AI-First Software Engineer — Platform & Data Ops

Madrona Venture Labs; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

iSpot.tv is seeking a Senior SDE to own domains, drive scalable solutions, and act as a go-to expert in a high-scale AWS environment. You will lead AI-native initiatives and contribute to Creative Audience and Outcomes Pillar.

The role emphasizes platform engineering, data pipeline ownership with Airflow and Snowflake, and cost-conscious engineering in a collaborative, hybrid setup in Bellevue, WA or remote.

Qualifications

• Significant experience developing software across multiple projects and leading initiatives.
• Architectural leadership including high-availability API design.
• Platform engineering with focus on internal developer experience and self-service capabilities.
• Cloud-native AWS expertise (S3, Lambda, EC2, IAM).

Responsibilities

• Design domains with testability and multi-team use in mind; craft extensible codebases and contribute to company-wide guidelines.
• Maintain high quality standards and CI/CD architecture; implement secure deployment strategies for large-scale projects.
• Lead AI-driven productivity: explore AI tech and evangelize tooling with demos and documentation.
• Own data pipelines: design/build/maintain Airflow DAGs and Snowflake analytics; observe and optimize data flows.
• Mentor teammates, align stakeholders, and drive cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

MySQL

Snowflake

RabbitMQ

Airflow

Kubernetes/EKS

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

AI coding assistants

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

CircleCI

Job description

iSpot.tv is seeking a Senior SDE to own domains, drive scalable solutions, and act as a go-to expert in a high-scale AWS environment. You will lead AI-native initiatives and contribute to Creative Audience and Outcomes Pillar.

The role emphasizes platform engineering, data pipeline ownership with Airflow and Snowflake, and cost-conscious engineering in a collaborative, hybrid setup in Bellevue, WA or remote.