Koddi

Senior Software Engineer - SSP

Koddi$100K — $140K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 8 years of experience with complex, high-scale systems
  • Strong programming fundamentals and software design principles
  • Proficiency in object-oriented or strongly typed languages, preferably Go, Python, or C
  • Experience with event-driven architectures like Apache Kafka
  • Experience designing backend services and data pipelines for reliability and scalability
  • Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis)
  • Hands-on experience deploying and monitoring production systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure)
  • Ability to mentor engineers and contribute to technical quality

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and optimize large-scale backend systems for ad serving and reporting
  • Collaborate with product, data science, and client delivery teams to implement solutions
  • Own projects from design through deployment and iteration
  • Drive improvements in reliability, scalability, and developer experience
  • Experiment with new ideas in ad performance and optimization algorithms
  • Mentor other engineers and foster a culture of excellence
  • Use data to evaluate impact and identify growth opportunities
  • Influence architecture and best practices across the Ads organization

Benefits

  • Access to a learning platform with certification courses (Koddi Academy)
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced environment
  • Collaborative culture that values team input and discussion
  • Chance to lead impactful projects that shape advertising technology
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Koddi's Ads team is building the next generation of performance advertising technology that powers some of the world's largest brands in travel, retail, and e-commerce. We connect advertisers with consumers through precision targeting, automated optimization, and intelligent decisioning at massive scale.

The Ads Engineering- Delivery team builds scalable systems that power real-time decisioning and optimization for global marketplaces. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Ads Delivery team, you will play a key role in designing and delivering high-performance systems that manage billions of ad impressions, bids, and conversions daily. You will lead projects that shape how advertisers reach millions of consumers across major platforms. You will own critical services end to end, collaborate closely with product and data teams, and help evolve the platform that enables Koddi to drive measurable growth for our partners.

This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on solving complex problems, enjoys working in fast-moving environments, is a team player, very collaborative and takes pride in building robust, scalable systems that deliver real business impact.

What You'll Do
  • Build robust, scalable integrations with third-party platforms and own those integrations end to end, from technical design and implementation through validation, production rollout, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Be comfortable leading customer-facing technical discussions, gathering requirements, troubleshooting integration issues, and coordinating across internal teams and external partners to ensure successful delivery.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Sales, and Customers, to identify and implement high-impact solutions. You will use data and metrics to evaluate impact, guide decisions, and uncover opportunities to improve growth, efficiency, reliability, and visibility.
  • Help drive innovation across ad performance, auction dynamics, and optimization algorithms, while mentoring other engineers and contributing to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Mentor and support other developers by helping them grow their technical skills, expand their ownership, and advance their careers through coaching, feedback, and day-to-day guidance.

What You'll Bring
  • Strong backend engineering experience in Go, preferred, or similar strongly typed languages, with expertise building REST and gRPC APIs.
  • Minimum of 8 years of professional experience developing, operating, and maintaining complex, high-scale, or high-availability systems.
  • Strong programming fundamentals and a deep understanding of software design principles, distributed systems, concurrency, and performance optimization. Experience designing and building backend services, APIs, and data pipelines with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers, support their career growth, and create an environment where developers can expand their technical skills and consistently raise the quality bar for the team.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence, align, and partner effectively across teams.


Nice to Have
  • Experience working with real-time bidding, ad serving, or performance marketing platforms, with an understanding of auction workflows, campaign delivery, optimization, and measurement.
  • Experience leading an engineering team, including setting technical direction, coordinating execution, mentoring developers, and ensuring high-quality delivery.
  • Knowledge in one or more of these clouds - AWS, Azure, or GCP

About Koddi

Koddi is a travel and hospitality technology company based in Dallas, Texas. The company provides a SaaS platform that enables travel brands to optimize their advertising campaigns and drive revenue growth. Koddi's platform uses data analytics and machine learning to provide insights into consumer behavior, market trends, and advertising performance. The company was founded in 2013 by Nicholas Ward and was acquired by Criteo in 2021.
Learn more about Koddi
Size
200 employees
Industry
Net Income
-$5 million
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+150%
Revenue
$50 million

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