Lead Platform Engineer, Samsung Ads

Position Summary

About Samsung Ads

Samsung Ads is a fast-growing, advanced advertising technology business that helps brands connect with audiences across Samsung Smart TVs and digital ecosystems. By leveraging the industry’s most comprehensive data and world-class technology, we’re building one of the most intelligent and effective advertising platforms in the world.
As part of a global company with teams and stakeholders across North America, Europe, and Asia, Samsung Ads offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge, high-impact projects at scale. Our culture is rooted in innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial energy — we thrive on solving complex problems, pushing boundaries, and celebrating progress together.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to drive the design and delivery of large-scale DSP and Reporting systems within the Samsung Ads Ad Solutions team. In this role, you will leverage Samsung’s proprietary datasets and advanced technologies to build scalable, data-intensive products that power campaign delivery, performance measurement, and reporting for global advertisers.
You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and collaborate closely with Product, Data, and Machine Learning teams to deliver impactful, production-grade solutions. This is a high-visibility role with direct influence on the evolution of Samsung’s advertising platform and its global business growth.

Role and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead a team of engineers to design, implement, and deploy production-grade DSP and reporting systems with measurable business impact.
• Architecture & Design: Define scalable, high-performance architectures for data pipelines, reporting APIs, and platform services.
• Cross-Functional & Cross-Site Collaboration: Partner with Product, Data, and ML teams across multiple global engineering sites (e.g., MTV, SRIB, SRPOL, HQ) to translate business goals into technical roadmaps, ensure architectural alignment, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Data Engineering: Work with data engineering teams to develop and optimize large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and analytics pipelines.
• Product Reliability: Ensure platform reliability and operational excellence through automation, monitoring, and proactive system health checks.
• Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship and foster a culture of code quality, performance, and innovation.
• Rapid Prototyping: Develop quick prototypes and proofs of concept to validate new ideas and accelerate innovation.
• External Collaboration: Engage with technology partners and vendors to integrate advanced data and reporting tools into the Samsung Ads ecosystem.

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications

• Master’s or PHD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience with a proven record of building and leading large-scale distributed systems (8+ years).
• Proficiency in GoLang required; Python and Java preferred; Scala nice to have.
• Strong experience with big data technologies such as Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce, and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
• Strong understanding of data modeling, distributed systems, and software engineering best practices.
• Working knowledge of statistical methods and data-driven performance analysis.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills with a track record of cross-functional and cross-site influence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or equivalent.
• Background in digital advertising, programmatic DSP systems, or real-time bidding (RTB) environments.
• Experience with streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Kinesis.
• Prior involvement in large-scale reporting, data warehousing, or ad measurement systems.

Why Join Samsung Ads

• Work with world-class datasets and large-scale systems powering billions of ad impressions daily.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary and cross-site teams driving the next generation of connected TV and digital advertising.
• Be part of a global, high-performance culture that values creativity, innovation, and ownership.
• Grow your technical leadership and business impact in one of the most dynamic sectors in tech.

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