Staff Engineer - Ad Tech

Xperi Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Xperi Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect and deliver high‑performing advertising services in Go, in cloud environments. You will own end‑to‑end OpenRTB workflows, ensure sub‑200ms auction SLAs, and lead signal quality and privacy signal propagation across the stack.

You will drive architectural decisions, collaborate with SRE, and improve bid and fill rates while maintaining robust design docs and scalable systems for global advertising workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong Go (Golang) and OpenRTB experience.
• Proficient in SQL and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCS).
• Experience with advertising technology and privacy signals.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Golang ad proxy architecture and sub-200ms auction SLAs.
• Drive architecture submissions with design docs and scalability ceilings.
• Evaluate architectural approaches and present trade-offs.
• Collaborate with site reliability on pools, goroutines, circuit breakers.
• Lead OpenRTB 2.x/3.0 compliance and privacy signal propagation.
• Improve fill rate and bid win rate; diagnose signal gaps and misconfigurations.
• Maintain signal quality audit framework and VAST/VMAP baselines.

Skills

Go (Golang)

OpenRTB

SQL

Advertising tech

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCS)

Java

JavaScript

Python

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCS

Job description

Xperi invents, develops and delivers technologies that create extraordinary experiences at home and on the go for millions of people around the world. Powering billions of consumer electronics, connected cars and digital content titles, we make entertainment more immersive, driving more intelligent and every interaction seamlessly personalized through our renowned consumer brands: DTS®, HD Radio™ and TiVo®.

Xperi (NYSE: XPER) is a publicly traded technology company headquartered in San Jose, CA with over 1,500 employees across North America, Europe and Asia. Come join a thriving team where you can play an integral role in shaping the future of entertainment technology.

About the role:

We are a leading entertainment company dedicated to delivering innovative advertising solutions. Our team is passionate about leveraging technology to enhance the digital advertising experience for our clients.

We are seeking a skilled Staff Software Engineer with expertise in developing performant advertising services in GOLang in cloud environments to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in advertising technology, including advertising signals and global privacy signals.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Architecture & System Design

• Own end-to-end architecture of the Golang ad proxy, including oRTB bid request construction, fan‑out to DSP/SSP partners, VAST/VMAP response handling, and SSAI integration points — ensuring systems meet sub-200ms auction SLAs at production scale.
• Drive architecture submissions for major system changes and get consensus from senior architects; produce design documents that define component boundaries, failure modes, data contracts, and scalability ceilings for sign‑off across engineering and product.
• Evaluate between competing architectural approaches and present trade‑offs to be able to take the right decision for the product architecture.
• Work with site reliability to define connection pool strategies, goroutine lifecycle management, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation under partner unavailability.

Programmatic Ad Tech Leadership

• Serve as the internal authority on OpenRTB 2.x/3.0 specification compliance — bid request signal quality, impression object construction, privacy signal propagation (GDPR TCF, CCPA, GPP), and schain/pchain supply chain transparency requirements.
• Drive fill rate and bid win rate improvement by diagnosing and resolving bid stream signal gaps, floor price misconfigurations, creative attribute mismatches, and partner‑specific bid logic issues.
• Own the signal quality audit framework: define what "good" looks like for each field in the bid request (device, user, content, regs objects), instrument the pipeline to detect signal degradation, and drive remediation.
• Establish and maintain VAST/VMAP error rate baselines; lead root cause investigations for creative rendering failures, timeout spikes, and impression discrepancies in collaboration with AdOps.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development using GOLang.
• Prior experience developing performant oRTB workflows.
• Strong proficiency in SQL.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCS).
• Strong background in advertising technology, including ad serving, corresponding ad and privacy signals.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Knowledge of additional programming languages or frameworks (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python).

Life @ Xperi:

At Xperi, we value People, Customers, Performance and Innovation. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where all employees have a voice and sense of belonging, feel safe and valued, and are acknowledged for how their unique differences contribute to organizational culture and business outcomes.

Our employees and their families are important to us, and our comprehensive pay, stock and benefits programs reflect that. Xperi supports personal well‑being, builds financial security and enables employees to share in our collective success.

Rewards include:

• Competitive compensation (salary, equity and bonuses) and comprehensive benefits designed to foster work‑life balance, care for your health, protect your finances and help you save and invest for the future.
• Generous paid time away from work, including flexible time off, holidays and sick time, health and wellness initiatives, and a charitable match program to help you give back to your community.
• Great perks, which vary by location and can be site‑specific: employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, and fitness facilities.
• A flexible, hybrid work environment combining the best of in‑office collaboration and community‑building along with the benefits of working from home.