Architect

5V Video; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company is seeking an Ad Tech Architect for a multi-year project in Madrid. The role involves designing and evolving the TV advertising architecture across linear and on-demand platforms. Candidates should possess architecture experience in AdTech, hands-on knowledge of TV advertising, and familiarity with ad signalling standards like SCTE-35 and VAST/VMAP. The position offers a hybrid working environment, focusing on integration and performance within the ad tech ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Architecture experience in OTT/TV/AdTech platforms.
• Hands-on experience in linear and/or VoD TV advertising.
• Familiar with SCTE‑35 and VAST/VMAP standards.
• Proven ability to integrate ad servers with various systems.
• Understanding of video delivery SSAI/CSAI patterns.
• Experience delivering large-scale initiatives across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the end-to-end TV advertising architecture.
• Collaborate with teams to implement new ad formats.
• Ensure integration between ad servers and video platforms.
• Maintain performance and measurement capabilities across systems.

Skills

Architecture experience across OTT / TV / AdTech platforms

Hands-on experience in TV advertising (linear and/or VoD)

Knowledge of ad signalling and decisioning standards

Experience integrating ad servers with players, CDNs, and backend services

Understanding of SSAI / CSAI patterns in video delivery environments

Experience working across product, engineering, data, and vendor teams

Job description

Duration: 12 months+ (multi-year project)

We’re looking for an Ad Tech Architect to help design and evolve the end-to-end TV advertising architecture across both linear and on-demand platforms.

This is a hybrid architecture and delivery role, sitting at the intersection of AdTech, video delivery, and platform architecture, working closely with product, engineering, data, and operations teams to support new advertising formats and monetisation models.

The position focuses on shaping the architecture for ad insertion and replacement across TV services, ensuring reliable integration between ad servers, video platforms, and data systems while maintaining strong performance, scalability, and measurement capabilities.

What you’ll do

• Design and evolve the end-to-end TV advertising architecture for linear and on-demand platforms
• Work closely with product, engineering, data, and operations teams to implement new ad formats and monetisation models
• Ensure reliable integration between ad servers, video platforms, and data systems
• Maintain strong performance, scalability, and measurement capabilities across the TV advertising stack

What we’re looking for

• Architecture experience across OTT / TV / AdTech platforms
• Hands-on experience in TV advertising (linear and/or VoD)
• Knowledge of ad signalling and decisioning standards such as SCTE‑35 and VAST / VMAP
• Experience integrating ad servers with players, CDNs, and backend services
• Understanding of SSAI / CSAI patterns in video delivery environments
• Experience working across product, engineering, data, and vendor teams to deliver large-scale initiatives

If this sounds like you, please do get in touch!