Senior Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems

ZipRecruiter; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Connected TV advertising is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Integrations team. This role involves building scalable backend systems and data pipelines, working with massive datasets, and collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The company offers a people-first culture and innovative work environment. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Java, SQL, and data engineering, with a strong focus on problem-solving and communication skills.

Benefits

100% remote within the US

Flexible vacation policy

Annual vacation allowance for travel related expenses

Three-day weekend every month of the year

Competitive compensation

100% healthcare coverage

401k plan

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Access to coaching, therapy, and professional development

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Java development and data engineering.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a robust platform for real-time and batch data.
• Create and manage ETL/ELT workflows for data transformation.

Skills

Java

SQL

Data Modeling

Problem Solving

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Git

Gradle

Kafka

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

At MNTN, we put our people first, full stop. This allows our company culture to be defined by our team members, and their shared values, like trust, ambition, quality, radical honesty, and compassionate leadership. It's why we all really love working for the Hardest Working Software in Television (and also why we were named one of Ad 's Best Places To Work in 2024.)

We pride ourselves on bringing unrivaled performance and simplicity to Connected TV advertising. Our self-serve technology makes running TV ads as easy as search and social and helps brands drive measurable conversions, revenue, site visits, and more. It's what led MNTN to being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2023. You can learn more about us and everything we do by visiting https://mountain.com/.

We're committed to innovation that empowers, not replaces. At MNTN, AI is a tool for growth, enhancing efficiency while keeping a people-first approach. Our goal is to streamline workflows and drive new solutions—without compromising the human element that makes our company great.

So if wanting to do more, own more, and make a bigger impact comes naturally to you, then you may be the person we're looking for to join us in our next stage of growth.

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Integrations team. Our Integrations team powers the systems that move massive amounts of data across our platform. You'll help build and scale backend systems and data pipelines that move massive amounts of real-time and batch data across internal and external platforms.

What You'll Do:

• Work with your engineering squad to design and build a robust platform that will handle terabytes of real-time and batch data flowing through internal and external systems.
• Build high volume and low latency services that are reliable at scale.
• Create and manage ETL/ELT workflows that transform our billions of raw data points daily into quickly accessible information across our databases and data warehouses
• Develop big data solutions using commercial and open-source frameworks.
• Collaborate with and explain complex technical issues to your technical peers and non-technical stakeholders.

What You'll Have:

• 7+ years of experience related to Java development (Kotlin ) in addition to data engineering and modeling complex data
• Strong experience in SQL, data modeling, and manipulating and extracting large data sets.
• Hands-on experience working with data warehouse technologies. Familiarity with building data pipelines and architectures and designing ETL flows.
• Experience building high-quality APIs and working with microservices (Spring Boot, REST).
• Familiarity with data processing frameworks such as Spark
• Familiarity with OLAP systems and big data scaling challenges.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and build tools (Gradle ).
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, modern design patterns, and OOP principles.
• Experience with AI productivity tools (Cursor, ChatGPT, Copilot) and event streaming (Kafka).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Written and verbal communication skills to convey complex technical topics to non-technical audiences across the organization

MNTN Perks:

• 100% remote within the US
• Flexible vacation policy
• Annual vacation allowance for travel related expenses
• Three-day weekend every month of the year
• Competitive compensation
• 100% healthcare coverage
• 401k plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent, medical, and dental care
• Access to coaching, therapy, and professional development

About MNTN:

Our recruiters will always reach out using an email address ending with @mountain.com OR @mntn.com. If you're contacted by someone without that address and they mention a Reference Code (which we never use), then that ain't us folks. Tell those trolls to take a hike–you're waiting to climb a MNTN.

MNTN provides advertising software for brands to reach their audience across Connected TV, web, and mobile. MNTN Performance TV has redefined what it means to advertise on television, transforming Connected TV into a direct-response, performance marketing channel. Our web retargeting has been leveraged by thousands of top brands for over a decade, driving billions of dollars in revenue.

Our solutions give advertisers total transparency and complete control over their campaigns all with the fastest go-live in the industry. As a result, thousands of top brands have partnered with MNTN, including Build with Ferguson Master, OneWheel, Tarte, Decked, and University.

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