Staff Software Engineer - Los Angeles, United States - Knewin

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    WHAT YOU'LL DO

    As a Staff Software Engineer on our Runtime team, you will work directly with Viant's ad server, managing a high-volume, low-latency application that processes billions of unique requests a day.

    This role offers a great opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technology as part of bid optimization, dynamic performance optimization, as well as develop a self-diagnostic and healing architecture.

    In this role, you will deliver simple, elegant, scalable, extensible solutions that strike the right balance between short-term and long-term considerations.

    You will design, develop, maintain and trouble software features with an eye on cost, scalability, performance and fault-tolerance. You will participate in design discussions, code reviews and bug triage / Root Cause Analysis (RCA) sessions. You will have the opportunity to be the technical lead of projects that involve 2-3 other engineers.

    Primarily supporting Viant's Demand Side Platform, VIANT DSP, you will collaborate with Product, other Engineering and Technical operations teams on the entire lifecycle from ideation to productization and beyond.

    THE DAY-TO-DAY

    Contribute to the development and continuous review of existing projects as well as participate in view and scope of future projects
    Collaborate with other, internal teams to create and iterate on the runtime platform to create a highly reliable, highly-available, low-latency, runtime platform
    Have an outsized impact by owning multiple subsystems of the runtime platform
    Manage all phases of the software development life cycle

    MUST HAVE
    8+ years of professional experience in the software industry

    GREAT TO HAVE
    Experience in the AdTech domain
    Proficiency in the Go programming language
    Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
    Experience designing, building and delivering high quality software
    Knowledge of modern programming languages
    Knowledge of relational databases like MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server with experience in writing SQL
    Knowledge of cloud based technologies, especially AWS and GCP

    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
    Some our favorite employee benefits include

    fully paid health insurance ,

    paid parental leave

    and

    unlimited PTO

    and more.
    View a list of our

    benefits

    here .
    $150,000 - $210,000 a year 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.
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    About Viant
    Viant (


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    DSP) is a leading people-based advertising technology company that enables marketers to plan, execute and measure omnichannel ad campaigns through a cloud-based platform.

    Viant's self-service demand side platform ("DSP") powers programmatic advertising across Connected TV, Linear TV, mobile, desktop, audio, gaming and digital out-of-home channels.

    As an organization committed to sustainability, Viant's Adricity carbon reduction program helps clients achieve their sustainability goals.

    In 2023, Viant was recognized by G2 as a Leader in the DSP category and as the Best Software in Marketing & Advertising, earned Great Place to Work certification, and became a founding member of Ad Net Zero.

    Viant's Co-Founders Tim and Chris Vanderhook were also recently named EY Entrepreneurs of the Year.
    Based in Irvine, CA, Viant has more than 334 employees in 10 offices around the U.S. To learn more, please visit .
    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.

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