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Senior Software Engineer

Nexxen

Bellevue, UShybrid$180k-$200k/yrPosted Jul 16, 2026
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Skills

programmaticjavascriptkafkaredisdsp

About the role

Who is Nexxen?

Flexible advertising, unified by data. Nexxen empowers advertisers, agencies, publishers and broadcasters around the world to utilize data and advanced TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them. Our flexible and unified technology stack comprises a demand-side platform (“DSP”) and supply-side platform (“SSP”), with the Nexxen Data Platform at its core.

Why join the Nexxen team?

With a global footprint, you can be part of a team that is transforming advertising through our creative, flexible and unified solutions. Employees hustle, commit and dedicate themselves to pillars that make up the Nexxen Way – the 3Cs - Customer Centric, Curious Mindset, Collaborative with No Ego.

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Senior Software Engineer

Nexxen SSP | Hybrid - 3 days/week in office

Join Nexxen's SSP Software Development team building and running a high-throughput SSP that processes hundreds

of billions of real-time ad requests a day. You'll own complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end, apply an AI-first

mindset to solve hard AdTech problems, and raise the bar for the team through code review and mentorship - with

performance, scalability, and operational excellence guiding every project.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Own complex initiatives end-to-end: design,

implementation, integration, rollout, and operation

Apply an AI-first mindset to software

development and data exploration

Integrate with DSPs, SSPs, third-party data

providers, and standards such as OpenRTB and

VAST

Build high-throughput, low-latency services with

efficient caching and in-memory stores (Redis,

Kafka, Aerospike)

Apply an SRE mindset: observability, incident

response, capacity planning, and a shared on-call

pager rotation

Raise the technical bar through code review,

mentorship, and process/tooling decisions

Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in

systems processing billions of transactions/day

Drive test, monitoring, and automation coverage,

including load and acceptance testing

Partner with product, ops, and engineering teams

to shape roadmap and architecture

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

BS/MS (preferred) in Computer Science,

Engineering, or related field

5+ years of expert-level JavaScript/Node backend

experience at scale

Strong grounding in distributed systems: scaling,

fault tolerance, caching, load balancing

Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms,

and systems design

Hands-on with distributed databases (Aerospike,

Redis) and streaming pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis)

Strong SQL/RDBMS, Linux, networking, and Git

skills

Track record of code review and mentorship that

raises the bar for other engineers

Test-first mindset with automated acceptance and

load testing

Excellent communicator and strong team player

AdTech industry experience strongly preferred

Nexxen SSP - real-time programmatic advertising, hundreds of billions of ad requests processed every day.

In support of pay transparency and equity, the minimum and maximum full-time annual base salary for this role is $180,000 - $200,000 the time of posting, with the potential of an incentive or bonus. While this is our reasonable expectation this is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, education, certifications, responsibility, and geographic location. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. We offer a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available will vary depending on the state, start date, and employment type. Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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Compensation

This Backend Engineer role pays $180k-$200k/yr. Within typical range for backend engineer roles in United States.

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