Staff Software Engineer

Talanto; Poland; Remote; PLN 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Office in Warsaw

Office in Kraków

Job summary

Talanto is seeking a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer / Tech Lead in Poland, with remote/flexible arrangements. You will work on a high-scale ad tech platform handling real-time bidding and large-scale data processing, leading cross-team technical initiatives and ensuring design quality.

We require 10+ years building complex systems and 3+ years of leadership, plus fluency in English and Polish. The role offers remote options and collaborating with teams across the globe, with a focus on

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in designing, developing and deploying complex software systems.
• 3+ years of tech leadership experience (e.g. tech lead, staff, architect roles) in medium or large organizations.
• Excellent understanding of complex, distributed IT systems from hardware to algorithms.
• C1 level in English and Polish.

Responsibilities

• Gain deep understanding of our ad technology and become familiar with ad industry standards: OpenRTB, MRAID, VAST etc.
• Analyse issues with our end-to-end ad workflows, reproduce problematic cases, and propose improvements
• Design technical and operational solutions that improve ad experience and performance metrics
• Lead implementation of architectural solutions, ensuring high quality and impact on business performance
• Provide hands-on technical leadership: solving complex system challenges and code reviews
• Cooperate with stakeholders across the organization

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

English proficiency

Polish proficiency

Tools

Java

Python

Aerospike

Memcached

GCP

BigQuery

MinIO

Kafka

ClickHouse

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Jenkins

Graphite

Job description

46,800 – 55,467 PLN

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer / Tech Lead

Location: Poland (Remote/Flexible)We are: ••••••••• is a global company that provides state-of-the-art marketing technologies for top brands and agencies worldwide. Its proprietary ad-buying engine is the first in the world to be powered entirely by Deep Learning algorithms, enabling advertisers to generate outstanding results and reach their goals at every stage of the funnel. We are looking for engineers to join our Bidding Platform organization which is the core of the RTB business, processing over 20 million requests per second to participate in real-time auctions and display advertisements to customers from 90+ countries. If you want to work on technically complex and demanding solutions, this is the opportunity for you!Our Staff Engineers are experts who combine deep technical expertise with a strong sense of ownership, and they take on Tech Lead roles in complex, cross-team projects.

Responsibilities

• Gain deep understanding of our ad technology and become familiar with ad industry standards: OpenRTB, MRAID, VAST etc.
• Analyse issues with our end-to-end ad workflows, reproduce problematic cases, and come up with proposals for improvements
• Design technical and operational solutions that improve ad experience and our performance metrics
• Lead implementation of the aforementioned architectural solutions, ensuring its high quality, and evaluating its impact on business performance
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership: solving complex system challenges, participating in planning and scoping of projects, and ensuring the implementation of the highest coding standards through participation in code reviews
• Cooperate with stakeholders across the entire organization

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in designing, developing and deploying complex software systems
• 3+ years of tech leadership experience (e.g. tech lead, staff, architect roles) in medium or large organizations
• Excellent understanding of complex, distributed IT systems - from the hardware and networking level, through software, to algorithms
• C1 level in English and Polish
• Nice to have: Experience in the AdTech/Real Time Bidding space

Selected Technologies

Java, PythonAerospike, MemcachedGoogle Cloud Platform, BigQuery, MinIOKafka, ClickhousePostgreSQLElasticsearchKubernetes, PrometheusJenkins, Graphite

Benefits

• Projects focused on extreme performance and high code quality – clean code and solid code reviews are our standard.
• Collaboration within an interdisciplinary, self‑sufficient team (including DevOps, database experts, backend developers, product designers, and QA engineers).
• Access to modern technologies and the opportunity to apply them in large-scale, high-impact projects.
• Cooperation based on B2B contract.

You can cooperate 100 % remotely or choose one of our office spaces in Warsaw or Cracow.