Development Engineer

About the role

Join a high-impact engineering team building scalable backend services for a fast-paced digital environment. This role offers the opportunity to shape resilient, high-performance systems using modern technologies, while collaborating across teams to deliver reliable solutions and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support scalable backend services using Kotlin and modern microservices architecture.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and Java/J2EE-based solutions that support business and platform needs.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, technical reviews, code reviews, testing, and debugging efforts.
• Evaluate emerging tools and technologies through proof-of-concept work with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to create clear system designs, process flows, and implementation plans.
• Support system reliability, resiliency, and disaster recovery planning.
• Promote strong data quality practices across ingestion, processing, storage, and operational workflows.
• Help drive engineering best practices, automation, and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
• Mentor fellow engineers and provide technical guidance on complex initiatives.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience developing production applications in Kotlin.
• Solid background in Java/J2EE and RESTful API development.
• Experience building microservices with Spring Boot.
• Familiarity with monorepo development environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable backend architecture.
• Experience with one or more databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or Elasticsearch.
• Working knowledge of Kafka or similar messaging and event streaming platforms.
• Experience with JUnit and Mockito for testing.
• Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Grafana.
• Comfort working in CI/CD and automated deployment environments.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in ad tech environments, including DSPs, SSPs, or ad servers.
• Python development experience.
• Knowledge of workflow orchestration or data pipeline tools such as Oozie.
• Experience designing technical solutions aligned with digital advertising and business goals.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $33 - $67 per hour based on qualifications and experience.