Staff Software Engineer

Samsung Electronics America; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer to join their dynamic team in Mountain View. This role focuses on enhancing advertising technology through the development of scalable distributed systems and optimizing ad performance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Erlang and a solid foundation in software engineering principles. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a leading platform in the ad tech industry, where your expertise will directly impact revenue and customer satisfaction. Join a collaborative environment that values craftsmanship and encourages professional growth.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Employee Purchase Program

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Student Loan Program

Wellness Incentives

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in programming with Erlang and designing scalable systems.
• Proactive and collaborative, with a focus on quality.

Responsibilities

• Create distributed server infrastructure for mission-critical operations.
• Research algorithms for consensus, replication, and scalability.
• Design and validate enhancements across projects.

Skills

Erlang

Distributed Systems Design

Systems Programming

Software Engineering

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Git

JIRA

Job description

Position Summary

Samsung Ads is a leading innovator in advertising technology, dedicated to providing cutting-edge solutions that optimize ad performance and deliver exceptional results for our clients. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced front-end staff engineer to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of the ad tech industry. We seek a talented Staff Engineer to play a pivotal role in enhancing our platform's performance advertising capabilities.

As a Staff Engineer, Software Engineering, you will be part of a team that owns core ad bidding and optimization for Samsung Ads' advertising platform. The team manages mission-critical modules impacting revenue and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include managing, growing, and optimizing access to high-quality programmatic ads supply. Our tech stack includes Erlang/OTP, Elixir, Go, C/C++, Nginx, Aerospike, Kafka, Athena, Airflow, and Druid.

Role and Responsibilities

1. Create enterprise-level distributed server infrastructure for mission-critical operations.
2. Research and develop algorithms for distributed consensus, replication, consistency, availability, and scalability.
3. Make difficult design trade-offs and decisions regarding features, schedule, quality, and cost.
4. Seek optimal technology solutions from internal and external options, applying appropriate methodologies to identify issues.
5. Take primary accountability for major project elements, determine required tasks, and be responsible for project outcomes.
6. Design, develop, and validate the effects of designs, processes, or product enhancements across projects.
7. Proactively establish measures and standards for project, product, and process quality.
8. Follow all team processes and technical standards.
9. Some travel may be required (up to 10%).

Skills and Qualifications

1. Typically requires at least 8 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years.
2. 3 years of experience in programming with Erlang.
3. Experience designing and building highly scalable, high throughput distributed systems.
4. Solid foundation in systems programming, computer science, and software engineering.
5. Proactive attitude, ownership, and responsibility for tasks, driving to completion with minimal support.
6. Collaborative spirit with willingness to mentor others.
7. Curious mindset that enjoys building and appreciates craftsmanship in software.
8. Hands-on experience working in a multithreaded environment.

Nice to Have

1. Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum.
2. Functional programming experience.
3. Experience mentoring and guiding junior developers.
4. Previous experience as a lead.
5. Experience with version control tools like Git and collaboration tools like JIRA.

Additional Information

California and New York only

Salary Range Pay Transparency: Compensation for this role in Mountain View, CA, or New York, NY, is expected to be between $200,000 and $235,000, depending on skills and experience. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), employee purchase program, tuition assistance, paid time off, student loan program, wellness incentives, and more.

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