About the role
Job Description
* Take end-to-end ownership of the Vast Gateway service * Maintain, develop, and extend platform functionality * Design and implement scalable Back-end solutions for high-load environments * Support onboarding of new clients, including integrations, monitoring setup, troubleshooting, and optimization * Build custom features and integrations based on Customer requirements * Monitor system performance and proactively identify optimization opportunities * Ensure service reliability, availability, and low-latency performance * Participate in release planning, deployments, and production support activities * Improve observability through monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling * Collaborate with Product and engineering stakeholders to evolve platform architecture
Qualifications
* 5+ years of commercial Back-end development experience * Strong expertise in server-side JavaScript or other Back-end technologies * Commercial experience in AdTech environments * Proven experience supporting production systems in high-load environments * Strong understanding of debugging, monitoring, hotfixing, and zero-downtime deployments * Solid knowledge of HTTP protocols, web fundamentals, HTML, and tracking pixels * Experience building scalable and highly available distributed systems * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Ability to independently own services and drive technical improvements * Upper-Intermediate English level or higher * Strong communication and collaboration skills in distributed teams
WILL BE A PLUS
* Experience with VAST protocol * Hands-on experience with Cloudflare Workers * Experience with VPAID creatives * Background in video advertising technologies * Experience with high-load distributed systems * Performance optimization expertise * Experience with edge-computing architectures
Additional Information
PERSONAL PROFILE
* Analytical and data-driven mindset * Strong ownership mentality * Proactive approach to identifying issues and improvement opportunities * Comfortable working autonomously in a high-responsibility role * Detail-oriented with a focus on reliability and quality * Strong troubleshooting and decision-making skills