Senior Engineer - Demand Tech (Scala/Spark)

Senior Software Engineer, Demand Tech

Boston, MA

Hybrid Schedule (M/F remote, T/W/TH in-office)

At Magnite, we cultivate an environment of continuous growth and collaboration. Our work impacts what millions of people read, watch, and buy, and we’re looking for people to help us tackle that responsibility with creativity and focus. Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) is the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats including CTV / streaming, online video, display, and audio. 

About this team:

Our team specializes in building traffic-shaping technology to prioritize the highest-value ad requests at scale. With over 1 trillion daily transactions, a 1% improvement in ad request prioritization impacts 10+ billion transactions daily.

In this role, you will:

• Develop large-scale distributed systems and solve deep technical and mathematical challenges

• Solve for large-scale data analysis

• Solve problems involving complex mathematical algorithms to optimise traffic consumption

• Develop high-performance software and write optimised, low-latency software that routes high volumes of ad request traffic and targets p99 latencies <= 20ms while maximising throughput

• Cost optimisation: improving profit margins by lowering the infrastructure cost basis to optimise traffic

We're looking for someone with:

• 4+ years of software development experience, and a BS/MS Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

• A hunger to learn while working with a sense of urgency. We strive to improve and operate at a high level while maintaining development velocity. It is not uncommon for our team to perform multiple high-impact deployments throughout the course of a day.

• A desire for ownership. We are responsible for the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to production support. Joining the On-Call rotation for our applications is a requirement.

It would also be beneficial if you had:

• The ability to engage in critical and creative thinking. We expect engineers to present and debate tradeoffs to solve the problems we face

• An openness to working with the functional programming (FP) paradigm. We attempt to pragmatically apply FP principles where applicable and expect you will too

• Experience in designing and implementing high-quality applications, preferably with Scala and Spark.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes and other CNCF projects like Prometheus, Argo, helm, etc. are a plus

Our current tech stack:

• Scala for core application development

• Spark Structured Streaming, Kafka, Kubernetes, Airflow, Argo Workflows

• Combination of Terraform, Helm, and Argo for Cloud-based Kubernetes deployments

Comprehensive Perks and Benefits: 

• Superb Healthcare Coverage for You and Your Family from Day One

• Generous Time Off  

• Holiday Breaks, Summer Fridays, and Quarterly Mental Health Days

• Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Family-Focused Benefits and Parental Leave 

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match

• Cell Phone Subsidy

• Fitness and Wellness Reimbursement

Company Culture: 

We believe collaboration is essential to success. Magnite’s hybrid schedule includes two days worked remotely (Monday and Friday) and three days on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Our offices provide catered lunches, beverages, snacks, training and development, and office events to support your work week.  We also understand you have appointments, families, hobbies, and other commitments. Magnite strives to maintain a healthy work/life integration for all employees so you can bring your best every day - both at work and at home.

• Community Service and Volunteer Events

• Company-Matched Charitable Contributions

• Wellness Coach and Mental Health Support

• Career Development Initiatives and a Career Growth Framework

• Culture and Inclusion