- Formal degree (BS or MS) in CS, Math or technical field, or equivalent experience.

- A minimum of 15- 20 years with extensive team management experience.

- Extensive experience building large scale, real-time systems in Java or Erlang OR Extensive experience in full stack development in Ruby on Rails, Angular or React

- Strong storage fundamentals - RDBMS, NoSQL databases

- Strong knowledge of Agile principles and how it applies to software engineering practice from development to version control, code review, artifact creation, release management, and deployment.

- Strong knowledge of DevOps principles and mindset, working toward continuous deployment, as part of a product-driven organization. ( DeVOps Not Mandatory)

- Strong preference for experience working in ad tech (focus on server-side), data engineering and highly scalable web services.

The candidate should thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and effectively handle working across different teams and priorities. The candidate should have an entrepreneurial mind-set, taking ownership in creating opportunities, aligning to the yearly plan but also being flexible to take advantage of new opportunities.