Manager, Software Engineering - Ad Serving

Viant; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

fully paid health insurance

paid parental leave

unlimited PTO

Job summary

Viant seeks a Hands-On Engineering Manager to lead a backend team building low‑latency ad tech systems using Go/Java, microservices, and serverless architectures. You will guide design and implementation of bidding server features in collaboration with partner teams and product managers.

You will mentor engineers, drive performance, scalability, and reliability, and participate in code/design when needed, balancing leadership responsibilities. Base compensation range shown.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with 1-3+ years managing backend teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering; Master's preferred.
• 6+ years programming in Java and/or Go and building scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS/GCP) and CI/CD processes.
• Ad tech background and focus on latency, performance, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of high‑quality features based on product requirements.
• Drive performance, reliability, and scalability improvements.
• Occasionally contribute to code/design and mentor engineers.
• Maintain high code quality while balancing leadership duties.
• Coach and grow the team with measurable outcomes.

Skills

Go/Java backend

Microservices

Serverless

Distributed systems

Cloud providers (AWS, GCP)

Performance tuning

CI/CD

Ad tech experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Eng

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Manager, Software Engineering - Ad Serving

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are looking for a passionate Hands-On Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented backend engineers building low latency, high throughput and performance ad tech systems. This role requires a strong technical foundation in Go/Java (Backend) along with solid experience in microservices and serverless architecture and Database systems. You will lead a team of engineers contributing towards the success of Viant’s Ad serving and measuring system. Your job will involve overseeing the design and implementation of features to the bidding server in collaboration with partner engineering teams and product management.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Lead the development of high quality features based on requirements from product managers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Be involved in code / design on occasion, collaborating with the engineering team to contribute to critical projects, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance when necessary while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Operate high-efficiency teams by implementing quality practices, ensuring speed of delivery, overseeing architecture and design, and maintaining high code quality.
• Foster a culture of continuous growth and improvement through coaching, mentoring, feedback and clear measurable outcomes.

GREAT TO HAVE

• 8+ years of experience, including 1-3+ years’ experience managing low latency high throughput backend teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Masters preferred.
• 6+ years hands on programming capabilities in Java and/or Go Lang.
• Track record in building large, horizontally scalable distributed systems.
• Intimate knowledge of different cloud providers and services, especially AWS and GCP.
• Experience building large-scale, customer-facing applications with a focus on realtime performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ability to reason about latency, throughput, CPU/memory profiles, and performance bottlenecks in real-time systems.
• Successful experience with agile development and CI/CD processes.
• Ad tech industry experience preferred.

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.

Base compensation range: $150,000 - $200,000

In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.

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About Viant

Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn't just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.

Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.