Manager, Data Engineering

Manager, Data Engineering

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, online video, display, and audio. Our tech fuels billions of transactions per day!

Magnite is hiring a Manager of Data Engineering to lead engineers who productionize and operationalize machine learning algorithms. This role requires a technical leader who digs large datasets and statistics and can communicate clearly across teams. This manager’s team works closely with data scientists, helping them scale applications to efficiently run on hundreds of billions of ad requests daily. The team takes on a variety of tasks including ad hoc analysis, internal reporting, experimental design, and revenue-critical production applications.

This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership, data engineering, and data science. It collaborates with many teams in engineering and product management.

Location:

This role can be based in any of our six office locations within the US; the hybrid schedule globally is two days worked remotely (Monday and Friday) and three days on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). 

This role can be remote in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MI, MT, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA.

In this role you will:

• Cost-efficiently productionize a new model from a prototype developed by a data scientist

• Work closely with other teams to design a mechanism to A/B test that new model against an existing one

• Deploy that model while ameliorating risk to existing revenue-critical systems

• Enable reporting which demonstrates that the new model increases revenue

We’re looking for someone with:

• 2+ years of management experience, leading a software engineering team to deliver and support production-quality applications as a manager or lead engineer

• Ability to hire, mentor and grow teams professionally

• Proficiency in developing very large datasets with Spark, HDFS, and Kafka

• Proficiency with Linux systems

• Proficiency with SQL

• Familiarity with statistics, linear algebra, and data science

• 1+ years’ experience in an online advertising company or a data-intensive business (such as financial services) would be a huge plus

• Fluent in Python and Scala

• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills

• Leadership of geographically distributed teams

• Experience with AWS, Airflow, Snowflake, DataBricks

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Total Rewards Include

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

Magnite Invests in You: 

• Career Development Initiatives and a Career Growth Framework

• Culture and Inclusion Programs

• Bonusly Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program

• Community Service and Volunteer Events

• Company-Matched Charitable Contributions

• Wellness Coach and Mental Health Support

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