Associate Backend Engineer – Prebid Server

Associate Backend Engineer – Prebid Server

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About Ascendeu

mAscendeum is a fast-growing AdTech platform powering header-bidding solutions for premium publishers. We’re on a mission to deliver the highest-performance, most extensible Prebid Server implementation—open, transparent, and battle-tested at scale.Role Overvie

wAs an Associate Backend Engineer on our Prebid Server team, you’ll help design, build, and maintain the Go-based microservices that handle billions of real-time auctions every day. You’ll work end-to-end—defining APIs, optimizing performance, integrating demand partners, and ensuring rock-solid reliability under peak load

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Key Responsibiliti

• esFeature Developmen

  t: Implement new bidding‐logic modules and extensions in our Go-based Prebid Serve

• r.API Desig

  n: Define and maintain gRPC/HTTP endpoints and OpenRTB‐compatible message schema

• s.Performance & Scalin

  g: Profile auction paths, tune concurrency, and ensure sub-50 ms median response times at hundreds of RP

• S.Integratio

  n: Onboard third-party bidders and adapters; build automated test suites to validate request/response complianc

• e.Reliability & Monitorin

  g: Instrument metrics (Prometheus/Grafana), set up alerts, and drive SLAs on availability (99.9 %+

• ).DevOps & CI/C

  D: Containerize services (Docker), manage Kubernetes deployments, and author CI pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins

• ).Code Quality & Collaboratio

  n: Participate in design reviews, write clear documentation, and mentor interns or new team member

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Must-Have Qualificati

• onsGo (Golang) proficien

  cy: 1–3 years building backend servic

• es.Distributed systems knowled

  ge: Concurrency patterns, context propagation, timeouts, circuit breake

• rs.API experti

  se: gRPC & RESTful design; familiarity with Protocol Buffe

• rs.Data stores & messagi

  ng: Experience with SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL), NoSQL or cache (Redis), and a message bus (Kafka/NAT

• S).Container & orchestrati

  on: Docker, Kubernetes (or equivalen

• t).Monitoring & loggi

  ng: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Fluentd or simil

• ar.Version contr

  ol: Git workflow best practic

• es.Linux skil

  ls: Comfortable debugging and deploying on Linux serve

• rs.Communicati

  on: Strong English skills; can discuss technical trade-offs with product and

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Nice-to-Have (but not requi

• red)AdTech experie

  nce: Prebid.js/Server, RTB/OpenRTB, header-bidding conce

• pts.High-throughput tun

  ing: HTTP/2, TLS, connection pool

• ing.Cloud platfo

  rms: AWS/GCP services (Lambda, Kinesis, Pub/S

• ub).Security & complia

  nce: TLS, OAuth, GDPR/CCPA considerati

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Why Jo

• in UsImpact at s

  cale: Your code will process millions of auctions daily for top publis

• hers.Learning cul

  ture: Regular tech talks, 1:1 mentoring, hack w

• eeks.Lean, empowered

  team: Small pods, end-to-end ownership, rapid itera

• tion.Flexible work m

  odel: Choose in-office or remote, with monthly get-togethers at our Gurugram

• hub.Competitive compensa

  tion: Salary + performance bonus + equity opportu