Data Engineer

The Protect360 BetterBid product is looking for an experienced Data Software Engineer.

BetterBid is a real-time decision engine operating directly on the bid path of large ad platforms. For every opportunity, it generates fraud and optimization signals before the budget is committed and before downstream systems even engage.

The system processes billions of bid requests per day (5M+ per second at peak) and returns decisions in ~10ms end-to-end. Behind it sits a data platform ingesting ~500B events per day (~465TB) from global mobile activity.

We build large-scale ETL and feature pipelines using BigQuery, Dataflow (Apache Beam), Dataform, and Airflow, and train ML models and generate statistical signals from massive historical datasets. The real-time layer consumes these artifacts via ultra-low-latency services backed by Bigtable, deployed across multiple regions to meet aggressive latency and availability targets.

Built at AppsFlyer, the world's leading mobile measurement and attribution platform, this is a greenfield initiative with new architecture, new infrastructure, and direct influence on product and business decisions. We own the system end-to-end: from Kubernetes and OpenTelemetry-based observability, through data pipelines and model serving, to high-performance backend services.

What You’ll Do

• Take full ownership, from initial design to final production, empowering you to have a tangible impact throughout the entire development process.
• Thrive on solving diverse and complex problems at scale, even when faced with limited clarity on the optimal solution approach. Your ability to navigate and conquer such challenges will be highly valued.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Analysts, Data Scientists, and Software Engineers, working together to deliver exceptional value to our customers. Your contributions will directly contribute to shaping the success of our products.
• Dive deep into analysis and optimization of performance, scalability, and stability. Your insights and improvements will have a significant impact on ensuring our technological excellence.
• Embrace a continuous learning mindset, constantly exploring and evaluating new technologies. This commitment to innovation ensures that our products and systems remain at the forefront of the industry, effortlessly adapting to the ever-growing scale of our operations.
• Elevate your impact by mentoring others, leading projects, and advocating for engineering best practices within your team. Your influence will extend beyond your own work, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
  
  

• 3+ years of development experience with a passion for excellence
• Experience in data engineering
• Experience in GCP ecosystem, including BigQuery, Dataform, Dataflow (Apache Beam)
• Experience with data orchestration tools like Airflow
• B.Sc. in computer science or an equivalent
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a passion for learning and tackling new challenges
  
  

• Experience in backend real-time high throughput low latency systems
• Experience in Spark
• Familiarity with Terraform or other GitOps technologies
• Hands-on experience with GCP/AWS, including the ability to design, provision, set up, and operate cloud environments on multiple regions.
• Recommended by an AppsFlyer employee