Rok Sušnik is a seasoned software engineer based in Ljubljana with a decade of experience building both front-end and back-end systems, currently at Friendly Captcha. He has deep practical expertise in real-time advertising infrastructure, contributing adapters and OpenRTB integrations to prominent open-source projects like Prebid Server and Prebid.js (notably Zemanta/Outbrain adapters). His work spans user syncing, extended identifier support, and performance-focused adapter features, demonstrating an ability to bridge protocol-level backend concerns with client-side bidding logic. Comfortable across the stack, Rok combines pragmatic problem-solving with a track record of shipping production-quality code in high-throughput, ad-tech environments.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer and Information Sciences General, Bachelor's degree Computer and Information Sciences General at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
Open-source solution for running real-time advertising auctions in the cloud.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:19 reviews, 8 commits, 7 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Rok's primary contribution involves developing and integrating new adapter implementations within the prebid-server project. The commits showcase the creation of the "zemanta" (later renamed to "outbrain") adapter, involving the creation of necessary files, configuration setups, and user syncing. The adapter implementation focuses on handling OpenRTB requests and responses. Code changes also include updates to the OpenRTB library and configurations for user syncing.
Setup and manage header bidding advertising partners without writing code or confusing line items. Prebid.js is open source and free.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 15 commits, 10 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Rok primarily contributed to the Zemanta and Outbrain bid adapters within the Prebid.js repository. Their work involved adding features, enhancing functionality, and addressing user sync-related concerns. The contributions include supporting Outbrain as an alias, adding support for new parameters, and integrating features such as ad domain retrieval and extended identifier (EID) support. These changes were focused on improving the adapter's capabilities and performance within the header bidding framework.
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Rok Sušnik - Software Engineer at Friendly Captcha