Senior Software Engineer, TVision

VIANT TECHNOLOGY; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid health insurance

Paid parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Viant Technology is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the distributed systems and data infrastructure powering TVision’s measurement platform. You will develop scalable backend services, cloud-native data pipelines, and processing frameworks enabling device telemetry, content recognition, and large-scale analytics.

You will collaborate with data science, analytics, and platform teams to transform billions of seconds of raw viewing data into actionable insights that drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or a related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of experience building backend services and distributed data systems.
• Experience with Python and modern Python engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain web services that support configuration, monitoring, and data ingestion for TVision's in-home measurement devices.
• Build and maintain data pipelines to support recognition and analysis of content captured by our devices.
• Work with data science and analytics staff to build tools and libraries for backend data processes and improve performance.
• Ensure the quality, security, and timeliness of data deliveries via testing, code review, and monitoring.

Skills

Backend experience

Distributed data systems

Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Containerized services

Spark / Databricks / Flink

Job description

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; New York, United States

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is building the future of AI-powered, identity-driven advertising across CTV and the open internet and TVision plays a critical role in that ecosystem by delivering next-generation audience measurement through real-world, person-level viewing insights. Using a combination of computer vision, audio content recognition, network traffic analysis, and large-scale behavioral data collection, TVision measures what consumers watch, how they engage, and how advertising performs across modern streaming and television environments.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help build the distributed systems and data infrastructure that power TVision’s measurement platform. You’ll develop scalable backend services, cloud-native data pipelines, and processing frameworks that enable reliable device telemetry, content recognition, and large-scale analytics. Working closely with data science,analytics, and platform engineering teams, you’ll help transform billions of seconds of raw viewing data into actionable insights that drive innovation across Viant’s CTV and advertising technology platforms.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Build and maintain web services that support configuration, monitoring, and data ingestion for TVision's in-home measurement devices.
• Build and maintain data pipelines to support the recognition and analysis of content captured by our devices.
• Work with data science and analytics staff to build clean, well-designed tools and libraries for our back-end data processes, making best practices in software engineering and database performance accessible to the entire team.
• Ensure the quality, security, and timeliness of our data deliveries by thorough testing, careful code review, and robust operational monitoring.

MUST HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of experience building backend services and distributed data systems.
• Experience with Python and modern Python engineering best practices.

GREAT TO HAVE

• Experience building batch and streaming data pipelines at scale.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure, DevOps tooling, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience with cloud-hosted, containerized web service architectures and modern deployment patterns.
• Knowledge of relational databases, data lake technologies, and performance optimization best practices.
• Experience with modern big data processing frameworks such as Spark, Databricks, Flink, or similar technologies.
• Comfort collaborating with quantitative and data science teams to optimize computational workflows and data processing efficiency.

LIFE AT VIANT

Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.

Base compensation range: $120,000 - $150,000

In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.

About Viant

Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn't just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.

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