Principal Engineer, ETL & APIs

PMG’s Alli is a cloud-based suite of AI-powered tools for digital marketers. Last year, Alli enabled ad delivery to over 1 billion consumers in 80+ countries for some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Apple, Nike, and McDonald’s. 

Established in Fort Worth in 2010, PMG was profitable from day one and has grown with no outside investment to 700+ employees currently working in 7 offices and remotely. The company is defined by its people-centered culture and has led AdAge’s annual Best Places to Work list for 8 years in a row. 

As PMG is transitioning into an AI-first organization, we are looking for engineers who want to build the impossible. Our team doesn't just dream up futuristic platforms - we ship them! 

We Use: 

• AWS and GCP; 
• Docker and Terraform;
• PHP, JavaScript, Go, Python, Java and React; 
• Redshift, BigQuery, Postgres, Mongo, Redis;
• OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex, LangChain;
• GitHub, Jira, Confluence;
• SCRUM-inspired agile development process.

We are looking for Engineers who have:

• Passion for solving challenging problems by delivering clean and performant code;
• Profound understanding of distributed system design and data intensive applications;
• Familiarity with the current GenAI tech landscape and trends;
• SOLID software engineering expertise (OOA/OOD, TDD, CI/CD);
• Strong adherence to agile values;
• Team-first, proactive approach to work and great communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to  multiple distributed teams that work on several products within the Alli suite;
• Leading teams to define and implement highly scalable, highly available architectures for data intensive applications, with specific focus on enabling efficient ETL and ELT workflows;
• Helping the teams to define and evolve APIs that enable easy integration between various Alli components and applications, as well as external applications and platforms, while supporting security, extensibility and maintainability;
• Leading the process of identifying and integrating new platforms / technological solutions into Alli.
• Personally implementing the most challenging/complex pieces of application functionality across the product line;
• Personally debugging / fixing the most complex / challenging / critical issues;
• Mentoring and code/peer review/ coaching less experienced engineers.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 5 years of experience in a senior engineering IC role working on highly scalable application(s); 
• At least 2 years of experience in a principal/staff/ engineering role working on highly scalable application(s); 
• Deep expertise with modern technologies for building highly scalable data-intensive applications, good familiarity with at least 70% of our tech stack (as listed in the “We Use” section)

Additional Preferred Skills: 

• Master’s Degree 
• Interest or familiarity working in the Digital Marketing industry
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef or Puppet

Successful Candidates will be Offered:

• A competitive compensation package (base salary, bonus, 401k, etc.);
• Leading benefits package (including full medical/dental/vision coverage);
• Amazing offices (with the best baristas in the tech industry);
• Support for conferences, courses, and certifications;
• Exciting projects with partners like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft