Principal Software Engineer

About the role

Viant’s customers use the Demand Side Platform (DSP) to set up, run, and monitor ad campaigns. The platform team owns a complex set of backend services and the frontend UI that make up the DSP. These services are deployed in a distributed, multi-region, cloud-based infrastructure and use the latest technologies to handle the immensely complicated functionality that is part of any Demand Side Platform (DSP) such as Viant DSP.

You will serve as the technical lead working with a team of engineers to oversee the design and implementation of these interconnected services, ensuring that the system evolves to keep pace with the speed, scale, and agility that modern-day systems are expected to support. You will have the opportunity to mentor team members and contribute toward the success of Viant’s products. Primarily supporting Viant DSP, you will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Technical Operations teams on spec creation and providing production support.

Responsibilities

• Determine a long-term technical vision and scope of future projects, while continuously developing and reviewing existing projects.
• Lead end-to-end product development efforts for Viant DSP’s suite of products.
• Own and contribute to major features and areas of the products.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams internally as well as customers externally to understand pain points, underserved needs, and identify opportunities.
• Mentor engineers who thrive working in an innovative, user-focused, fast-paced environment.
• Drive initiatives to reduce operational load and build operationally sustainable products.

Requirements

• Must have experience in the AdTech domain OR possess strong proficiency in the Go programming language.
• 12+ years of professional experience in the software industry.
• Experience with web services, microservices, or other SOA.
• Relational database experience, such as MySQL, Postgres, or Oracle, and experience with complex SQL.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field.
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of modern programming languages, especially Java and Go.
• Knowledge of cloud-based technologies, especially AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and delivering high-quality scalable, operationally sustainable software.
• Ad tech industry experience is a plus.
• NoSQL experience is a plus.

Benefits

Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. Some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave, and unlimited PTO.

Pay

Base compensation range: $190,000 - $260,000. In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.