Principal SW Engineer

Roberts Recruiting; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology recruiting firm is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join their engineering team in Boston, Massachusetts. The ideal candidate has a strong background in programmatic ad tech, with expertise in JVM languages and experience in building high-performance distributed systems. You'll tackle significant challenges and work with modern technologies like Scala and Docker. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to state-of-the-art projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise with at least two JVM languages.
• Experience building high-performance, distributed systems.
• 7+ years of experience in software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop large scale distributed systems.
• Optimize traffic consumption with complex algorithms.
• Design analytics and monitoring tools.

Skills

Expertise with JVM languages

High-performance distributed systems

ETL and machine learning

Front-end development with JavaScript

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Scala

Java

Clojure

Docker

Elasticsearch

Spark

Redis

Ansible

Job description

OUR ENGINEERING TEAM

We are poised to revolutionize programmatic advertising at a time when all sides of the media equation feel overwhelmed by the tidal wave and complexity of programmatic inventory. We deliver heightened efficiency and transparency for buyers and sellers amidst the rapid rise of programmatic advertising.

As a member of the engineering team, you will gain a deep understanding of programmatic ad tech and be on the cutting edge of “ad tech 3.0”, developing large scale distributed systems with deep technical and mathematical challenges. The types of challenges that the team works on everyday include:

• Large scale data analysis: Solving problems involving complex mathematical algorithms to optimize traffic consumption
• High performance software: Writing optimized, low-latency software that routes high volumes of traffic between cloud-based and physical datacenter infrastructure
• Traffic configuration and monitoring tools: Designing easy-to-use dashboards, alerts and analytics that enable traffic configuration

WHO WE WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM

Our engineering team seeks individuals passionate and disciplined about writing great software, and working together to tackle the challenges of the programmatic ad tech space. The team values developers that are enthusiastic about learning and sharing knowledge, view software development as a craft, and have an eye for typed functional programming.

TECHNOLOGY STACK

The technology stack includes Scala, Scalaz, Finagle, LMAX Disruptor, OpenHFT Chronicle, Elasticsearch, Spark, Redis, Ansible, and Docker. You will help extend the platform by recommending the best open source tools for the job and open sourcing your efforts.

REQUIREMENTS

• Expertise with at least two JVM languages (Scala, Java, Clojure, etc)
• Experience building high-performance, distributed systems
• Experience with ETL and machine learning ("big data" and analytics)
• Front-end development with JavaScript and modern JS libraries
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of experience