RTB DSP Engineer I - Hybrid NYC

Nexxen; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Parental leave

discretionary time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

Nexxen, based in New York City, is hiring a Software Engineer I to build core DSP components for real-time programmatic advertising. The role centers on high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems to process billions of bid requests daily and deliver optimized bidding decisions.

This position is in a hybrid NYC office with three days in the office per week and remote work for the rest. You will work on core bidding infra, targeting systems, and partner integrations using modern backend tech

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field; 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java/Scala and OOP; familiarity with microservices and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Experience with distributed systems, real-time processing, and back-end development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance distributed systems with sub-100ms latency.
• Build and optimize RTB services that evaluate rules, budgets, and bidding strategies in real time.
• Implement caching and in-memory stores using Redis and MongoDB.
• Monitor and improve system performance through observability and capacity planning.
• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using modern technologies.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code adhering to best practices.
• Analyze data to drive decision making and assess impact of changes.
• Follow Agile/Scrum in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Java

Scala

OOP

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Kafka

MongoDB

Spring Boot

Git

Linux

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Agile/Scrum

Real-time systems

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Redis

MongoDB

Job description

Nexxen, based in New York City, is hiring a Software Engineer I to build core DSP components for real-time programmatic advertising. The role centers on high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems to process billions of bid requests daily and deliver optimized bidding decisions.

This position is in a hybrid NYC office with three days in the office per week and remote work for the rest. You will work on core bidding infra, targeting systems, and partner integrations using modern backend tech