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Senior Software Engineer

Taboola · Budapest, Hungary

Posted 29 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
29 days
Taboola's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Taboola's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Taboola
high
49 stale, 7 reposted of 86 open
Hiring momentum
133 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Taboola's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Taboola.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Dynamic Creative Optimization team, you will design and develop scalable backend services that handle high volumes of real-time requests for Taboola's advertising systems. Your role involves tackling complex engineering challenges, optimizing infrastructure, and collaborating with other engineers to enhance decision-making and marketplace performance. You will also be responsible for monitoring system health and ensuring efficient resource usage.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Taboola as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of backend software engineering experience developing production systems using Java or another object-oriented programming language (preferably Java 8+)
  • Experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems and high-performance backend services
  • Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases in production environments
  • Solid understanding of web architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and scalable system design
  • Experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, or other large-scale data technologies
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science or an equivalent technical degree

Nice to have

  • Solid programming skills in Python
  • Experience designing and operating telemetry, metrics collection, and alerting stacks at scale (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/logging)
  • Practical background in optimizing infrastructure costs and resource efficiency across cloud and on-prem
  • Knowledge of machine learning, algorithms, data mining, or real-time bidding systems
  • Experience with Spark or HDFS

What you get

  • Comprehensive benefits (health, etc.)
  • Fully stocked kitchen
  • Location-specific perks (gym partnerships, parking)
  • Hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office and option to come in more often

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Position involves working with large-scale data technologies, which may require ongoing learning and adaptation
  • The role has a significant impact on products that reach hundreds of millions of users, indicating high visibility and responsibility

Summarised from Taboola's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Taboola on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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