Staff Software Engineer (Data), TVision

Vianttechnology; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid health insurance

Paid parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Viant Technology in Boston, Massachusetts is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build scalable backend services and cloud-native data pipelines for TVision’s measurement platform. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in backend services development and distributed data systems, with strong skills in Python and AWS.

Viant is known for its commitment to employee well-being and offers excellent benefits like fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave, and unlimited PTO.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend services and distributed data systems experience.
• Experience with cloud-hosted, containerized architectures.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and data lake technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain web services for TVision's measurement devices.
• Develop data pipelines for content recognition and analysis.
• Collaborate with data science teams to optimize workflows.

Skills

Backend services development

Distributed data systems

Python

AWS infrastructure

DevOps tooling

CI/CD workflows

Cloud-hosted architectures

Modern big data processing frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

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 Staff 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 8+ years of experience building backend services and distributed data systems.
• Experience with Python and modern Python engineering best practices.
• Experience building batch and streaming data pipelines at scale.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure, DevOps tooling, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong experience with cloud-hosted, containerized web service architectures and modern deployment patterns.
• Strong 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.

ABOUT VIANT

Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP) is a leader in CTV and AI-powered programmatic advertising, dedicated to driving innovation in digital marketing. Viant’s omnichannel platform built for CTV allows marketers to plan, execute and measure their campaigns with unmatched precision and efficiency. With the launch of ViantAI, Viant is building the future of fully autonomous advertising solutions, empowering advertisers to achieve their boldest goals.

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 BEST PLACES TO WORK!
• Some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more. View a list of our benefits here.

Base compensation range: $160,000 - $190,000

Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.