Back End Developer

Location: Herzliya, Israel

About the Company

An independent data company in the digital advertising ecosystem, providing the largest dataset available for semantic analysis and contextual understanding. This company powers AI-driven solutions for the world's leading brands, agencies, and publishers, helping them deliver the right ads in the right context by deeply understanding content across web pages, videos, and apps.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated, seasoned Senior Java Backend Engineer to join our team. This role involves working on high-scale, high-performance systems within the Ad-Tech ecosystem, solving complex problems in data analysis and classification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the design and development of next-generation systems handling vast data volumes.
• Influence development processes and participate in strategic technological and architectural decisions.
• Design, develop, and deploy high-performance distributed applications.
• Collaborate globally with development teams, product managers, QA, and support teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Maintain and enhance existing systems, constantly striving for improvement.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in Java server-side development under Linux, with a focus on open-source technologies.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and releasing high-quality products.
• Deep understanding of OOD, Design Patterns, Java internals, multi-threading, and parallel processing.
• Solid experience with SQL, RDBMS, RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and End-to-End Testing.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum environments with continuous delivery and integration.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; MAMRAM/8200 alumni is an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud infrastructure (EC2, AWS Services).
• Familiarity with Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL databases).
• Knowledge of technologies such as Spring, Gradle, Jenkins.

Soft Skills

• Strong team player, highly motivated, quick learner.
• Passion for staying updated with new technologies.
• Independent and responsible, capable of working in a fast-paced environment.