Kayzen powers the world's best mobile marketing teams to take programmatic in-house.
Programmatic Trader
Location
Europe
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Junior
Job Description
Programmatic Trader
Kayzen
• Manage day-to-day campaign optimization across a set of advertisers; monitor and hit KPI targets (CPA, ROAS, retention) with guidance from senior traders. • Execute supply-side and audience optimization tactics including publisher management, bid adjustments, and dayparting across ad formats (banner, video, native, CTV). • Run A/B tests on bids, budgets, creatives, and geos as part of broader testing roadmaps; document results and contribute learnings to the Trading Playbook. • Monitor pacing and budget allocation daily, flagging risks and under-delivery proactively. • Build a working understanding of mobile attribution (postback flows, attribution windows, MMP integrations) and how attribution models affect how we measure and optimize campaign performance. • Use SQL to pull and analyze campaign data from internal databases; build comfort with joins, CTEs, and window functions over time. • Learn to leverage LLMs (GPT/Claude) for recurring analyses, data briefs, and performance diagnostics, this is a core part of how our team works. • Support the creation and maintenance of dashboards and reporting tools used by the trading team. • Develop your analytical instincts: learn to ask the right questions, understand what's driving performance, and use available tools (SQL, AI, BI tools) to find answers. • Work with CSMs to understand client goals and communicate campaign status clearly. • Support QBR preparation and client-facing deliverables alongside senior traders. • Collaborate with Product Support to troubleshoot delivery issues and with Supply on inventory quality questions.
Job Requirements
- 1–3 years of programmatic ad buying, ad operations, or adjacent adtech experience.
- Familiarity with MMPs (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Singular) and attribution concepts; hands-on experience preferred.
- Analytical mindset; basic SQL ability or a demonstrated willingness to learn quickly.
- Curiosity about AI and automation — you don't need to be an expert, but you should be excited to use LLMs as part of your daily workflow.
- Nice-to-have: Any exposure to Python, CTV/OTT, or mobile in-app DSP platforms.
- Solution-oriented with a bias toward action.
- Clear communicator who's comfortable asking questions and collaborating across teams.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with a performance-based component
- Exceptional career growth and learning possibilities — you'll be mentored by experienced traders and exposed to advanced workflows (LLMs, ClickHouse, audience strategy) earlier than at most organizations
- A unique opportunity to be part of an experienced team of industry experts and entrepreneurs who bring massive change to the Adtech market
- A high degree of responsibility and independence
- Direct, day-to-day work with the management
- A fun, driven, and multinational team located across Germany, India, Argentina, Ukraine, Spain, the UK and many more countries
- A flexible work-from-home arrangement
- A 500-dollar home-office setup budget
- A 1000-dollar annual learning and development budget
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