Software Engineer II, AdTech
Job Description
Through our publishers, Sovrn reaches over 200 million people every day, generating over 10 billion HTTP requests daily. These requests must be processed in low milliseconds and result in several petabytes of data on a monthly basis. The exciting technical problems we solve require a world class team and engineering culture to deliver against our mission. As a Software Engineer II on Sovrn’s AdTech Team you will work with a small autonomous team in an agile environment. You will deliver functionality which will help our customers monetize their advertising real estate. We exist in open market conditions so time to market and value add are key differentiators. The fast paced and complex industry coupled with tight code SLAs require our applications to push the boundaries of performance and scalability. You will play a key role in defining and implementing our next generation stack which is key to our success.
Qualifications
- 3+ years experience designing and implementing projects in a highly scalable and performant environment using Java, C++, Scala or another backend language
- Experience with one or more big data technologies (or equivalent): Spark, HDFS, Kafka, Hive, Machine learning libraries, Zeppelin
- Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
- A solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and system design
- Knowledge of web and internet fundamentals
- Excel in a fast paced agile development environment
- Source control (GitHub, SVN, etc.)
- Build and deployment tools (Maven, grunt, etc)
- Development experience on Linux/POSIX type OS platforms
- Experience with full SDLC and Agile methodologies / SCRUM
- Articulate; excellent written and verbal communication skills
Bonus Points
- Advertising industry experience
- Experience with Spring Frameworks such as Spring Boot
- Experience in Python
- Docker/DCOS/Container experience
Our Tech Stack
- Ad Servers powered by Java/Spring, Jetty, MySQL, Aerospike
- Lambda based data pipeline leveraging Kafka, Apache Storm, MapR, Hive/Hadoop, Spark, and XgBoost
Position Reports to: Manager, Engineering