About Affle :

Affle is a global technology company with a proprietary consumer intelligence platform that delivers consumer recommendations and conversions through relevant Mobile Advertising. The platform aims to enhance returns on marketing investment through contextual mobile ads and also by reducing digital ad fraud. Affle powers unique and integrated consumer journeys for marketers to drive high ROI, measurable outcome-led advertising through its Affle2.0 Consumer Platforms Stack which includes Appnext, Jampp, MAAS, mediasmart, RevX, Vizury and YouAppi.

Affle 3i Limited successfully completed its IPO in India and now trades on the stock exchanges (BSE: 542752 & NSE: AFFLE). Affle Holdings is the Singapore-based promoter for Affle 3i Limited, and its investors include Microsoft, and Bennett Coleman & Company (BCCL) amongst others.

About RevX :

The RevX platform helps app businesses acquire and re-engage users via programmatic advertising to retain and accelerate revenue. We're all about taking your app business to a new growth level. We rely on data science, innovative technology, and a skilled team to create and deliver seamless ad experiences to delight your app users.

Designation : Lead Software Engineer

Office Location : Bangalore / Mumbai / Gurugram

Position Description :

At RevX, we operate at scale - handling 5M+ QPS and managing petabytes of data. We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer with hands-on experience in building and scaling AdTech systems. You will play a key role in designing and developing robust adtech solutions that support large-scale campaign management, real-time bidding, and analytics.

You will be a pioneer in integrating additional advertising channels into our Real-Time Bidding (RTB) platform, laying the architectural groundwork to scale them to the next level. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists, and product managers to design, develop, and ship impactful solutions.

Primary Responsibilities :

- Architect and optimize the core DSP bidder to ensure extremely high throughput and strict sub-millisecond latency performance.

- Pioneer the integration of new channels (e.g., mWeb, CTV, DOOH, etc.) into the RTB ecosystem, spearheading the technical strategy to scale them for massive traffic and continuous growth.

- Collaborate with Data Scientists to integrate the DS model into the application.

- Engineer ultra-low latency model inference pipelines and real-time feature extraction for accurate bid pricing and CTR/CVR predictions.

- Provide technical leadership to the development team, perform code reviews, and ensure best practices.

- Translate complex marketing and ad-serving requirements into scalable backend solutions.

- Ensure security, reliability, and compliance across all advertising systems.

- Lead the troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive toward root cause identification and resolution.

- Manage and aggressively optimize system resource utilization, including garbage collection tuning, advanced memory management, thread management, and network I/O optimization.

Required Skills :

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- 6+ years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on Java & C/C++.

- Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and non-blocking network I/O (e.g., Netty, Thrift) is necessary for ultra-low latency environments.

- Proficiency with Unix/Linux systems and shell commands.

- Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and experience with large-scale data processing.

- Expertise in distributed in-memory datastores (e.g., Redis, Aerospike) and high-throughput message brokers (e.g., Kafka).

- Familiarity with CI/CD, Git, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/ GCP /Azure).

- Excellent communication skills and experience working in agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with programmatic advertising, RTB, or DSPs is a strong plus.

- Hands-on with cloud platforms (GCP) is a differentiator.

- Knowledge of data warehousing and analytics tools like BigQuery.

- Understanding of GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations in the context of digital advertising.

- Hands-on experience with the OpenRTB protocol.