Remote Engineering Manager

Company at a Glance

OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens.

At OpenX, we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale ad marketplaces, and we are constantly on the lookout for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.

We own a scalable, high-performance ad-serving platform that handles billions of transactions per day. It’s fully containerized running in the cloud (GCP) in multiple regions across the world. You will be part of one of the Marketplace teams that creates features and products across our stack.

The team focuses on creating a real-time connection between marketers and publisher audiences on the open web. This role will present many interesting technical challenges to solve in the areas of distributed computing, high-performance computing, and high availability.

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll partner with the Product Manager to scope the features out and deliver solutions to our customers’ problems. Since the Team works in multiple technology stacks, we’re looking for a person that can think in terms of products, while technology is a tool that solves customer’s problems.

What we offer

• Employment contract (25 500 - 30 000 PLN gross/monthly)
• Working with the newest technologies such as Cloud Computing (GCP)
• Challenges at work that are difficult to find anywhere else!
• Solving important problems in a scale
• Joining a company that is growing and scaling
• Flexible working hours & remote work option

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering team to deliver high-quality end-to-end products and features.
• Mentor, coach, and lead engineers. Help your peers define career goals and determine a plan to achieve those goals.
• Expand the Team by hiring the best talent with complementary skills.
• On-board new team members.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager, UX Team, and stakeholders to set the product direction and execute the plan
• Build relationships with buy-side stakeholders, participate in partner meetings
• Communicate clearly and regularly on progress and goals.
• Work on engineering the OpenX business platform for scale, performance, and rock-solid reliability.
• Own the development lifecycle and manage technical risks throughout the project.
• Apply significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve quality and performance.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, leadership, and documentation skills.
• Experience leading development teams in a fully agile development environment.
• Good level of knowledge and experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, or other programming languages
• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Communicative Polish and English languages

Our benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Private health care for you and your family (covered by OpenX)
• Private life and travel insurance
• MultiKafeteria program
• Training: access to the LinkedIn learning platform and Tech workshops
• Holiday Allowance
• Pension scheme (PPK from PZU)
• Additional paid day off
• Free parking lot
• Access to peer to peer recognition platform
• Monthly work-from-home allowance and one-time payment when you join us to help you set up your home office
• We celebrate team members’ important personal milestones (vouchers, gifts)

OpenX VALUES

Our five company values form a solid bedrock serving to define us as a group and guide the company. Our values remind us that how we do things often matters as much as what we do.

WE ARE ONE

We are one team. There are no exceptions. We are a group of strong and diverse individuals unified by a shared mission. We embrace challenges and win together as a team. We respect and care about our colleagues and cultivate an inclusive culture

WE ARE CUSTOMER CENTRIC

We innovate on behalf of our customers. We understand, respect, and listen carefully to our customers. We build great products to solve our customers’ problems. We manage our customers’ expectations clearly and honestly. We are a trusted partner to all of our customers - we act with integrity at all times. We care.

OPENX IS OURS

We are all owners of OpenX

We all have a voice to improve OpenX

We stake our personal and professional reputations on the excellence of our work

We are not interested in just “doing our jobs”; we take ownership to drive results

WE ARE AN OPEN BOOK

We understand and respect what each of us does. We are eager to teach and share what we know with others, both internally and externally. We are eager to learn from others and we ask questions internally and externally.

WE EVOLVE FAST

We take responsible risks and own and learn from our mistakes. We recognize and repeat success. We actively seek out and provide constructive feedback. We adapt quickly and embrace change. We tackle growth and learning with real urgency. We are endlessly curious.

OpenX is committed to equal employment opportunities.

It is a fundamental principle at OpenX not to discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, gender identity/transgender status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, and other protected characteristic as established by law.

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Effective Date: April 18, 2024