Senior Software Engineer

Audiohook; Eden (UT); Remote; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Equity opportunities

Performance bonuses

Benefits: health/dental/vision

Lunch stipend

WiFi stipend

Phone reimbursement

Hardware stipend

Flexible PTO

Bi-annual corporate offsites

Job summary

Audiohook is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and optimize a high-performance advertising platform, leveraging ML and big data to drive profitability and scale.

You will own data pipelines, collaborate on code reviews, and present progress in standups, while balancing short-term profitability with long-term stability. This fully remote role offers competitive salary, equity, and benefits for a small, highly motivated team.

Qualifications

• Expert-level mastery of Python, Go, or Node.js; able to work in Python.
• Ownership over product level architecture, projects and personal tasks.
• Collaborative—pair programming, whiteboarding, code reviews, product and business discussions.
• Present and involved in daily discussions.
• Comfortable with taking calculated risks.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize a performance-based advertising service capable of servicing 10B requests per day.
• Optimize bidding algorithms using machine learning models to increase profitability by 20% within 3 months.
• Architect data pipelines capable of handling big data workloads.
• Maintain data integrity between the data lake and reporting caches.
• Reduce data processing costs by 10% within 6 months.
• Complete 10-12 story points per week.
• Present progress and demos in company Standup meetings twice a week.
• Participate in live team code reviews.
• Lead monthly Dev Tricks and Lunch and Learn presentations.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor of management.

Skills

Python

Go

Node.js

Tools

PostgreSQL

Iceberge Datalake

Vue.js

AWS

Docker

Job description

Role Overview
The Senior Software Engineer will architect, build, and optimize the high-performance advertising platform, leveraging machine learning and big data to drive significant profitability, efficiency, and scale for Audiohook's core business.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and optimize a performance-based advertising service capable of servicing 10B requests per day.

• Optimize bidding algorithms using machine learning models to increase profitability by 20% within 3 months of hiring.

• Architect data pipelines capable of handling big data workloads.

• Maintain data integrity between the data lake and reporting caches.

• Reduce data processing costs by 10% within 6 months of hiring.

• Complete 10-12 story points per week.

• Present progress and demos in company Standup meetings twice a week.

• Participate in live team code reviews.

• Lead monthly "Dev Tricks" and "Lunch and Learn" presentations.

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor of management.

Qualifications

• Expert-level mastery of Python, Go, or Node.js. Able to work in Python

• Takes ownership over product level architecture, projects and personal tasks

• Collaborative - (Pair programming, white boarding, code reviews, product and business discussions)

• Present and involved in daily discussions

• Comfortable with taking calculated risks

• Understands trade offs between short term profitability and long term stability
  

Additional Requirements

• If remote, willing to travel to Utah up to 1 week per month for in-office collaborative work.

• Understands the strengths and pitfalls of AI Agents and frequently uses them to collaborate on, review and write code.

About working at Audiohook

We are a small, tight-knit team punching way above our weight. Each member is a major player. No room for coasting. We're fully remote, because we hire people who are intrinsically motivated and want to be part of something bigger than themselves. If that sounds like you, we'd love to talk.

Our tech stack:

• Python (our primary backend language)

• PostgreSQL

• Iceberge Datalake

• Vue.js (front-end framework)

• AWS Lambda, Firehose, Glue

• Docker/Dev Ops Container orchestration

What We Offer

• Flexible remote/hybrid work environment

• Competitive salary and equity opportunities

• Performance bonuses

• 401(k), Health, dental, and vision benefits

• Other benefits such as daily lunch stipend, monthly wifi, cell phone and subscription reimbursement, and annual hardware stipend

• Flexible PTO

• Bi-annual Corporate Offsites