Bid Ops Optimization Engineer (Header Bidding)

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel; hybrid schedule with 3 days in-office.

Company

hirify.global provides performance advertising technology and operates the Realize advertising platform for businesses and publishers.

What you will do

• Investigate and resolve escalated Header Bidding cases end to end using data, configuration fixes, and quantified uplift analysis.
• Analyze publisher health KPIs and identify recurring optimization opportunities across shared presets, ad sizes, blocking rules, and floors.
• Debug live publisher pages, diagnose bid requests and responses, and adjust ad units or widgets where needed.
• Explain technical findings, recommendations, and business value to Account Managers, publishers, Sales, and other stakeholders.
• Join client pitch calls as a technical expert and help clients understand the technical requirements for working with hirify.global.
• Use SQL (Vertica), Salesforce, Grafana, Tableau, and AI tools to accelerate analysis and documentation.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in ad-tech, programmatic, publisher operations, solutions engineering, or another technical, customer-facing role.
• Strong SQL skills, including tracing metric movements to root causes and checking queries for double counting.
• Experience debugging live publisher pages with browser DevTools, including the DOM, Network tab, console errors, and timing.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; ability to read page source, locate rendered ad units or widgets, and style or adjust widgets.
• Ability to explain technical findings and business value to Account Managers and publishers, leading with business impact.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Hands-on knowledge of Header Bidding, Prebid, and RTB, including bid requests and responses, floors, ad sizes, timeouts, and SSP behavior.
• Experience reading Prebid.js configurations or wrapper code.
• Experience building dashboards or internal tools for non-technical users, or running training programs.
• Experience with AI-assisted workflows or building agents.

Culture & Benefits

• Temporary maternity leave replacement role that may expand into a full-time position.
• Hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office and the option to attend more often.
• Comprehensive benefits, including health coverage, a stocked kitchen, gym partnerships, and parking.
• Inclusive, diversity-focused workplace with learning and growth opportunities.
• Employment is based on qualifications, merit, and business need.