Lua, collaborating with Product teams to enhance features that impact customer outcomes, while ensuring code quality and participating in architecture discussions. This role involves hands-on engineering with a focus on high-performance services processing large volumes of requests.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 5+ years of software engineering experience in backend development
- Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, performance optimization
- Experience building and operating distributed systems in production
- Exposure to the full software development lifecycle — from design to production and monitoring
- Strong commitment to code quality, automated testing, and documentation
- Proficient English (the interview process will be held in English)
Nice to have
- Proficiency in a systems-level language (C++, Go, Rust, or Java) is a plus
- Experience with MongoDB and real-time data processing is a plus
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) at scale is a plus
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows is a plus
- Experience with OpenRTB protocol and ad exchange integrations is a plus
What you get
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
Worth weighing
- Role involves working with Lua, which may require a learning curve for those unfamiliar with it
- High-performance environment with strict latency requirements may be challenging
- On-call rotation for production support may impact work-life balance
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Listed by Zeta Global on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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