Senior Software Engineer, Platform

A Day in the Life 

As a member of the Platform team, you will take ownership of projects and work with large-scale data processing systems. We are seeking a motivated engineer to join the team responsible for AppLovin's core products which process 6PB of data and reach 1B users daily. We are responsible for scaling a platform that produces hundreds of billions of unique events consumed trillions of times throughout our geographically distributed data centers every day. The technical stack includes Java, Scala, Spark, Airflow, and working with a variety of databases.

The Impact You’ll Make

• Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems
• Collaborate with various engineering teams to meet a wide range of technological challenges
• Work closely with our product team to contribute and influence the roadmap of our products and technologies
• Influence and inspire team members

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of meaningful professional experience
• Have a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Fluency in Java
• Practical experience working with big data systems (Spark, SparkSQL, HDFS)
• Hands-on experience with broker systems (Kakfa, RabbitMQ, etc)
• In-depth knowledge of NoSQL databases (Aerospike, Zookeeper) and SQL databases (Vertica, MySQL, Clickhouse)
• practical experience working in the cloud (GCP, AWS, etc)
• Ability to take complete ownership of a feature or project
• Have a desire to solve large, complex problems. You look beyond the surface to understand root causes so that you can build long-term solutions for the whole ecosystem

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Airflow
• Mentoring experience - You have a passion for guiding more junior engineers in their progress on business and personal career goals
• Domain experience in adtech

Perks

• Remote culture
• Free medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Work from home stipend each paycheck
• 401k matching and employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible time off - take time when you need it

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