Overview

As AdTech Architect you will design and lead Rakuten TV’s programmatic advertising stack in a greenfield setup, reporting to the CPO. You’ll define technical strategy, drive cross-functional collaboration with commercial and ad-ops teams, and shape how advertising contributes to revenue. Expect high-impact decisions on platform capabilities, standards, and partner ecosystems. You’ll stay hands-on while growing the team and guiding the ad-tech roadmap to scale in a data-driven, fast-paced environment.

Compensaciones / Beneficios

- Hybrid work model
- Versátil hours
- Friday afternoon off
- Training resources and language classes
- Wellbeing platforms
- Office near Barcelona beach

Responsabilidades

- Design and own end-to-end architecture of the programmatic stack (bid handling, auction logic, CTV ad delivery, impression and measurement pipeline)
- Make build-vs-buy decisions for stack components and drive strategic procurement choices
- Contribute to overall advertising strategy with leadership on standards, integrations, and product evolution
- Set technical direction for IAB standards, consent chain management, and advertiser measurement; manage relationships with SSPs, DSPs, and measurement partners
- Lead a small team (PM, AdTech Specialist, AdTech Engineer) with hands-on involvement and scale planning





Requisitos principales

- 8–12 years in AdTech with substantial programmatic and CTV experience
- End-to-end ownership of RTB or bid management system design
- Experience influencing build-vs-buy decisions for critical components
- Comfort with commercial discussions (pricing, yield, DSP relationships) and translating into technical decisions
- Background in broadcaster, streaming platform, SSP, DSP, or ad tech vendor
- OpenRTB 2.x/3.0 bid/response design and auction mechanics
- VAST/VMAP/SCTE-35 for creative compliance and ad trafficking
- CTV ad integration (client-side and server-side insertion), measurement SDKs, verification frameworks
- Real-time event streaming and low-latency pipeline design
- First-party audience data architecture (identity resolution across devices, UID2/ID5) and activation in programmatic buying
- Domain knowledge of SSP/DSP ecosystems, programmatic economics, PMP/PG structures
- GDPR/TCF 2.x compliance and consent chain management
- Experience with broadcaster or streaming audience measurement frameworks

- Cross-functional collaboration
- Strategic thinkingahead
- Strong stakeholder and vendor management
- OpenRTB 2.x/3.0 bid/response design
- VAST/VMAP/SCTE-35
- CTV ad integration (client/server-side)

📌 Senior AdTech Architect (Barcelona)
🏢 Rakuten Tv
📍 Barcelona