Sr. Software Engineer, Data Solutions

About the Team

As a member of the Data Solutions team, you will help evolve our data infrastructure, by redesigning and building code in novel, cloud-native architectures which involves refactoring. This team owns the data processing platform for our data business. Our competitive advantage as a company depends on this platform being among the best in the world, and that world moves very rapidly. Since we live on the emerging edge of what’s possible, our team is made up of people who love to learn.

About the Job

The Data Solutions team manages the end-to-end lifecycle for several data assets. We operate cutting-edge high-volume data, as well as the backend processing, packaging of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) feeds for dozens of B2B customers. Our platform runs in the AWS ecosystem, primarily in Python, Scala and Spark.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Designing and developing the next generation of our data product platform
• Serve as a mentor to junior members of the team.
• Partner with automation engineering to validate data pipelines and complex analytical automation
• Troubleshoot systemic issues and lead improvements
• Working with a team of outstanding software engineers and data scientists, covering a wide range of experience and perspectives at massive scale.
• Breaking down a full project plan in to incremental deliveries, and tracking your work against those steps
• Learning new tech and new ways to apply what you already know

About You

You’re driven, thoughtful, and curious. You understand that making software do the right thing is only part of the battle - you also must think about what can cause your software to fail. You’re comfortable working with a wide variety of people, and respect the perspectives of those that disagree with you. Above all, you love learning, and sharing what you know.

The successful candidate will have: 

• 4+ years' software engineering experience and a passion for learning
• Collaborative mindset and curiosity about what you don’t yet know
• Demonstrated ability to bring out the best in others
• Understanding of big data and distributed computing at scale
• Experience with cloud data processing tools in the AWS ecosystem
• Experience with data warehousing tools like Databricks
• Experience in Spark, SQL/NoSQL, Hadoop and MapReduce
• Strong Object-oriented or Functional skills in Scala and/or Python
• An analytical mindset with problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Desire for professional growth opportunities and to be in a dynamic learning environment
• Ability to efficiently multi-task and to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving and results

This position reports to: Engineering Manager, Data Solutions

Location: Boulder/Denver preferred. Open to Remote in these states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Washington.

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job. Experience comes in different forms; many skills are transferable; and passion goes a long way. Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of accountability impact, and the ability to thrive in a fluid and collaborative environment. We expect you to learn new things in this role, and we encourage you to apply if your experience is close to what we're looking for.

About Sovrn

Sovrn provides products and services to thousands of online publishers to help them understand, operate and grow their business. Sovrn is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with offices in New York, San Diego and London. 

With thousands of customers deploying advertising, affiliate marketing, and data products across 40,000 websites, Sovrn reaches over 300 million active consumers across more than 11 billion pageviews every day. Sovrn has been a leader in online publisher technology since its founding and has been recognized by IAB, JICWEBS, and TAG for its role in combating fraud and promoting pro-transparency initiatives. Sovrn is dedicated to helping content creators do more of what they love, and less of what they don't.

Sovrn Core Values: Candid, Customer Empathy, Learning, Scrappy, Second Order Thinking

Compensation and Benefits

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate compensation range for this role in Boulder, Colorado is $135,000 to $155,000, including base salary and any related bonuses or commissions. Fin