Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company  As a Senior Software Engineer on the Infrastructure Engineering R&D group, you'll play a vital role in developing one of the largest real time high scale operation in the world to support over 1.4B users, >500,000 requests / second, 140TB of new data every day.To thrive in this role, you'll need:Experience developing large scale distributed systemsDeep understanding of strong Computer Science fundamentals: object-oriented design, data structures systems, applications programming and multi threading programming5+ years programming experience in Java or equivalent Object-Oriented languageProduction systems understandingExperience with SQL and No-SQLHighly Proficient in Linux environmentProven ability to work effectively across multiple teamsBS.c in computer science or equivalent experienceBonus points if you have:Experience in Big Data toolsKnowledge in algorithms, data-mining and machine learningHow you'll make an impact:As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll bring value by:Develop one of the largest real time high scale operation in the world to support over 1.4B users, >500,000 requests / second, 140TB of new data every dayHave end to end ownership: Design, develop, deploy, measure and maintain our servicesSolve production issues in the framework codeCollaborate with the brightest software engineers team membersInfluence directly on the way billions of people discover the internetHere are some of the things software devs in our group did in the last several months:Rewrote part of our recommendation servers to reduce serving time p999 by >40%Rolled out custom Cassandra compaction strategyCreated and improved Taboola's Kafka consumer designed for very high scaleDeveloped a brand new Taboola metrics pipeline, ingesting over 100B metric messages per dayAnomaly detection engine for application metricsRolled out a new custom home-built Taboola authentication serviceMany more things...Our Tech Stack:Java, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Cassandra, Vertica, MySQL, HDFS, BigQuery, Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Metrictank, Grafana, Airflow, RedisThis is usYou will work with:The people who wrote the first lines of code in Taboola (and many many more lines after that)The proud owner of a beer breweryPeople who are deeply familiar with the code of Kafka, Cassandra, AirFlow, Prometheus and Spark (including committing back)Famous internal Taboola hackathon winnersThe designers and implementers of a offheap, zero GC, Custom Kafka Producer which cumulatively sends ~100B messages / dayWhy Taboola?If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they'll tell you that they've been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They'll also share more about:Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; "You can copy anything from another business but you can't copy a company's culture.Well-being: Enjoy comprehensive benefits (health, etc.), a fully stocked kitchen, and location-specific perks (gym partnerships, parking).Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired.Work with some of the biggest names: We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.Ready to realize your potential?Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.-Learn more about #TaboolaLife on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, & the Taboola Life Blog.About TaboolaTaboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola's powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola's technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.By submitting your application/CV, any personal information you provide will be subject to Taboola's Employee Data Policy. Please review our policy carefully before submitting any of your personal information. You may contact us at with any questions about how we collect or use your personal information, or your applicable rights.#LI-Hybrid#LI-SS1