R&D Manager

R&D Manager – PubPlus

We are looking for a hands-on R&D Manager to lead our development team, drive innovation, and scale our AWS-based architecture. You will play a key role in shaping our technical strategy, managing projects, and ensuring our systems' scalability, reliability, and performance.

As the R&D Manager at PubPlus, you will lead a small team of developers, building solutions that help publishers maximize revenue and user engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of software developers.
Act as a hands-on technical leader, contributing to system architecture and high-impact development.
Define and execute the technical roadmap, focusing on revenue attribution, data analytics, and real-time data processing.
Oversee new features' development, testing, and deployment, including web development and API integrations.
Ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability, optimizing AWS-based real-time data processing.
Collaborate across departments, working with product, marketing, and business teams to align technology with company goals.
Drive innovation, staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
Manage budgets and resources, ensuring efficient project execution and meeting deadlines.
Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, learning, and innovation.
Support marketing efforts by providing technical solutions and insights for media buying and digital marketing strategies.
Ensure compliance with industry standards and data security regulations.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in backend development, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and scalable architectures and knowledge of IaC concepts and tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK).
Experience building production data pipelines with Spark (PySpark)
Strong SQL and data modeling skills; familiarity with data warehouses.
Frontend development experience (React, Next.js) - an advantage
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically about technical challenges.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.