Software Engineer (Ad Serving Team)

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

GroundTruth seeks a backend software engineer to design, build, and operate high‑traffic, real‑time services that power its location‑based advertising platform. The role is fully remote in India and focuses on distributed systems, performance tuning, and AI‑assisted development workflows.

Role Snapshot

• Build and operate high‑scale backend services
• Design distributed, real‑time systems
• Performance profiling and optimization
• Own CI/CD pipeline integration
• Leverage AI coding assistants
• Collaborate on code reviews and mentorship
• Remote‑first work environment

Must-Have Requirements

• Scala or Java
• Python
• Data structures & algorithms
• Concurrency & async programming
• CI/CD pipelines
• building production backend systems
• Scala/Java development
• Python tooling

Nice-to-Have Signals

• AWS (EC2, ELB, Auto Scaling, ElastiCache)
• AI coding agents (Claude, Codex)
• Large‑scale performance‑sensitive systems experience
• Ad‑tech background
• Frontend basics (HTML/CSS/JS or modern framework)
• AWS Bedrock or comparable LLM/agent frameworks
• large‑scale performance‑sensitive systems
• AWS cloud services
• ad‑tech domain
• ad‑tech

Work Setup

• Location: India
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: COUNTRY_RESTRICTED
• Remote countries: India
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Work authorization: must be authorized to work in India
• Visa sponsorship: no

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services that handle real‑time ad serving at scale
• Profile and optimize system performance, addressing bottlenecks and resource efficiency
• Integrate caching, streaming, and storage components while ensuring reliability
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for safe, automated deployments
• Leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development and improve code quality
• Investigate production incidents, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement fixes
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams on code reviews and technical decisions

Good Fit If You Have

• Experience with ad‑tech or programmatic advertising
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services and infrastructure
• Exposure to frontend tooling for internal utilities
• Interest in AI‑driven development tools
• Strong problem‑solving and critical‑thinking mindset