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# Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d) at Kayzen

- **Company:** Kayzen
- **Location:** India
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/kayzen/jobs/5004268101

## Job description

🌏 India, Remote ________________________

Hello 👋 I am [Servesh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/serveshjain/), Co- founder and CTO at Kayzen, and I am now looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will be a part of the platform engineering team.  🙌

But wait, you have not heard of Kayzen before? 😃

Kayzen is the Apps DSP: an AI-native platform built on its own bidding engine, for buying app inventory across mobile and connected TV screens. App developers, agencies, media buyers and ad platforms use Kayzen to drive full-funnel outcomes across both screens, from awareness and consideration to installs, purchases and calls. Available through self-serve and managed services, Kayzen combines machine-learning optimisation with bid - and impression-level transparency, granular control over buying decisions, and AI capabilities that connect campaign data to the AI assistants teams already use. Kayzen’s vision is to democratise programmatic marketing by making it accessible to every team. Headquartered in Berlin, Kayzen operates globally.

## The role

The Platform Engineering team owns the Real-time bidding (RTB) platform, a Real-time budget system, Real-time event processing, stream data processing engine and multiple other complex large-scale distributed components and data pipelines. You will work closely with data scientists, data analysts, product and business teams.

Day to day

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

- Design, code, deploy & maintain highly scalable software components, optimal data pipeline architecture for large- scale data volumes
- Dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interaction
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
- Build the system required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and ‘big data’ technologies.
- Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.
- Mentor junior software engineers

Sounds like you? 😉

We are looking for a candidate with a minimum 5+ yrs of professional experience working in distributed systems.

- Min. 5 years of experience in coding & implementing complex projects
- Proficiency in Java is a MUST
- Deep understanding of Multi-threading, JVM, GC and profiling tools
- Good knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, proficiency in working in Unix/Linux-based environment
- Hands on with AI development tools like (Claude code, Github Copilot etc) and demonstrates AI usage, adoption & agentic coding in day to day work
- Experience with C++/Golang nice to have
- Past Experience in ML/DS is a big plus
- Ad-tech, marketing-tech experience is a big plus
- Work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field

What do we offer?

- Exceptional career growth and learning opportunity
- A unique opportunity to be part of an experienced team of industry experts and entrepreneurs who bring massive change to the Adtech market
- Direct, day-to-day work experience with the management
- A fun, driven, and multinational team located across Germany, India, Argentina, Ukraine, Turkey, the UK and soon more countries
- A flexible work-from-home arrangement: we have office in Bangalore but felly remote mode is possible
- A 500-dollar home-office setup budget
- A 1000-dollar annual learning and development budget
- Regular company events

## About Kayzen

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Kayzen is a mobile-first demand-side platform (DSP) that enables apps, agencies, media buyers, and brands to run programmatic customer acquisition, retargeting, and brand performance campaigns with full transparency and control.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Tim Koschella (CEO & Co-Founder), Servesh Jain (CPO & Co-Founder), Puneet Gupta (CTO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Services / Ad Tech (mobile programmatic advertising)
- **Target customers**: B2B – apps, agencies, media buyers, eCommerce brands, and advertisers of all sizes (SMB to Enterprise)
- **Mission statement**: Democratize programmatic advertising by giving advertisers full transparency, control over costs, and ownership of their data.

## Products & Services
- **[Kayzen DSP](https://kayzen.io/)**: Self-serve demand-side platform for mobile programmatic campaigns. Supports customer acquisition, retargeting, and brand performance. Offers modular architecture with Bring Your Own Algorithm (BYOA) and Bring Your Own Supply (BYOS) options. Available via UI and API.
- **Managed Service**: Full-service campaign management for clients who prefer a hands-off approach.
- **White-Label Solution**: Allows partners to create their own mobile programmatic platform on top of Kayzen’s technology.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metrics**: Annual Revenue of ~$5.0M (LinkedIn estimate) & Total Funding of $4.0M (Seed round, led by InReach Ventures)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Roberto Bonanzinga (InReach Ventures), Petteri Kopponen (Lifeline Ventures)
- **Growth Signals**: 87 employees (+19% YoY), operates in 12 countries, serves 1.9B+ unique daily users, processes 230B+ daily ad requests, serves up to 1B+ ads per day across 180 countries. Active job postings growing 80% YoY.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Transparency & Control**: Full cost transparency, real-time bid/win data, and complete ownership of advertiser data.
- **Modular Architecture**: BYOA and BYOS allow customisation beyond default optimization goals.
- **Scale**: Access to 1.9B+ unique daily users across banners, native, and full-screen formats.
- **Founding Team**: Nearly 40 years of combined experience in scalable tech and real-time ad trading systems.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the platform globally (US expansion, open role for President US)
- Continuing to democratize programmatic advertising by breaking down “walled gardens”
- Investing in AI/ML (open roles for Senior Data Scientist, LLM Platform Engineer/Lead) and product innovation

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values based on _Kaizen_ (continuous improvement) – ownership, collaboration, positivity, curiosity. Emphasises knowledge sharing, celebrations, and constructive feedback.
- **Work Environment**: Flexible hours and hybrid model (core hours). Remote options across EMEA, India, and Global. Relocation support for Berlin or Bangalore offices.
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation, generous vacation, personal development budget (courses, conferences, books), wellness perks (yoga), social events (team lunches, company offsites).
- **Engineering Culture**: Work with modern tools at scale; roles span Fullstack, DevOps, Data Science, and LLM Platform engineering.
- **Diversity**: 70+ employees from 20+ nationalities, operating in 12 countries.

## Sources
1. [Kayzen About Page](https://kayzen.io/about)
2. [Kayzen Homepage](https://kayzen.io/)
3. [Kayzen Careers](https://kayzen.io/careers)
4. [Kayzen LinkedIn](https://de.linkedin.com/company/kayzen)
5. [CB Insights](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kayzen)

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