Senior Backend Systems Architect (Privacy-First Platform)

LiveRamp; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Flexible paid time off

Work from home options

Parental leave

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

LiveRamp is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, build, and scale privacy‑centric distributed backend services powering our Clean Room ecosystem. You will lead technical strategy and global deployment across platform components and services.

This role emphasizes translating product requirements into roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and ensuring security, reliability, and performance. 8+ years in backend development and strong API design are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in production environments.
• Expertise in backend services and distributed systems architecture.
• Ability to drive cross-functional initiatives across engineering teams.
• Strong coding skills with accessibility to multiple modern languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and sustain scalable software and infrastructure for our data collaboration ecosystem.
• Lead technical strategy and global deployment of distributed platform components and backend services.
• Translate product requirements into engineering roadmaps and measurable goals.
• Drive architecture reviews and promote security, maintainability, and reliability best practices.
• Collaborate with security, privacy, and product teams to deliver high-impact capabilities.
• Mentor engineers through design feedback and code reviews.
• Improve developer efficiency with streamlined CI/CD and automation.
• Use metrics to guide roadmap priorities and product quality.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

API design

Code quality

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Programming languages

System observability

Education

Bachelor's in CS or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

LiveRamp is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, build, and scale privacy‑centric distributed backend services powering our Clean Room ecosystem. You will lead technical strategy and global deployment across platform components and services.

This role emphasizes translating product requirements into roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and ensuring security, reliability, and performance. 8+ years in backend development and strong API design are required.