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Senior Software Engineer joins the Auction Logic team within the Monetize Platform to build, test, deploy, and monitor critical advertising technology. This role involves leading cross-team engineering efforts to develop business-critical products for publishers and buyers while serving as an architect for real-time platforms. The engineer will design and implement scalable solutions, participate in roadmap planning, conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and resolve complex technical issues related to high-volume data processing. Candidates must possess expertise in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to develop multi-threaded, distributed systems in Linux environments. The role addresses the challenge of executing dynamic auctions under strict real-time constraints of less than 100 milliseconds while optimizing for performance and algorithmic efficiency within a high-scale environment that processes millions of queries per second across a massive data infrastructure.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
Design and implement scalable solutions for high-traffic real-time platforms under strict latency constraints.
Architect and own significant portions of the Monetize platform's distributed systems.
Develop features that optimize software performance, space, and algorithmic efficiency at scale.
Lead technical planning sessions with product teams to define requirements and system specifications.
Conduct code reviews to improve software quality, maintainability, and robustness.
Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for monitoring and resolving production issues.
Mentor junior engineers on best practices in software development and engineering standards.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Master's Degree in Computer Science and 6+ years of experience, or a Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience is preferred.
At least 5 years of experience as a professional software developer.
Experience building high performance, multi-threaded, distributed systems and applications, preferably in a Linux environment.
Experience practicing advanced optimization techniques for performance, space, and algorithmic efficiency.
Solid understanding of generalized architecture patterns and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
Strong Computer Science fundamentals regarding data structures, algorithms, and time complexity.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Microservices
API Design
Distributed Systems
Database Design
Telemetry
Data Structures
Algorithms
ChatGPT
Claude
Machine Learning
AI