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Engineering22 days agoOn-site

Verve

Senior Backend Engineer

GoJavadistributed systemsbackendcloud computingGCPAWSKubernetesDockerCI/CDTerraformGrafanaELKagentic-assisted developmentad-techhigh-throughputlow-latency

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Full job description

Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of high-throughput components for the core ad exchange platform. Write optimized concurrent code in Go or Java. Mentor engineers and set engineering standards. Own critical services end-to-end including design, coding, deployment, and monitoring. Collaborate with management and product teams to build scalable technical solutions. Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks. Requirements include 5+ years in software engineering focused on distributed backend systems, expertise in Go or Java, concurrency, memory management, performance profiling, cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), observability tools (Grafana, ELK), and experience with agentic-assisted development tools. Bonus for experience in Ad-Tech, FinTech, or high-frequency trading environments. Benefits include health and income protection insurance, commuter tickets, paid vacation and wellness days, mental health support, and training budget.

What you'll do

  • Lead technical design, architecture, and implementation of complex, high-throughput components for the core ad exchange platform
  • Write optimized, highly concurrent code in Go or Java
  • Mentor mid-level and junior engineers, elevate code quality through PR reviews, and set engineering standards
  • Take end-to-end ownership of critical services including system design, coding workflows, CI/CD deployment, and production monitoring
  • Partner with Engineering Manager and product stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical architecture
  • Drive operational excellence by identifying bottlenecks, optimizing infrastructure, and leading incident resolutions

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a focus on distributed backend systems
  • Deep expertise in system-level or strongly typed languages (Go or Java)
  • Advanced knowledge of concurrency, memory management, and performance profiling
  • Proven track record of architecting and scaling high-throughput, low-latency applications
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Cloud Computing platforms (GCP, AWS)
  • Experience with container orchestration at scale (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Experience with modern observability stacks (Grafana, ELK)
  • Practical experience using and advocating for agentic-assisted development tools (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex)
  • Bonus: Domain experience in Ad-Tech, FinTech, High-Frequency Trading, or similar high-throughput environments

Tech stack

GoJavaGCPAWSKubernetesDockerGitHub ActionsArgoCDTerraformGrafanaELKClaude CodeOpenAI Codex

Benefits

Comprehensive Health, Life, and Income Protection InsurancesTaxSaver Commuter tickets23 paid vacation days plus 3 Wellness days in addition to public holidaysWorkplace Mental Health SolutionAnnual training budget and internal webinars

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