Senior Software Engineer

Teads; Montpellier; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Teads, a leading omnichannel advertising platform, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our fast-moving, international engineering team in France. You will develop scalable web products using Scala and TypeScript, collaborate with data scientists, and own features end-to-end in a high-velocity environment.

You’ll work with cross-disciplinary teams, focus on performance, scalability, and reliability, and contribute to a privacy-first, AI-assisted future of digital advertising.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills and attention to code quality.
• Experience with large-scale, high-throughput systems.
• Ability to design, test and deploy production-ready features.
• Excellent communication within diverse, global teams.
• Solid problem-solving and analytical mindset.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software engineers and data scientists to research, develop, and deploy experiments and features with high impact on revenue.
• Create, design, develop, test, and monitor code in production autonomously and reliably.
• Work with Engineering Manager and Product Manager to frame projects and ensure execution.
• Understand business needs to provide relevant solutions to clients.
• Facilitate communication inside and outside Teads.
• Stay up-to-date on new technologies and architectures and suggest implementations.

Skills

Programming

Distributed systems

Testing

Communication

Problem solving

Observability

Tools

Scala

TypeScript

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform building the future of digital advertising where quality content, trusted publishers, ambitious brands, and human creativity can thrive. Operating at true scale - processing 18 billion ad opportunities every single day - we connect global brands with a monthly reach of over 2.2 billion unique users.

At Teads, we believe your impact travels further. We are a borderless team of 1,700+ innovators across 30+ countries who favor outcome over tenure, value trusted autonomy, and use predictive AI to amplify human ingenuity rather than replace it. We move at pace, tackle genuinely complex problems, and foster a high-accountability culture that stays genuinely human. If you are looking for room to build and meaningful scope, you belong here. Learn more at www.teads.com .

Our main Engineering challenges at Teads

• Build efficient and easy-to-use web products used by thousands of users working for the world’s most premium publishers, advertisers, and agencies.
• Rich and diverse tech stack and system architecture to optimize for performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency. We use mostly Scala and TypeScript, among others.
• Working in a very high-traffic environment (2.2 billion users per month, 100 billion events per day) with low latency and high availability constraints (2 million requests per second, responses in less than 150 milliseconds).
• Management of large datasets with milliseconds order of magnitude access time, to compute in a near real-time complex auction resolution algorithm (18 million predictions per second).
• A fast-changing environment where we continuously collaborate with Product teams and constantly adapt our Cloud infrastructure for new features and Products.
• Bring a wide diversity of profiles to the same level of quality and knowledge
• Work in an international environment with offices located in Israel, Slovenia and France.

What will you do?

As a Senior Software Engineer, your mission will be to:

• Collaborate with software engineers and data scientists to research, develop, and deploy experiments, features and enhancements with a high impact on our global revenue.
• Create, design, develop, test, and monitor your code in production autonomously and reliably.
• Work with the Engineering Manager, Product Manager and other teams to frame projects and be accountable for their execution.
• Obtain a good understanding of the business to provide relevant solutions to clients.
• Be a work facilitator and help communication inside and outside Teads.
• Stay up-to-date on new technologies and architectures. If they can solve a problem Teads has, propose ways to implement them into our current software engineering process.

What will you bring to the team?

• Good programming abilities. Testing your code is second nature to you. You are mindful of your application’s architecture, performance, maintainability, and overall quality.
• Familiarity with large, high-throughput, distributed systems, and connecting together and processing large amounts of data
• Analytical and experimental mindset in any feature or project you'll ship to production. You like to prove an idea first before you invest large amounts of effort into development.
• Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within a diverse global team. You are an active listener and a dialogue facilitator, you know how to explain your decision and like sharing your knowledge.
• Multiple shipped projects in Software Engineering.
• Production knowledge and practices (Release, Observability, Troubleshooting…), thanks to multiple shipped projects / applications. Strong problem-solving skills.

Life at Teads

At Teads, we don’t just offer jobs. We blend creativity, technology, and cutting-edge data to shape the future of media.

As a Teadster, you'll work alongside smart humans, collaborate with meaningful brands, and leverage advanced AI and automation to redefine how advertising works in a transparent, privacy-first world.

We are builders, innovators, and future-thinkers. If you are excited by the evolution of technology and ready to embrace the future of AI-driven media, you belong here.

Why Join Us?

• A New Era of Media: We've merged two open internet category leaders, Outbrain and Teads to create a unified omnichannel platform. Together, we drive results from branding to performance across CTV, mobile, and web.
• AI-Powered Innovation: We actively embrace AI and next-gen technology to solve complex industry challenges. We look for curious minds who aren't afraid to experiment, adapt, and lead the charge into the future of digital advertising.
• Growth & High Performance: Our culture is dynamic, global, and built on excellence. We are committed to your success, offering the modern tools, mentorship, and development opportunities you need to thrive.
• Belonging & Impact: We foster a welcoming, diverse environment where approachable, resourceful, and passionate people excel. Through our employee-ledEmployee Resource Groups (ERGs), you can actively drive change in areas like sustainability, women's empowerment, charitable initiatives, and DE&I.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Teads is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment. We celebrate unique perspectives and are dedicated to building a team that reflects the global communities we serve.