Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Identity & AI (Go)

LiveRamp; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

LiveRamp is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build and scale AI-forward advertising technology. You will own distributed real-time Go APIs serving external partners and contribute to cross-team data flows with modern streaming platforms like Redpanda.

The role requires 5+ years deploying high-performance production code, 2+ years shipping MVPs, and a track record of designing large-scale systems. Mentoring and collaboration across teams are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years of professional experience deploying high-performance production code.
• 2+ years of experience building and launching MVPs quickly and scaling products to high volumes.
• Strong track record of designing and building maintainable, large-scale systems.
• Ability to navigate complex problem spaces and translate business challenges into technical solutions.
• Experience mentoring and promoting engineering best practices within a team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to building and scaling the next-generation, AI-forward advertising technology stack.
• Own several distributed real-time APIs and applications written in Go that service external partners.
• Help develop robust cross-team data flows using modern streaming platforms like Redpanda.
• Continuously improve the reliability, performance, and maintainability of core production systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable architecture and distributed systems.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Mentoring

High-performance code

MVPs

Data streaming

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Kubernetes

Redpanda

SingleStore

Terraform

GCP

Job description

LiveRamp is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build and scale AI-forward advertising technology. You will own distributed real-time Go APIs serving external partners and contribute to cross-team data flows with modern streaming platforms like Redpanda.

The role requires 5+ years deploying high-performance production code, 2+ years shipping MVPs, and a track record of designing large-scale systems. Mentoring and collaboration across teams are encouraged.