Principal Data Engineer

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Principal Software Engineer who will be responsible for building software to help media planners and buyers (people who buy commercial airtime on TV) do their jobs. Our engineers are passionate about all things data and tech, they also have extensive knowledge of the digital space. If you are accomplished in the areas of analysis and critical thinking and you are ready to support the strategic objectives of a highly cross-functional organization keep reading!

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, this individual will be responsible for building new solutions to support the strategic objectives of a highly cross-functional organization.

This principle engineer will work closely with the Product/Customer and Data Science teams to create software that is changing how the Ad Tech industry operates. This engineer will lead a team to create/build applications that are solving complex problems in first to market applications. The principal engineer will also be adding value via creative problem-solving, objective analysis, cross-team collaborations, and mentoring. The company is looking for an extremely smart and curious results-driven engineering visionary who enjoys working in a dynamic environment.

The successful candidate is a motivated, hardworking leader who possesses an extremely high bar for themselves and the quality of their work. This is a highly technical position that requires a breadth of knowledge across multiple systems as well as a desire to develop a depth of knowledge on very specific technology.

Technologies:

• Python, Scala
• Snowflake, Postgres, Jupyter
• Kubernetes, Docker
• Spark, Airflow
• Jira, Postman
• Cypress, Percy

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with management, departments, and customers to identify end-user requirements and specifications
• Empower the team to successful and timely completion of new products
• Ensure that efficient and elegant code is developed based on requirements
• Test and deploy programs and applications
• Troubleshoot, debug, maintain and improve existing software
• Assess user feedback to improve software performance
• Develop technical documentation to guide future software development projects

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will be able to learn quickly and be a technical lead for the team. This person will have a strong foundational knowledge of the software development lifecycle and can work on consistently improving current methods.
• Additionally, the ideal candidate will have the following:
• 7+ years - Being responsible for the performance and availability of a production system
• 7+ years - Data Engineering experience
• 7+ years - Building and optimizing back end systems to process massive amounts of data
• Experience in technical leadership
• Experience in the Ad Tech industry (terms and methodologies) is a plus
• A college degree in the area of Computer Science or the equivalent in hands-on experience preferred

Perks:

• Unlimited paid time off each year
• Company sponsored health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents
• Annual vacation and childcare stipends
• Access to state-of-the-art fitness classes and personal trainers to promote your well-being. Live and recorded virtual workout classes every day + weekly yoga/pilates/wellness opportunities
• Quarterly fitness challenges
• Work from home set up provided
• 1:1 Nutrition/Food program options
• Partnership with DoorDash for meal deliveries
• Wellness (Financial Wellness, Modern Health)
• Employee Advisory Groups / Proactive Social Groups
• Pet Funds + Pet Care Savings
• 401k Plan
• Everyday discounts
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Referral Bonus
• A progressive approach to paid parental leave
• Epic personal and professional growth opportunities

About:

We believe every human on the planet should have the option of free access to the world’s information and content. In many cases this belief is powered by a three-way value exchange between a publisher producing free content, a consumer consuming it, and an advertiser paying the publisher for the chance to connect with its audience. The underpinning of this value exchange relies on having independent auditing, measurement, and optimization layer to power the transaction between the advertiser and publisher.

Today the industry standard tools for advertising and media measurement and optimization are usually designed where increased personalization, higher advertising return on investment, and increased publisher revenues often come with a negative trade-off for consumer privacy or security risks of leaking private data. We envision a world where this doesn't have to be the case - a world where consumer privacy, security, and governance are incorporated into the fabric of the codebase while enabling the necessary business use-cases to effectively keep the world’s information and content free for everyone.

VideoAmp’s mission is to create software and data solutions to enable advertisers to accurately measure and optimize their entire portfolio of linear TV, OTT, digital and walled garden investments while empowering publishers to effectively align and monetize their audiences with the advertiser’s desired outcome in a consumer-first privacy paradigm.