Senior Software Engineer - Consumer Tech and Gen AI

The Role

We seek self-driven and talented engineers to design, develop, and operate high-volume, low-latency systems powering consumer tech products for adMarketplace. The ideal candidate will have experience working on large-scale consumer-facing products and some exposure to AI/ML system integrations. You will be involved in the entire software development lifecycle, from defining requirements to designing, coding, testing, and supporting the product in production. You will have a clear career progression path and numerous opportunities for both personal and professional growth in an intellectually stimulating and dynamic work environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and distributed backend components for our consumer tech platform, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.
• Tackle complex technical challenges related to creating low latency, large-scale systems in a consumer-facing environment.
• Collaborate closely with product teams, front-end developers, and AI/ML engineers to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Lead technical execution and architectural decisions of various projects, ensuring alignment with our strategic goals.
• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance and oversight to ensure high-quality software development practices.
• Partner with QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams for seamless integration, testing, and deployment of system components.
• Continuously improve the system by researching and implementing the latest technologies and best practices.

 Basic Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of strong hands-on experience in backend development in Java.
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining low latency, high-volume, scalable applications and systems.
• Familiarity with both relational and non-relational databases.
• Solid understanding of frontend development and the ability to work closely with frontend engineers.
• Proficiency in applying SOLID design principles and system design across multiple teams.
• Strong initiative, ability to drive projects independently, and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional documentation, communication, and troubleshooting abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Spring, Spring Boot or other dependency injection framework.
• Basic knowledge of AI/ML principles and their application in a consumer product context.
• Familiarity with Apache Kafka, Vector Search, Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, Redis, LLM agents, and other data processing and caching tools.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with profiling and tuning JVM based applications.
• Agile software development experience.
• Prior experience in the ad tech or e-commerce industry.

*Compensation Range: $170,000 - $220,000 

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