Senior Java Team Lead (DSP / AdTech)

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Java Team Lead (DSP / AdTech) to join our fast-growing AdTech company based in Israel. You will lead a backend development team in building a powerful programmatic advertising platform.

About the Company

MWDN is a global IT outstaffing company with 23+ years of experience that connects exceptional tech talent with leading companies across Israel, the USA, Great Britain, and Western Europe. We offer opportunities to work on international products in a stable and professional environment.

What is your new project?

• Domain: AdTech
• Location: Israel
• Company size: 10-20 employees
• Founded in: 2022

What makes this project exciting?

Are you ready to join a fast-growing AdTech company that is redefining the way brands connect with audiences across digital channels? Our client is building a powerful programmatic advertising platform that helps businesses maximize campaign performance through advanced targeting, real-time optimization, and data-driven decision-making.

Imagine working with cutting-edge advertising technology that reaches users across mobile, web, video, and connected TV environments. You'll be part of a team focused on innovation, transparency, and measurable results!

Responsibilities

• Full technical leadership and people management of the backend development team (task distribution, goal setting, performance tracking, and delivery ownership).
• Hands-on development and daily code reviews of critical DSP platform components.
• Building and optimizing development processes: code reviews, knowledge sharing, onboarding, and continuous team skill growth.
• Technology ownership for the entire backend stack: selecting tools and best practices, managing technical debt, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Leading the development of high-load, low-latency real-time systems for real-time bidding, auction logic, ad serving, targeting, data processing, and other core features.
• Integration with SSPs, Ad Exchanges, DMPs, Ad Servers, and external advertising platforms.
• Active mentoring and development of team members through 1:1s, technical guidance, and helping engineers grow from junior/middle to senior levels.
• Deep performance optimization, latency reduction, refactoring, and technical debt elimination across the team’s deliverables.
• Cross-team coordination with frontend, DevOps, data science, and product teams.
• Defining and enforcing technical standards and development best practices.

Requirements

• 6-8+ years of strong commercial Java backend development experience.
• Proven team leadership or strong technical leadership experience: successfully managing a team of 4-8+ developers, delivering complex projects, and growing team capabilities.
• Must be a very strong hands-on Java programmer with proven ability to write complex, high-performance, production-ready code.
• Mandatory practical experience in the AdTech domain: DSP, SSP, Ad Exchange, Ad Server, or Programmatic Advertising systems.
• Solid experience designing and developing high-load real-time systems (RTB, OpenRTB, auction engines, etc.).
• Excellent expertise in: Spring Boot, Hibernate, MongoDB, ClickHouse (or similar technologies).
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools (Prometheus/Grafana, etc.).
• Good understanding of programmatic advertising concepts, real-time data processing, and privacy regulations (GDPR/CCPA).
• Ability to combine deep hands-on coding with team leadership and people management.
• English: Intermediate level (B1/B2) - sufficient for reading technical documentation and participating in basic technical discussions.

Nice to Have

• Direct experience building or significantly redesigning DSP/SSP/Ad Exchange systems.
• Previous role as Backend Team Lead or Tech Lead with a strong coding focus.
• Knowledge of machine learning in advertising (bidding optimization, look-alike modeling, etc.).
• Experience working in fast-paced product companies with high traffic and rapid iteration.
• Strong skills in conflict resolution, team motivation, and process improvement.

Our next steps

✅ Intro call with a Recruiter - ✅ Client intro interview - ✅ Online test - ✅ Tech client interview - ✅ Final client interview - ✅ Offer

Contact Information

Oleksandra Studenikina・Recruiter

LinkedIn | [email protected] | +380 99 437 76 20・Telegram