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# Senior software Engineer (contract) at Verve

- **Company:** Verve
- **Location:** Spain
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verve/jobs/8583893002

## Job description

## Who We Are

Verve has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize advertising. Verve is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who, what, or where a customer is. With 30 offices across the globe and with an eye on servicing forward-thinking advertising customers, Verve’s solutions are trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000 publishers globally, and the world’s top demand-side platforms. Learn more at [verve.com](https://verve.com/).

## Who We Are

Verve has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize advertising. Verve is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who, what, or where a customer is. With 30 offices across the globe and with an eye on servicing forward-thinking advertising customers, Verve’s solutions are trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000 publishers globally, and the world’s top demand-side platforms. Learn more at [www.verve.com](https://www.verve.com).

Captify, part of Verve, enables brands to understand, activate and measure real-time intent across the entire consumer journey, thanks to its proprietary search intent dataset. Leveraging over 15 years of machine learning expertise, Captify’s AI technology ingests over one billion daily search events from open-web publishers and LLMs, transforming search signals into actionable audiences. Captify’s exclusive, first-party search intent data fuels pre-campaign strategy and audience development, multi-channel activation across quality and brand-safe inventory, and unique measurement and insights for the world’s biggest brands.

Tech Stack

Python, Scala, Java, Go, Kubernetes, Karpenter, AWS, GCP, Spark/PySpark, Flink, Databricks, Postgres, Redis, Aerospike, Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana, nginx, Typescript/Node.js, Terraform, ArgoCD

Statistics/ML/AI knowledge is a plus

## What You Will Do

- Produce quality code and raise the bar for team performance
- Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure software architecture for backend systems, including APIs, microservices, and data storage solutions
- Ensure performance, scalability, and security, while continuously optimising and updating architecture to incorporate new technologies and best practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of Software, Data and ML engineers
- Communicate regularly with product managers and business stakeholders such as ad traders

## What You Will Bring

- Experience delivering products across backend, data, and ML stacks
- Experience building high-performance distributed systems
- Enthusiasm for solving interesting problems
- A degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering)

## What We Offer

- Talented engineers, Large scale data, Interesting problems
- You will learn and evolve in an empowering environment characterized by entrepreneurial actions
- Responsibility, independence, and an opportunity to participate in projects that have a significant impact on Verve’s success
- Be part of a multicultural team that is bringing advertising to the next level
- Verve provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Verve provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are a California resident subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, [click here](https://verve.com/california-applicant-privacy-notice/) to understand how Verve processes your personal information and how you can exercise your rights. If you are located in the EU or UK visit our [privacy policy](https://verve.com/applicant-privacy-policy/) to understand how Verve processes your personal information and how you can exercise your rights.

## About Verve

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Verve is an AI-first, privacy-focused advertising technology platform that connects brands and agencies with publishers across emerging media channels such as mobile in-app, connected TV, digital out-of-home, and gaming.
- **Entity Type**: Public (ticker: VER on Nasdaq Stockholm)
- **Headquarters**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Technology (AdTech), Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2B – brands, agencies, and publishers of all sizes (enterprise to SMB)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Strengthening the internet, making it safer and helping it serve people better” by making media better through privacy-first, transparent, and impactful technology.

## Products & Services
- **Moments.AI**: Contextual targeting solution using AI to analyze page/screen content and deliver relevant ads without relying on cookies or device IDs. Awarded Digiday’s Best Contextual Targeting Offering.
- **ATOM 3.0 SDK**: Privacy-compliant, on-device targeting SDK integrated into 10,000+ mobile apps, enabling ID-less audience targeting at scale.
- **Retail Media Solutions (Acardo, Viewento)**: In-store and digital retail media capabilities that activate consumer data for advertisers and retailers.
- **Search Intelligence (Captify)**: Search-based audience targeting and insights to enhance demand-side advertising outcomes.
- **Unified Platform**: A single technology stack serving publishers and advertisers across mobile, CTV, DOOH, web, gaming, and audio with real-time bidding and AI optimization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in search results (publicly traded but current market cap not provided)
- **Key Metric**: 
  - Annual Revenue: €300 million (reported in 2022); 26% organic growth (Q2 2024)
  - 851 software customers spending $100K+ annually on the platform (Q2 2024)
  - 1000+ employees globally
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Public company; major acquisitions include Jun Group (2024), Captify, Acardo, and Viewento. Key partnerships implied with thousands of publishers and apps.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Demand-side revenue grew to 30% of total revenue (2025)
  - Platform unification completed, improving scalability and efficiency
  - Expansion into retail media and search intelligence via acquisitions
  - 2.5B+ end consumer reach, 200M+ monthly active users via mobile app integrations, 65K+ connected TV screens

## Competitive Advantages
- **Privacy-first, ID-less targeting** – does not rely on cookies or device IDs, future-proofing against privacy regulations.
- **AI-driven optimization** – Moments.AI and ATOM 3.0 provide contextual and on-device targeting at scale.
- **Omni-channel breadth** – covers mobile in-app, CTV, DOOH, web, gaming, and audio with a single platform.
- **Ranked #1 in RTB mobile supply path coverage and quality** (source unspecified but cited on site).
- **Global footprint** – offices in 10+ cities and remote teams across multiple regions, with reach in 150+ countries.

## Strategic Focus
- **Retail media expansion** – leveraging Acardo and Viewento to capture in-store and digital retail ad spend.
- **Demand-side growth** – increasing share of revenue from advertisers and agencies (targeting 30%+).
- **Platform unification & scalability** – integrating acquisitions into a single, efficient tech stack.
- **Privacy-compliant innovation** – continued investment in ID-less, contextual, and on-device solutions to lead the post-cookie era.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values-driven environment built on “We put customer outcomes first,” “We move fast and fix things,” “We innovate with purpose,” “We, not me,” and “We say it and we own it.”
- **Flexible work**: Hybrid model (3 days in-office at hubs) and remote options depending on role. Work-from-abroad opportunities.
- **Benefits**:
  - Annual learning budget + professional development and leadership trainings
  - German/English language classes
  - Employer Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  - Competitive compensation and bonus programs
  - Generous PTO plus wellness/volunteer days
  - Subsidized healthcare and mental health resources
  - Parental leave for all new parents
  - Monthly lifestyle allowance
  - Pet-friendly offices, office lunches, and snacks
- **Hiring process**: Typically 3–6 weeks with 3–6 interview stages, starting with recruiter, then hiring manager, team, and leadership.
- **Global team**: 1000+ employees across North America, Europe, and Asia; diverse perspectives highly valued.

## Sources
1. [verve.com](https://verve.com/)
2. [verve.com/careers](https://verve.com/careers/)
3. [verve.com/about](https://verve.com/about/)
4. [investors.verve.com](https://investors.verve.com/)
5. [linkedin.com/company/verve-ad-solutions](https://www.linkedin.com/company/verve-ad-solutions)

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