Senior AdOps Engineer (Germany, Remote, m, d, f)

Senior AdOps Engineer (Germany, Remote, m/d/f)

Your Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the day-to-day operation of our digital advertising platform, ensuring smooth delivery and performance across all ad types.
• Monitor, investigate, and resolve system-wide issues across DSPs, SSPs, and other ad delivery components.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product, and external vendors to troubleshoot and resolve platform or campaign-related problems.
• Manage and maintain Linux-based systems supporting our ad infrastructure.
• Utilize AWS and other cloud tools for infrastructure monitoring, log analysis, and operational debugging.
• Monitor and ensure the high availability of platform services.
• Administer relational databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL.
• Understand and improve the overall system architecture to prevent future issues and optimize performance.
• Act as a technical liaison for cross-functional teams, ensuring platform reliability and uptime goals are met.
• Document processes, playbooks, and known issues to support knowledge-sharing and faster issue resolution.
• Provide feedback and insights to product and engineering teams on recurring platform problems and potential improvements.

Requirements - Your Profile

• 3+ years of experience working in AdOps or a similar role within the digital advertising industry.
• Deep understanding of SSPs, DSPs, and how online ad delivery platforms operate at scale.
• Proven experience managing and debugging Linux systems in a production environment.
• Experience operating high-availability server systems and distributed architectures.
• Familiarity with managing relational databases such as MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud-based infrastructure, including monitoring, networking, and basic service management.
• Initial experience with the Datadog monitoring system is a plus.
• Strong troubleshooting skills - you enjoy digging deep to identify and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; you're comfortable interfacing with technical and non-technical teams alike.
• Operational mindset with an eye for system reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Background in system administration or technical support for large-scale platforms is highly valuable.
• Passionate about digital advertising and making systems better, faster, and more resilient.

Benefits - Why Us?

Our Perks & Benefits

• Transparent, above-market salaries
• 100% remote within Europe
• Flexible work-hours and part-time models
• Be part of a fast-growing, highly-skilled team
• In person department and company events
• Home office, co-working space and work-together allowance
• Personal and professional development courses from Udemy
• Case by case relocation and visa support