Senior Backend Software Engineer (Ad Engineering)

Location: San Francisco, Brooklyn, Cambridge, or fully remote within the United States.

Annual salary: $165,000–$250,000, depending on experience and location, plus company stock options and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a streaming television product company building cloud-delivered TV experiences, multi-screen playback, and programmatic advertising services.

What you will do

• Design, implement, deploy, and monitor the next generation of the server-side ad insertion service.
• Build ad technology products and partner integrations across the programmatic advertising ecosystem.
• Develop scalable and resilient data pipelines for ad creatives and measurement events using distributed systems and microservices.
• Collaborate with video delivery, ad operations, data science, business teams, and external partners to optimize ad delivery and viewing experience.
• Implement identity, targeting, measurement, monitoring, and troubleshooting solutions for ad services.
• Improve the reliability, performance, accuracy, security, and standards compliance of the advertising platform.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Experience building or integrating SSAI with MPEG-DASH or HLS streaming technologies.
• Knowledge of VAST, VMAP, OpenRTB, header bidding, ad servers, DSPs, SSPs, and personalized ad targeting.
• Experience building highly available software with Golang, Java, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud environments, Docker, Kubernetes, relational and non-relational databases, data warehousing, and querying.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and business stakeholders and knowledge of advertising ecosystem trends.

Nice to have

• Experience with programmatic advertising platforms such as Publica, FreeWheel, Google Ad Exchange, or Amazon APS.
• Experience with Ruby, Node, or Python in backend systems.
• Experience interfacing with standards bodies such as IAB and MRC.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours and a people-first, transparent, and collaborative culture.
• Full health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• 401(k) plan with employer contributions and up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Unlimited paid time off, a vacation bonus, and professional development assistance.
• Home office and TV stipend, office attendance bonus, commuter benefits, and wellness benefits.
• Inclusive workplace with accessibility support and equal employment opportunities.

Hiring process

• Applications are managed with automated tools that assess relevant skills and qualifications and flag potentially fraudulent or duplicate submissions.
• Applicants may request human review or reasonable accommodation during the process.