Index is a global advertising technology company helping media owners monetize their digital content through advertising so that consumers can continue enjoying free and open access to content online.We shaped the earliest forms of ad tech, and we're looking for the technical expertise to help shape its future. Our customers have unique problems that can be solved at scale, and that's where the technical skills of our team make a real difference. Our exchange handles more than 220 billion requests every day (which is even more than the New York Stock Exchange), and every member of our engineering team has an enormous amount of autonomy in building code that supports that level of scale. Through the transparency of our technology, dedication to innovation, and long-standing customer relationships, we lead through change.We have more than 500 Indexers around the globe dedicated to building a safe and transparent marketplace that provides a trusted experience for consumers.**What's it like to work at Index?**Index is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We're built on our values of change, support, learning and teaching, trust, and intention. We pride ourselves on our independence and openness, not only in our technology, but in our teams, too. Our diverse and inclusive culture celebrates how we can leverage our unique differences to help drive Index forward.Our culture of success is truly supportive and collaborative. In working together across our teams, we're continually investing in the people and technology to solve the industry's most complex problems. As we extend the promise of ad tech to every channel, we're looking for talented engineers to help advance Index, and the industry, forward.Are you ready to join the programmatic evolution?We're looking for an** Optimization Architect** who can bring their depth and breadth of experience in building and architecting Index Exchanger's general advertising marketplace and ad technology solutions. This is a opportunity to define the Index-wide technology strategy for making more relevant and optimized decisions in our global exchange platform, and to drive pragmatic execution and iterative improvement of same. This position will report to the Chief Architect.Index's scale spans the globe, our transactions happen 24x7, and every second that passes millions of requests are evaluated across our exchange. In order to achieve our mission, performance and efficiency are absolutely key, as every millisecond literally counts in our business.**What We're Looking For**:**A pragmatic and strategic technology leader**:- Learn and understand the business vision and market opportunity for the company- Exceptional hands-on technology leader to 'drive and own' the overall architectural vision, direction, and technology roadmap for system performance and optimization for all of Index Exchange- Design, develop, and drive implementation of a predictive real-time and offline optimization pipelines in our exchange- Establish and advance best practices and standards for constraint management, and ensure that all Index engineering teams subscribe to same- Make significant contributions (in partnership with Chief Architect and our architecture team) to the strategic technology roadmap for the company**A builder, enabler, and amplifier of world class engineering teams you are**:- As a key member of our core architecture team of and the most senior technologists in the company, lead the architecture and design for all technology platform modules and products for the company, with a particular focus on increasing the relevancy of our auctions.- Core member of the team to build and evolve technology planning, design, and architectural process for all of Index, driving collaborative engagement and enabling innovation throughout the entire organization.- A s a key member of our technology leadership team, organize and drive integrated release planning, and coordination, and design across Platform, Software, Analytics, and Infrastructure teams.- Driver of alignment across all agile engineering teams, with a strong focus on best in class architectural and technology standards, and engineering best practices.- Designer and builder of quality, performance, security, efficiency, and reliability in from day one, and inspire other team members to do the same.- Developer of prototypes, vetting, and championing new technology introductions to our platform.- An ambassador who effectively represent our performance capabilities and strategies to diverse internal teams, as well as to external partners and customers.- A respected technical role model and mentor for engineering teams, leading, motivating, and challenging a diverse globally distributed technology team.**Growth Focused Architectural Leadership**:- Develop technology strategy, clearly articulate, and drive delivery of a technology architecture leadership team- Build, maintain, and drive the techno