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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Expanscience Laboratories, Inc.
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $151,840.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Code Review, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Identity and Access Management, Microsoft Visio, Scrum Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Datadog, Load Balancing, GitHub Copilot, Grafana
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://mondo.gosnaphop.com/jobs/job/ad-tech-software-engineer-new-york-ny-10018-32453155/f71618fd-6995-11f1-9d0e-024201c20d84

## About the Role

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship., * 4 years of software engineering experience

 * Strong JavaScript and TypeScript development experience
 * Full-stack engineering background
 * Understanding of browser functionality and HTTP request/response lifecycle
 * Experience troubleshooting complex production systems
 * AdTech industry experience
 * Understanding of bid request lifecycle and web wrapper technologies
 * Experience working with large-scale, customer-facing platforms
 * Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
 * Comfortable interacting with senior leadership and executive stakeholders
 * Demonstrated curiosity, ownership, and problem-solving mindset
 * Experience utilizing AI development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Rust development experience
 * Publisher-side AdTech experience
 * SSP integration experience
 * AWS services (Lambda, CloudFront, ECS, containers, load balancers)
 * Observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Axiom
 * Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and privacy frameworks
 * Mobile SDK experience
 * OpenRTB, header bidding, Prebid, or Google Ad Manager experience
 * Experience with identity solutions and consent management platforms

## Description

Apply now: Ad Tech Software Engineer, location is remote. The start date is ASAP/Early July for this permanent position., Join a high-impact AdTech engineering team responsible for web wrapper technology, server-to-server ad exchange systems, identity integrations, partner integrations, experimentation platforms, and publisher monetization solutions at scale.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

 * Develop and maintain JavaScript/TypeScript-based web wrapper functionality
 * Contribute to Rust-based backend and server-side ad exchange systems
 * Troubleshoot issues across a large publisher network and partner ecosystem
 * Build and support SSP and identity provider integrations
 * Design, launch, and analyze A/B tests and performance improvements
 * Investigate production issues and implement long-term solutions
 * Collaborate with Product, Operations, SRE, and executive stakeholders
 * Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency
 * Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and sprint planning


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