Sr. Backend Software Engineer (Ad Engineering)

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senior

$195k–$250k

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Philo The Sr. Backend Software Engineer (Ad Engineering) at Philo designs and implements the next generation of the SSAI service for video streaming ads. The role involves collaborating with partners and internal teams to optimize ad delivery and build scalable data pipelines.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, deploy, and monitor the next generation of Philo’s SSAI service.
Collaborate with our partners in the ad ecosystem to engineer ad tech products that deliver the finest TV watching experience for Philo’s users and best value for advertisers.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders across video delivery, ad operations, and data science teams to ensure we are measuring and optimizing every aspect of our ad delivery process (and our users’ viewing experience)
Build scalable and resilient data pipelines for ingesting ad creatives and ad measurement events, using distributed computing and micro-services architecture principles.
Drive continuous improvements to the reliability, performance, accuracy, and security of Philo’s ad services
Implement identity solutions for ad targeting and measurement.
Interface with external standards bodies (IAB, MRC, etc) to implement new certifications, maintain compliance with new standard adoption, etc.
Build tools to proactively monitor and quickly troubleshoot issues having to do with ad delivery

Qualification

We are language agnosticMore about Philo

Required

8+ years of software development experience.
Experience building or integrating SSAI using MPEG-DASH or HLS media streaming technologies.
Familiarity with industry standards such as VAST, VMAP, OpenRTB and header bidding.
Experience building or integrating ad servers, demand-side platforms or supply-side platforms with personalized ad targeting capabilities.
Familiarity with programmatic advertising using platforms like Publica, Freewheel, Google Ad Exchange or Amazon APS.
Proven track record of building highly efficient and highly available software using Golang, Java, C++ or similar programming languages.
Experience operating in cloud computing environments using modern software deployment technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience working with large amounts of data and making data-based decisions to prioritize projects, including familiarity with relational and non-relational databases and modern data warehousing and querying.
Experience and aptitude for collaborating and communicating with internal and external stakeholders in both business and technical roles.
Knowledge of ad ecosystem trends and changes that will impact how Philo manages our overall ad stack for years to come
We are language agnostic, but most of our backend code is written in Golang, Ruby and NodeJS, with some C++ and Python. Our services run on Kubernetes, and we practice continuous deployment across all of our systems.
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