Senior Performance Advertising Engineer

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Pubmatic · NY

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About the role

We are seeking a results-oriented Senior Performance Advertising Engineer to own and drive the optimization of our buyer-side and performance marketing systems. In this role, you will be directly responsible for designing algorithms, building data systems, and refining optimization loops that drive Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) for our Advertisers and Agencies. You will own the technical architecture and end-to-end evaluation, implementation, and scaling of robust data pipelines for attribution data. This position spans our complete omnichannel environment, requiring expert-level performance engine development across Mobile App (including privacy-aware frameworks like SKAdNetwork and Privacy Sandbox), Video, Connected TV (CTV), and Desktop environments.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Data

Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or an analytically grounded quantitative field.

Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience focusing on performance advertising,

programmatic bidding, or large-scale user-conversion optimization loops.- Attribution Domain Expertise: Demonstrated track record of evaluating and implementing

multi-touch attribution (MTA), last-touch attribution (LTA), or incrementality testing frameworks in

a production environment.

Data Engineering & Scale: Hands-on experience engineering pipelines handling terabyte-to-

petabyte scale data via distributed frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Kafka, and

cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery).

Format Versatility: Strong technical familiarity with technical specs supporting Mobile App

(IDFA/GAID loss mitigations), CTV (App Transport Security, IFA standards), and Desktop

environments.

Deep understanding of the OpenRTB protocol, DSP/SSP mechanics, and supply-path

optimization (SPO).

Experience deploying production-grade Machine Learning frameworks for CTR/CVR prediction.

Strong system-level performance benchmarking skills (profiling memory allocation, reducing I/O bottlenecks.

Pubmatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) is an independent technology company maximizing customer value by

delivering digital advertising's supply chain of the future. By operating on an AI-first architecture

designed to make intelligence fundamental-not additive-PubMatic enables premium publishers

and programmatic buyers to optimize continuously, preserve transparency, and achieve superior

measurable outcomes at a global scale. Processing over 300 trillion annual ad transactions across

Connected TV (CTV), mobile app, video, and desktop, we empower the open internet through highly

automated, efficient, and secure infrastructure

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PubMatic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer; we don't just value diversity, we promote and celebrate it. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or di

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