Senior Software Engineer, Meta

Smartly.io; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare packages

Mental health services

Equity options

Flexible hybrid workplace

Job summary

Smartly.io in Helsinki is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain crucial backend services and integrate with the Meta Marketing API. You will improve the performance and scalability of systems processing high volumes of advertising operations while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

As a part of an inclusive culture at Smartly, you will have opportunities for career advancement and work in a flexible hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building production software as a backend or full-stack engineer.
• Professional experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience designing and scaling production services.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid setup, including three days per week in the Helsinki office.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services for Smartly's Meta Workspaces.
• Build integrations with the Meta Marketing API.
• Develop systems to handle high-volume advertising operations.
• Collaborate with various teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Explore AI-enabled tools to improve engineering workflows.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Relational Databases

APIs

Cloud Infrastructure

Distributed Systems

Engineering Workflows

Job description

Overview

Meta Workspaces is a core product area at Smartly, helping advertisers manage, automate, and scale campaigns on Meta through Smartly. The team builds customer-facing experiences, automation capabilities, and integrations with the Meta Marketing API, enabling customers to access platform capabilities efficiently and operate at scale.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help design and evolve systems that power high-volume advertising workflows used by customers around the world. You will work across the full stack, own significant technical initiatives, and help shape the architecture of reliable, high-performance systems. You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver features that directly impact how customers manage and automate their advertising operations.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and full-stack product capabilities at the core of Smartly’s Meta Workspaces.
• Build and maintain integrations with the Meta Marketing API, enabling customers to access new platform capabilities and manage advertising workflows through Smartly.
• Develop and operate systems that process high volumes of advertising operations and data while maintaining strong reliability, performance, and scalability characteristics.
• Own high-impact features from product discovery and API design through implementation, testing, rollout, and iteration.
• Collaborate with product, design, infrastructure, data, and engineering teams to turn business needs into reliable technical solutions.
• Improve the scalability, reliability, performance, and observability of services operating under real production load.
• Design robust APIs, service boundaries, and integrations that support complex automation and workflow-driven products.
• Explore practical ways to use AI-enabled tools to improve engineering workflows, developer productivity, and the quality of team delivery.
• Mentor other engineers and help raise the bar for testing, monitoring, code quality, and operational excellence.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong experience building and shipping production software as a backend or full-stack engineer.
• Professional experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Practical experience with relational databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, operating, and scaling production services with demanding reliability, performance, and availability requirements.
• Ability to make thoughtful technical decisions in ambiguous situations and balance quality, speed, and long-term maintainability.
• Experience collaborating across functions and contributing to technical discussions that shape product and engineering outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Curiosity about emerging AI capabilities and willingness to explore opportunities to improve products, workflows, and developer productivity through AI.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid setup, including three days per week in our Helsinki office.

What We Offer You

At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:

An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.

Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.

Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.

Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.

Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.

Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!

Interested in building your career at Smartly? Visit our Careers page to see how we grow, collaborate, and make impact together.

About Smartly

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.

Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best. Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.