Title: Lead Software Engineer
Location: Remote
Type: Contract
Duration: 18 Months
As a Lead Software Engineer of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.
In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the correct pacing, targeting, and selection of ads.
Skills
A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems
Demonstrated ownership for the projects delivered by your team and department
Knowledge of system design and implementation best practices to guide and mentor
A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment
A proven ability to work with product teams to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health
A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services
Kindness and pragmatic optimism
Your unique view and experience
Responsibilities
Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests
Available for a weekly-rotating On-Call support schedule
Reading requirements documentation from Product and translating into implementation tickets, and leading the team through execution
Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment
Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts
Delegating tasks to team members, when needed
Basic Qualifications
BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience
7+ years of software engineering experience
Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, profiling
Demonstrable analytical / problem solving skills
Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
Spring Boot and related Spring projects
Non-relational database technologies (e.g. DynamoDB)
Redis and/or MemCache
Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
AWS or other cloud platform
Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
Ad Tech industry
Education
STEM Bachelors
Compensation:
The estimated pay range for this position is USD $90.00/hr - $98.50/hr and is an Exempt role.
Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.
Benefits:
We offer comprehensive benefit options which vary depending on role, location, and employment type. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the specific role during the hiring process.
Pooja
Talent Acquisition Partner