Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company!
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in building and optimizing our core infrastructure for managing RTB requests at scale, one of the biggest revenue driven operations in the company.
To thrive in this role, you’ll need:
- 5+ years programming experience in Java or equivalent Object-Oriented language
(preferably Java 8+Spring) - Production systems understanding (system architecture of web products)
- Fearlessness to dive into what you don't know
- Passion for solving problems, and working very close to the business
- Experience with SQL and No-SQL
- BSc in computer science or equivalent
- Willing to work intensively to gain fast results in an unknown field
- Product driven
- A pragmatic attitude toward decision-making (avoiding analysis paralysis)
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience developing large scale distributed systems
- Experienced with Kafka/docker/k8s
- Deep understanding with web systems (API / REST / NGINX)
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL (mysql / Vertica / Cassandra)
- Experience in Big Data tools (BQ / zeppelin etc)
- Knowledge in algorithms, data-mining and machine learning
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll bring value by:
- Develop one of the largest real time big data operation in the world to support over 40TB of new data every day
- Have end to end ownership: Design, build, ship, measure and maintain our frontend and backend services
- Collaborate with the brightest software engineers team members
- Influence directly on the way billions of people discover the internet
- Develop at unimaginable scale, serving hundreds of thousands of requests per second
- Work on innovative projects that are the next growth engines for Taboola
Here are some of the things software developers in our group did in the last several months:
- A unique data pipeline for managing RTB requests at scale
- An algorithmic model to predict if a given Real-Time impression is valuable to Taboola
- A smart gateway that ingests hundreds of thousands of requests per second for a single instance
- An A/B tests system to explore variations and experiments
- And many more...
Our Tech Stack:
Java, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Cassandra, Vertica, MySQL, HDFS, BigQuery, Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow
If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about:
- Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.
- Well-being: Enjoy location-specific perks.
- Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired.Work with some of the biggest names:
- We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.
Ready to realize your potential?
Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.-
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About TaboolaTaboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.
Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years programming experience in Java or equivalent Object-Oriented language
- Production systems understanding
- BSc in computer science or equivalent
What the Team is Saying
Taboola Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Primary caregivers receive 26 weeks of paid leave in the U.S., with secondary caregivers also receiving paid leave and options like phased return-to-work. Adoption assistance and family-focused programs further reinforce support for caregivers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible/unlimited PTO in U.S. offices and observance of most federal holidays are offered, alongside hybrid work with several remote days per week. This combination signals strong flexibility around time away and work location.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match of 50% up to the first 6% of contributions is explicitly offered in the U.S. This establishes clear employer-supported retirement savings as part of total rewards.
Taboola Insights
What We Do
Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale. Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.
Why Work With Us
What sets Taboola apart? Our culture. We combine the massive data scale of a global ad-tech powerhouse with a culture anchored in empathy, non-linear growth, and trust-first flexibility. If you're looking to tackle complex AI challenges alongside brilliant, supportive peers—while being valued as a whole human being—your next chapter starts here.
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Taboola Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Taboola offers flexibility and the ability to work remotely two days a week with three days in-office.
