Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development (Ad Cloud Platform team)

Appier is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development (Ad Cloud Platform team) in Taipei, Taiwan. Level rates it ; you can apply on Appier.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this software engineer role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Claude, Gemini and Cursor among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
Appier has 66 other open roles on Level.

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About Appier

Appier (TSE: 4180) is an AI-native Agentic AI as a Service (AaaS) company that empowers businesses to create value through cutting-edge AdTech and MarTech solutions. Founded in 2012 with the vision of “Making AI Easy by Making Software Intelligent,” Appier helps businesses turn AI into ROI through its Ad Cloud, Personalization Cloud, and Data Cloud—each powered by Agentic AI that enables autonomous, adaptive, and real-time decision-making. Today, Appier operates 17 offices across APAC, the US, and EMEA, and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.appier.com.

About the role

Software engineers at Appier build a wide range of platforms and services that interconnect data and AI with our customers and users. As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development at Ad Cloud Platform Team, you will design and build scalable and performant backend architecture, own and drive the technical roadmap for sizable projects or services, mentor junior engineers, and facilitate high performance agile teams collaborating with cross-functional teams.

About you

[Minimum Qualifications]

2~4 years of hands-on experience in backend software development, particularly with high-performance, high-concurrency systems.
Proficient in one or more of the following languages, Python is preferred.
Strong experience in system design and architecture for scalable and distributed systems, especially within a Linux environment.
Good understanding of Network API Design (e.g., RESTful APIs, gRPC, GraphQL) and experience with message queues (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub) for data pipelines.
Solid knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL) and experience with database optimization and scaling strategies.
Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and robust monitoring and alerting implementation.
Highly proficient in AI-assisted development workflows, with hands-on experience leveraging tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini, or equivalent in day-to-day engineering.
Solid understanding of agentic coding paradigms, including building or working within multi-step, tool-augmented AI development pipelines.
Proactive, excellent problem-solving skills, and strong communication in a cross-functional team setting.

[Preferred Qualifications]

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Demonstrated ability to develop complex business features with PM, QA, and front-end engineers.
Experienced in promoting backend architecture upgrades or improving development processes.
Exposure to context engineering or AI harness engineering, including designing prompt pipelines, managing LLM context windows, or building structured AI orchestration layers.
Experienced in building SDKs and applications for iOS or Android.

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How we rate this

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development (Ad Cloud Platform team) at Appier rates 4 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development (Ad Cloud Platform team) is an open job at Appier.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
The job was posted on August 12, 2025.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Appier. Apply on Appier

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Pay

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What's a project where you used Claude Code hands-on?

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