Senior Backend Engineer, Taboola News

Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company!  

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Taboola News group, you’ll play a vital role in developing one of the largest real time big data operation in the world to support over 140TB of new data every day.

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

• 6+ years programming experience in Java or equivalent Object-Oriented language (preferably Java + Spring)
• BSc in computer science or equivalent 
• Experienced in designing and developing large scale distributed systems
• Deep understanding and strong Computer Science fundamentals: object-oriented design, data structures, applications programming and multithreading programming
• Able to technically lead and mentor other team members

How you’ll make an impact:

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll bring value by:

• Develop one of the largest real time big data operation in the world to support over 140TB of new data every day
• Have end to end ownership: Design, build, ship, measure and maintain our products for the biggest OEMs in the world.
• Work in a mini-startup environment where you are involved in every aspect of the product development lifecycle, from design to implementation, testing, deployment, KPI measurements and product iterations.
• Work on Taboola News’ products such as: Content Recommendation, Monetization, Personalization and much more which influence millions of users worldwide.

Our Tech Stack:

Java, Kafka, Hadoop, Cassandra, Vertica, MySQL, HDFS, BigQuery, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow, Spark, Redis

Why 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, 401k, 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.-

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About Taboola

Taboola 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.

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