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Principal Software Engineer
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Principal Software Engineer leading end-to-end design and implementation of Viant’s DSP backend services and frontend UI, mentoring engineers and defining long-term technical vision.
About this role
WHAT YOU’LL DO
THE DAY-TO-DAY
- Determine a long-term technical vision and scope of future projects, while continuously developing and reviewing existing projects.
- Lead end-to-end product development efforts for Viant DSP’s suite of products.
- Own & contribute to major features & areas of the products.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams internally as well as customers externally to understand pain points, underserved needs, and identify opportunities.
- Mentor engineers who thrive working in an innovative, user-focused, fast paced environment.
- Drive initiatives to reduce operational load, and build operationally sustainable products.
MUST HAVE
- Must have experience in the AdTech domain OR possess strong proficiency in the Go programming language.
- 12+ years of professional experience in the software industry.
- Experience with web services, microservices, or other SOA
- Relational database experience, such as MySQL, Postgres, or Oracle, and experience with complex SQL
GREAT TO HAVE
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Knowledge of modern programming languages, especially Java and Go.
- Knowledge of cloud based technologies, especially AWS, Azure or GCP.
- Hands on experience designing, building and delivering high quality scalable, operationally sustainable software.
- Ad tech industry experience is a plus.
- NoSQL experience is a plus
LIFE AT VIANT
Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.
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Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side advertising platform powered by artificial intelligence and designed to drive performance across the open internet. Our omnichannel platform purpose-built for CTV turns data and intelligence into scalable, measurable performance for advertisers. With the launch of ViantAI and Outcomes, Viant has been at the forefront of AI innovation in advertising, building the future of fully autonomous solutions. Viant has been recognized for excellence in AI by Adweek, the Business Intelligence Group and MarTech Breakthrough and is Great Place to Work® certified. Learn more at viantinc.com.
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