Staff Software Engineer (Back End)

• Work directly with Viant’s ad server, managing a high-volume, low-latency application that processes billions of unique requests a day
• Work with state-of-the-art technology as part of bid optimization, dynamic performance optimization, as well as develop a self-diagnostic and healing architecture
• Deliver simple, elegant, scalable, extensible solutions that strike the right balance between short-term and long-term considerations
• Design, develop, maintain and trouble software features with an eye on cost, scalability, performance and fault-tolerance
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews and bug triage / Root Cause Analysis (RCA) sessions
• Be the technical lead of projects that involve 2-3 other engineers
• Collaborate with Product, other Engineering and Technical operations teams on the entire lifecycle from ideation to productization and beyond
• Drive the development and continuous improvement of existing projects while shaping the vision and scope of future initiatives
• Collaborate with internal teams to design, build, and refine a highly reliable, highly available, low-latency runtime platform
• Own and provide technical leadership for multiple subsystems of the runtime platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and fault tolerance
• Oversee and guide all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment, with a focus on delivering high-impact solutions

• 8+ years of professional experience in the software industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• Proficiency in GoLang
• Expertise in designing, building, and delivering high-quality, scalable, and high-performance distributed systems, including developing detailed design specifications
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server), including writing SQL
• Familiarity with cloud-based technologies, especially AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) and GCP
• Knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, and low-latency application development
• Proven ability to identify and resolve project issues effectively and in a timely manner

Experience in the AdTech domain is preferred

• Fully paid health insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO