Senior Backend and AI Engineer - Platform Engineering Team

About Teads

Teads is the omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet, driving full-funnel results for marketers across premium media. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, the combined company ensures value is driven with every media dollar by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. One of the most scaled advertising platforms on the open internet, Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, with a global team of nearly 1,800 people in 36 countries.

For more information, visit www.teads.com.

What will you do?

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Platform Engineering Team, your mission will be to:

• Architect & Develop Core Infrastructure: Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable, reliable, and secure platform services that underpin all engineering efforts at Teads.

• Build Developer Tools: Lead the creation of powerful APIs and intuitive UI tools that streamline workflows and enhance the developer experience for hundreds of engineers.

• Advance AI Infrastructure: Contribute to the development and evolution of our AI infrastructure and workflows, including intelligent agents that assist in the development process and critical MCP servers.

• Full Lifecycle Ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of platform services, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous optimization in production.

• Foster Innovation: Stay at the forefront of industry trends, cloud-native technologies, and AI advancements, proposing and championing new approaches to enhance our platform's capabilities and efficiency.

What will you bring to the team?

• Strong Programming & System Design:

  • 7+ years of professional software development experience, with a significant focus on backend systems, infrastructure, or platform engineering.

  • Deep proficiency in at least one of Java, Kotlin, or TypeScript, with a solid understanding of object-oriented design, functional programming paradigms, and distributed system architectures.

  • A strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, performant, and thoroughly tested code.

  • Familiarity with frontend concepts or frameworks (e.g., Angular, React) is a plus.

• Cloud-Native & Distributed Systems Experience:

  • Strong understanding of microservices architecture, API design, and asynchronous communication patterns.

  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure-as-code principles.

  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker Swarm) is highly desirable, or a strong willingness to learn and master it.

• AI Infrastructure & Agent Understanding:

  • Experience or strong understanding of AI workflows, intelligent agents, or related frameworks/platforms (e.g., LangChain, RAG, machine learning serving).

  • Familiarity with concepts like Multi-Agent Communication Protocols (MCPs) is a plus.

  • A keen interest and strong willingness to learn and contribute to AI infrastructure and agent development are essential.

• Problem-Solving & Innovation:

  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities, capable of tackling complex, ambiguous infrastructure challenges and finding innovative, scalable solutions.

  • Curiosity and a proactive approach to learning new technologies and applying them to solve real-world problems.

• Communication & Collaboration:

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • A highly collaborative mindset, eager to share knowledge and contribute positively to team dynamics.

Why Join Our Team?

• Impact: Your work will directly empower hundreds of engineers and significantly impact Teads' ability to innovate and deliver.

• Challenge: You'll tackle complex, high-scale infrastructure problems at the forefront of cloud-native and AI technologies.

• Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning, professional development, and technical excellence.

• Collaboration: Work alongside talented and passionate engineers in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Life at Teads

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups – employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.

Please submit your CV in English.

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Life at Teads

At Teads, we don’t just offer jobs - we blend creativity, technology, and data to shape the future of media. You’ll work with smart humans, meaningful brands, and cool tools, all while helping redefine how advertising works in a world that demands more transparency, better insights, and smarter strategies.

As a Teadster, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our future success in the region. Here’s why Teads stands out:

• We've merged two open internet category leaders—Outbrain and Teads—to create the ‘new’ Teads, a unified omnichannel platform that drives results from branding to performance across all screens, including CTV, mobile, and web.
• As part of our team, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that fosters innovation, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.
• Teads is committed to your success, offering all the support, tools, and development opportunities you need to excel in your role.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups – employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.