Staff Software Engineer (AdTech)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AdTech): Defining and driving technical direction for ad buying systems by architecting resilient, cloud-native backend services for large-scale ad delivery and campaign planning tools, with an accent on modernization, scalability, and reliability initiatives. Focus on leading design, evolving the Slingshot platform, and optimizing end-to-end ad buying workflows through intelligent automation.

Location: Hybrid in Oakland, California

Salary: $101,500–$206,650

Company

hirify.global and its brands are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of scalable, maintainable services for ad buying.
• Architect and evolve the Slingshot platform towards modern, cloud-native paradigms.
• Drive end-to-end execution from design to deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-impact, integrated ad buying capabilities.
• Partner with various teams to optimize end-to-end ad buying workflows via automation.
• Mentor engineers and champion observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Influence long-term architecture and technology strategy for ad tech roadmap.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a Staff or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
• Expertise in Python (Django, FastAPI, or similar) and backend architecture (e.g., microservices).
• Strong foundation in distributed systems and data pipelines, with hands-on experience in Kafka, Celery, or Airflow.
• Experience with ad serving or delivery platforms (e.g., Google Ad Manager, AdsWizz, Triton).
• Deep familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency with observability tools (Datadog, Sentry, Grafana) and CI/CD workflows.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-team technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

Culture & Benefits

• Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives.
• Work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism, and cooperation.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer.