Software Engineer II, Ad Engineering

The Washington Post; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 98,800 - 164,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Company-paid pension and 401(k) match

Three weeks vacation

Twenty weeks paid parental leave

Free Post digital subscription

Job summary

The Washington Post is seeking a Software Engineer to enhance its Ad Engineering team. The role involves collaborating with product managers and senior engineers to drive revenue through innovative software solutions.

The ideal candidate should have over 2 years of experience in JavaScript and AWS services. The offered salary ranges from $98,800 to $164,600 per year, with comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, a 401(k) match, and parental leave.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience delivering customer-facing applications.
• Proficiency in modern JavaScript principles.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers and product managers for revenue-driven products.
• Build AI integration best practices across projects.
• Create tools that enhance sales effectiveness.

Skills

JavaScript development

AWS services (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)

DevOps technologies (Docker, CI/CD)

Unit and integration testing

Digital advertising platforms (Prebid, Google Ad Manager)

AI-powered user experiences

Job description

About the Software Engineer Role

The Washington Post is hiring a Software Engineer to join its Ad Engineering team. The team works with product, business intelligence, and advertising to develop innovative software that maximizes revenue through digital advertising.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers and product managers to build and maintain products that directly drive revenue.
• Build best practices for the use of and integration with AI across complex projects and multi‑team systems.
• Work with sales and operational experts to build tools that increase their effectiveness.
• Develop code supporting standard ad systems, programmatic platforms, media player experiences, and games pages.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building and delivering highly‑performant, customer‑facing applications.
• Proficiency in modern JavaScript development principles, especially strongly‑typed systems and architectures.
• Hands‑on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining systems using AWS services such as ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda.
• Exposure to DevOps technologies like Docker and CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline.
• Familiarity with digital advertising platforms such as Prebid, Google Ad Manager, and Prebid Server platforms is desirable but not required.
• Experience writing unit tests and integration tests to ensure code quality.
• Experience with LLM‑based text processing pipelines and ChatGPT‑style APIs for AI‑powered user experiences.
• Experience working with sales teams is a plus.
• Experience with text analysis, especially safety, is a plus.

Compensation

Salary range: $98,800–$164,600 per year. Bonus or incentive program may apply.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company‑paid pension and 401(k) match
• Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
• Nine paid holidays and two personal days
• 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
• Robust mental health resources
• Backup care and caregiver concierge services
• Gender‑affirming services
• Pet insurance
• Free Post digital subscription
• Leadership and career development programs