As a Senior Fullstack Engineer in Team Autopsy, you will build automation and optimization capabilities that help our customers save time, improve campaign performance, and reduce the manual work required to manage advertising campaigns at scale.
Team Autopsy owns several core services at the heart of the Smartly platform, including Triggers, Ad Rotation, Smartly Actions, and Action Router. These systems enable customers to automate campaign management, optimize advertising performance, and reliably execute changes across multiple media platforms. As an independent fullstack team operating in the middle of the Smartly product ecosystem, we work closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams across the company to deliver scalable solutions that create customer value.
Our technology stack includes TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Koa, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, and React. We are a data-heavy team and rely extensively on strong typing and shared TypeScript definitions that support development across Smartly.
What You Will Do- Design, build, and maintain backend services and frontend applications that power campaign automation and optimization features.
- Contribute to technical and architectural decisions that improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Develop and evolve services such as Triggers, Ad Rotation, Smartly Actions, and Action Router.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers across teams to deliver solutions that address customer needs.
- Own projects from planning through implementation, balancing short-term requirements with long-term maintainability.
- Improve system quality through automated testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical collaboration.
- Help shape Smartly’s target architecture by contributing to cross-team initiatives and platform improvements.
- Strong experience building backend services with TypeScript and Node.js.
- Experience developing modern React applications using TypeScript.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, microservice architectures, and cloud-native development practices.
- Experience writing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using tools such as Jest.
- Ability to independently drive projects from problem definition through delivery.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across multiple teams and functions.
- A mindset focused on customer value, pragmatic problem solving, and continuous improvement.
- Interest in mentoring and supporting the growth of other engineers.
- Ability and willingness to work from our Helsinki office three days per week.
At Smartly, we offer a place where you can advance your career. Here, you'll find:
An Inclusive Global Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies, representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries. We cultivate a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback, where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.
Global Impact: Contribute to a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers' success and business growth.
Focus on Wellbeing: We prioritize your health with healthcare packages, mental health services, and a commitment to work-life balance through paid holidays and family leave.
Comprehensive Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and career development opportunities.
Flexible Hybrid Workplace: Experience a hybrid work model, balancing office collaboration with remote work, and the option to work abroad for up to 30 days annually.
Apply Now and Build Your Future with Smartly!
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Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.
Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.
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Skills Required
- Strong experience building backend services with TypeScript and Node.js
- Experience developing modern React applications using TypeScript
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, microservice architectures, and cloud-native development practices
- Experience writing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using tools such as Jest
- Ability to independently drive projects from problem definition through delivery
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, experience working across multiple teams
- Mindset focused on customer value, pragmatic problem solving, and continuous improvement
- Interest in mentoring and supporting the growth of other engineers
- Ability and willingness to work from our Helsinki office three days per week
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, NestJS, and Koa
What the Team is Saying
Smartly Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Five weeks of paid vacation, company holidays, wellness/recharge days, and an annual holiday shutdown are repeatedly highlighted, with sabbatical or study leave noted in some locations. This broad time-off structure compares favorably against many tech employers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with mental-health support, FSA options, and inclusive elements such as transgender-inclusive coverage and pet insurance, alongside life and disability insurance. The scope indicates robust core health protection.
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Flexible Benefits — Office, hybrid, or fully remote arrangements (in approved locations) are offered, complemented by a home-office stipend and short-term 'work from anywhere' programs. These options provide meaningful flexibility in where and how work is done.
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What We Do
We solve for advertising campaign and creative complexities - both key elements to the time/money savings and performance that brands, agencies and businesses seek. Our unified platform combines media, creative, and intelligence, offering end-to-end workflows powered by AI across the open and closed web. With over 700 brands and advertisers, we've proven that dynamic and personalized creative makes advertising impactful. We are on a mission to transform the advertising experience for brands and their consumers. ⚡️
Why Work With Us
As a fast-paced growth company, we offer opportunities to maximize learning and amplify impact. Our culture and values have always been the secret sauce of our growth. They define how we aspire to build our adtech product, whom we hire and reward, and how we work towards a shared vision. Join us in moving advertising forward.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We are a hybrid workplace where Smartlies have the flexibility of hybrid work combining office and work from home. We also offer programs for short-term remote work globally.
