Backend Software Engineer
CriteoRomania6 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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What You'll Do:
As a Back-End Engineer at Criteo Commerce Grid, you'll create top-tier business products that help our clients maximize publisher revenue, enhance advertiser outcomes, and unlock the true value of their shopper data.
While we’re open to candidates with experience in any backend programming language (such as Python, Go, C++, Perl, Ruby Java, Node.js, .Net or similar), a willingness to transition to Lua is essential. For this we provide enough time and the right environment
Main Responsibilities:
Who We Are:
Criteo is a leader in commerce media, helping brands, agencies, and publishers create meaningful consumer connections through AI-powered advertising solutions. We’re shaping a more open and sustainable digital future for advertising.
At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.
We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.
What We Offer:
🏢 Ways of working – Our hybrid model blends home with in-office experiences, making space for both.
📈 Grow with us – Learning, mentorship & career development programs.
💪 Your wellbeing matters – Health benefits, wellness perks & mental health support.
🤝 A team that cares – Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected.
💸 Fair pay & perks – Attractive salary, with performance-based rewards and family-friendly policies, plus the potential for equity depending on role and level.
Additional benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo.
As a Back-End Engineer at Criteo Commerce Grid, you'll create top-tier business products that help our clients maximize publisher revenue, enhance advertiser outcomes, and unlock the true value of their shopper data.
While we’re open to candidates with experience in any backend programming language (such as Python, Go, C++, Perl, Ruby Java, Node.js, .Net or similar), a willingness to transition to Lua is essential. For this we provide enough time and the right environment
Main Responsibilities:
- Design and Develop: Build, ship, and maintain real-time services handling 1 million bidding requests per second.
- Prioritize: Balance product and customer priorities with operational and technical needs.
- Ensure Quality: Deliver top-quality code through code reviews, unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests in a continuous integration environment.
- Collaborate: Work closely with UI and Product teams to deliver services that our customers love.
- Integrate: Perform technical integrations with large international online advertising platforms.
- Enhance Inventory: Enrich advertising inventory with signals from diverse sources such as user interests, web page contextual information, and buying behaviors.
- Innovate: Develop new advertising methods within a Google Privacy Sandbox environment.
- Educational Background: BS in Software Engineering or a related field.
- 4+ years of programming experience, proficient in writing code and unit tests in an Object-Oriented Programming language.
- Experience with any of these languages is a big plus: GO, C++, C#, Perl, Ruby, Python, Lua, Java, Node JS
- Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and optimization.
- Product Focused: Dedicated to creating the best customer experience.
- Quality commitment: Strong commitment to quality design, automated testing, and thorough documentation.
- Passion for Coding: Enthusiastic about shipping high-performance, quality code.
- Ownership: A strong sense of ownership with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Creative Technologist: A problem solver, fixer, and innovative technologist who sees coding as a talent and passion, not just a skill.
- Team Player: Excellent communicator and efficient collaborator who can work well with others.
Who We Are:
Criteo is a leader in commerce media, helping brands, agencies, and publishers create meaningful consumer connections through AI-powered advertising solutions. We’re shaping a more open and sustainable digital future for advertising.
At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.
We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.
What We Offer:
🏢 Ways of working – Our hybrid model blends home with in-office experiences, making space for both.
📈 Grow with us – Learning, mentorship & career development programs.
💪 Your wellbeing matters – Health benefits, wellness perks & mental health support.
🤝 A team that cares – Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected.
💸 Fair pay & perks – Attractive salary, with performance-based rewards and family-friendly policies, plus the potential for equity depending on role and level.
Additional benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo.
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