Senior Engineer - Demand Tech (Scala/Spark)

TL;DR

Senior Engineer - Demand Tech (Scala/Spark): Building and optimizing large-scale distributed systems and traffic-shaping technology for an advertising platform with an accent on high-performance software, data analysis, and complex mathematical algorithms. Focus on designing microservices architecture, solving concurrency challenges, and ensuring cost-effectiveness of infrastructure.

Location: Hybrid Schedule (M/F remote, T/W/TH in-office) in Boston, MA

Salary: $140,000 - $160,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, enabling publishers to monetize content across all screens and formats including CTV/streaming, online video, display, and audio.

What you will do

• Develop large-scale distributed systems and solve deep technical and mathematical challenges.
• Solve problems involving complex mathematical algorithms to optimize traffic consumption.
• Develop high-performance, low-latency software to route high volumes of ad request traffic.
• Focus on cost optimization to improve profit margins by lowering infrastructure costs.
• Solve for large-scale data analysis challenges.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software development experience, and a BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• A hunger to learn while working with a sense of urgency and a desire for ownership.
• Responsible for the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to production support.
• Joining the On-Call rotation for our applications is a requirement.
• Must work in a hybrid setup (M/F remote, T/W/TH in-office) in Boston, MA.

Nice to have

• Ability to engage in critical and creative thinking.
• Openness to working with the functional programming (FP) paradigm.
• Experience in designing and implementing high-quality applications, preferably with Scala and Spark.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and other CNCF projects like Prometheus, Argo, Helm.

Culture & Benefits

• Superb healthcare coverage for you and your family from day one.
• Generous time off, holiday breaks, summer Fridays, and quarterly mental health days.
• Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match.
• Family-focused benefits, parental leave, cell phone subsidy, and fitness/wellness reimbursement.
• Hybrid schedule with catered lunches, beverages, snacks, training, and office events.
• Commitment to employee growth, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation with a healthy work/life integration.