Staff Software Engineer, Ads

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and lead the technical strategy for the advertising platform.

• Create an architecture that adapts alongside the product and advertising business.

• Provide technical guidance for video ads, server-side advertising, connected TV, programmatic advertising, and emerging ad formats.

• Collaborate with Engineering and Product leadership to pinpoint technical investments and revenue opportunities.

• Direct architecture and system design for intricate cross-functional initiatives across advertising, video, backend services, clients, and data systems.

• Assess architectural methodologies and third-party advertising technologies.

• Articulate tradeoffs related to scalability, reliability, user experience, implementation complexity, and business requirements.

• Enhance the reliability, observability, scalability, and maintainability of advertising systems and integrations.

• Develop frameworks and abstractions for safer advertising experimentation.

• Work in partnership with video, client, platform, data, and monetization teams.

• Guide engineers through design reviews, architectural advice, code evaluations, and knowledge sharing.

• Create technical documentation, architectural designs, and long-term roadmaps.

• Stay informed on advertising technology trends and evaluate their applicability.

• Participate in an occasional on-call rotation.

• Report to an Engineering leader within the Ads division.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of professional software development experience.

• Proven technical leadership in complex or large-scale systems.

• Experience in designing and developing distributed, high-scale production systems.

• Professional background in architecting and implementing advertising technology systems or integrations.

• Strong foundation in backend engineering with experience in supporting video advertising.

• Familiarity with ad serving, video ad delivery, SSAI/CSAI, VAST, programmatic advertising, or header bidding.

• Experience leading architecture and technical strategy across projects involving multiple engineers or teams.

• Comprehensive understanding of API design, distributed systems, reliability, observability, and system performance.

• Proven experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical decisions beyond immediate projects and teams.

• Background with live or streaming video systems is highly preferred.

• Experience with connected TV advertising or server-side ad insertion is preferred.

• Familiarity with Google Ad Manager or similar ad-serving platforms is preferred.

• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Redis, and PostgreSQL is preferred.

• Must reside in the United States and be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Must not require visa sponsorship for employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work remotely across the US or from a modern office in Manhattan, NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• Technology stipend of $4,000 every two years.

• WFH stipend of $500 annually.

• Monthly physical, mental, wellness, and learning stipend through Holisticly.

• Monthly lifestyle stipend through Fringe.

• Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and family/dependent coverage.

• Traditional and Roth 401K plans through Vanguard with immediate company match.

• Basic, supplemental, and dependent life insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability leave.

• Company-paid parental leave: up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Family building benefits through Progyny.

• DICK'S Sporting Goods and family brands teammate discount.

• Incentive compensation and equity for eligible roles.