Director of Technology, Ad Tech

• Partner with the CTPO on technology strategy and translate strategic direction into concrete architecture proposals and implementation plans 
• Review solution designs and architecture proposals from the engineering team; approve, reject with a clear alternative, or refine 
• Own delivery end to end: sprint planning, ticket definition, scope control, and accountability for committed timelines 
• Manage a distributed engineering team of nine engineers across backend, full stack, data, QA, and ML through an on-the-ground engineering lead 
• Establish measurable progress reporting so leadership always knows what is shipping, what is at risk, and why 
• Raise the engineering bar: solution design quality, code review discipline, documentation, and testing standards 
• Work with product management to turn requirements into scoped, sequenced engineering work 
• Champion AI-assisted development practices across the team 

• 8+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years leading engineering teams 
• Hands-on experience building or operating advertising technology systems: bidders, exchanges or SSPs, ad servers, or real-time auction infrastructure 
• Working knowledge of the programmatic ecosystem: OpenRTB, supply chain standards (ads.txt, sellers.json, schain), identity, and measurement 
• Strong data engineering fluency: high-volume pipelines, data warehousing, and analytics infrastructure; AWS experience  
• A track record of managing distributed or offshore teams and getting reliable output across timezones 
• The ability to switch between strategic discussion with executive leadership and detailed technical review with engineers
• Excellent written and spoken English

What Success Looks Like 

• Within six months, the CTPO is out of the day-to-day engineering loop. Architecture decisions are made quickly and well, sprints ship what they commit to, and delivery timelines are trusted by the rest of the company.