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Moloco

Senior Technical Solutions Engineer

technical supportsolutions engineeringad opsmachine learningroot cause analysisincident responseautomationAPIdistributed systemslog analysismonitoringDatadogretail mediaDSPSSPad servingROASdata pipelinesML infrastructurescripting

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5+

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

Full job description

Moloco is hiring a Senior Technical Solutions Engineer for its Commerce Media organization in London. The role involves owning Tier 2/3 technical escalations from Frontline Support Specialists, resolving complex issues related to ad serving, data pipelines, and machine learning infrastructure. Responsibilities include root cause analysis of production issues, leading incident response, authoring postmortems, building diagnostic playbooks, developing automation tools, tracking operational KPIs, collaborating with Customer Engineering, contributing to documentation, and reviewing technical integrations. Candidates must have 6+ years of experience in technical support, solutions engineering, or software engineering, strong troubleshooting and query skills, hands-on experience with API integrations and distributed systems, and excellent communication skills. Experience in AdTech or retail media is a plus. Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, scripting, and AI automation tools is required. The position is full-time and on-site in London.

What you'll do

  • Own Tier 2/3 technical escalations from Frontline Support Specialists, triaging and resolving complex issues across ad serving, data pipelines, and ML infrastructure
  • Perform structured Root Cause Analysis on production issues such as campaign delivery failures, budget pacing anomalies, fill rate degradation, and ROAS fluctuations
  • Lead incident response for production ads service disruptions, coordinating with internal engineering teams and driving resolution within SLA
  • Author postmortem documents and track remediation action items to prevent recurrence
  • Build and maintain diagnostic playbooks and runbooks to enable Frontline Support Specialists to self-resolve issues
  • Develop internal tooling and automation scripts for issue detection, diagnosis, and reporting
  • Define and track operational KPIs including MTTR, escalation rate, and recurrence rate to improve support efficiency
  • Partner closely with the Customer Engineering team to ensure smooth issue handoffs and aligned escalation workflows
  • Contribute to internal and external documentation to scale knowledge across the organization
  • Review technical integrations during new platform onboarding and surface potential operational risks early

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional experience in technical support, solutions engineering, or software engineering
  • Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to analyze large-scale datasets
  • Ability to write and interpret complex queries against large-scale data warehouse environments
  • Hands-on experience with API integrations and distributed systems
  • Experience handling technical escalations and driving them to resolution
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in AdTech or retail media domains (DSP, SSP, ad serving, attribution) is a strong plus
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog
  • Experience as a founding member or early contributor in building new teams, systems, or operational processes
  • Familiarity with scripting and AI tools for automation and process enhancement
  • Fluent in English; multilingual communication skills preferred

Tech stack

machine learningad servingdata pipelinesML infrastructureREST APIlog analysisDatadogscriptingautomationdata warehouseAI tools

Benefits

Innovative benefits that empower employees to take care of themselves and their familiesInclusive work environmentOpportunities for growth and learningSupportive culture focused on humility, growth mindset, value creation, and teamwork

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