Description
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Auction Logic team, which is responsible for building and operating a set of core components of Monetize real-time platform.
The Monetize real-time platform is a large-scale distributed platform operating under strict real-time constraints, responding to and executing real-time, dynamic auctions in less than 100 milliseconds. In the past few years, we’ve grown from processing 300k QPS to over 5 million QPS for an approximate total of 100 billion requests per day. These events generate more than 150 TB of new data every day.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the cross-team engineering efforts to build business critical products for publishers and buyers on the Monetize platform. You will collaborate with a team of smart, passionate engineers and own significant areas of the Monetize real-time platforms and function as the architect. You will participate in setting the roadmap and direction for your areas of responsibility.
Responsibilities will include:
Designing and implementing scalable solutions including new features and enhancements of our Platform. Participating in and helping lead planning sessions with Product Management and Engineering team leads to constructing feature requirements and specifications. Produce prototype features quickly and participate in gathering feedback from clients. Bring innovation to the team in new features, improving build processes and product development lifecycle. Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to increase code efficiency, maintainability and robustness. Support and debug production level issues and provide fixes in an expedient manner. Mentor junior engineers on best practices in software development
More about you:
You are focused on building high-quality, intuitive products. You are passionate about learning and teaching. You love challenging yourself to constantly improve and sharing your knowledge to empower others. You view processes as a means and not an end, preferring lean or automated approaches to ensure quality and productivity. You are not satisfied with the status quo and are always looking to improve how things are done and what is built
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