Software Engineer (Clojure)
About the role
Viant is looking for a passionate Software Engineer with Clojure experience to work closely with our IRIS.TV engineering team. This role requires thorough knowledge of the Clojure standard libraries and ecosystem. Our engineering team is headquartered in Los Angeles and geographically distributed around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to work with big data, analytics, and real-time distributed systems in a fast-paced environment. The team leverages open source technologies and builds with hand tools, setting the bar high for a very robust and flexible data processing architecture for the company.
Responsibilities
- Design and build data processing pipelines and APIs with the data engineering team
- Track and optimize key performance metrics with the data science team
- Solve a wide variety of engineering challenges using Clojure and free software tools on AWS
- Work with high-availability distributed systems
- Measure your own code in production and stay one step ahead of scaling needs
Qualifications
- Experience with Clojure (required) and distributed systems (e.g., microservices, fault-tolerant architectures)
- Proficiency with Kafka, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Strong problem-solver with a DevOps mindset and ability to work independently
- Skilled in performance tuning (profiling, benchmarking, latency optimization)
- Familiarity with data workflows (analytics, ML support) and domain knowledge in video, MarTech, or AdTech
Benefits
- Fully paid health insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO
Pay
Base compensation range: $130,000 - $160,000. 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.