Full-Time
Senior Software Engineer
API
Posted on 11/21/2025
Viral Nation
501-1,000 employees
Influencer marketing and social media partner
Compensation Overview
$135k - $160k/yr
Canada
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- A minimum of 5+ years of experience in API development with a strong focus on architecture and design.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Demonstrated expertise in backend technologies such as Node.js and Python (Django) or similar.
- In-depth knowledge of database systems (both SQL and NoSQL), data model design and data access patterns.
- Expertise in web application architecture and design patterns, and performance optimization techniques.
- Strong background in microservices architecture and API design.
- Proven track record of identifying security best practices for RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
- Superior expertise in testing tools and frameworks.
- Deep understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment tools and processes, including containerization.
- Experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams.
- Clear and concise cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or relevant experience.
- Compensation range is $135,000 to $160,000 per year.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, secure, and scalable APIs within Node.js.
- Lead the technical design and implementation of complex features and modules, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and coding standards defined by the architecture committee.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine and break down requirements into user stories and tasks in the squad backlog.
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers to foster a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective solutions to ensure the stability and performance of APIs.
- Implement and advocate for performance optimization techniques to meet platform non-functional requirements such as availability, reliability, scalability and stability.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends, and evaluate their potential use in our products and platform.
- Collaborate with the site reliability engineering team to optimize deployment processes, monitor application performance, and ensure reliability and scalability.
- Work closely with the engineering team to refactor and optimize existing codebase for long-term sustainability.
- Actively participate in Scrum rituals, such as sprint planning, estimation, daily syncs, and retrospectives, to drive project delivery and maintain transparency.
Viral Nation is a social media and influencer marketing agency that combines influencer campaigns with paid performance media, owned social channels, and creative content services for brands. It uses machine learning and AI-powered technology to plan, optimize, and safely transition brands to a social-first approach, blending organic and paid efforts to boost social commerce. The company differentiates itself with proprietary tech and an end-to-end service across influencer collaborations, paid media, ownership of social ecosystems, and creative production, delivering measurable results like higher ROAS and lower CAC. Its goal is to help brands become social-first, maximize social media value, and achieve predictable revenue growth through influencer marketing and paid/social strategies.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Late Stage VC
Total Funding
$183.3M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2014
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Rocket Companies appointed Viral Nation as first social media AOR post-Super Bowl.
- Vertiqal Studios partnership enhances gaming content creation and revenue.
- Produced original series for Like Nastya with Wind Sun Sky Entertainment.
What critics are saying
- TikTok US ban eliminates 40-60% of short-form video client campaigns.
- Meta's AI generators undercut human influencers with zero-cost synthetic content.
- OpenAI Sora enables brands to bypass Viral Nation's video production services.
What makes Viral Nation unique
- Launched Culture Quotient at Brandweek to measure cultural resonance beyond impressions.
- Partners with Cannes Lions for Creator Pass and LIONS Creators programming.
- Proprietary AI translates social signals into benchmarkable business outcomes.
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Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Professional Development Budget
Mental Health Support
Wellness Program
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↓ -1%Viral Nation launches The Culture Quotient measurement at Brandweek. Viral Nation's new measurement offering looks to replace impressions. There's big news to come out of Monday's edition of ADWEEK's Brandweek in Atlanta: Viral Nation is announcing the launch of its new proprietary measurement framework, The Culture Quotient, CQ. The framework is a first-of-its-kind offering for measuring cultural relevance and business impact, according to Viral Nation. CQ utilizes advanced AI and social intelligence to measure how a brand is represented in culture, translating social signals - such as engagement growth, conversation volume, and sentiment - to tangible results. "The Culture Quotient is the next evolution of measurement. It's benchmarkable, trackable, and tied directly to business outcomes," said Joe Gagliese, Viral Nation CEO. "It's a framework that tells brands not just how loud they are, but how deeply they resonate in culture." CQ is looking to replace traditional social metrics like earned media value (EMV) and impressions, which only measure visibility, not value. According to Viral Nation, these measurement methods show reach rather than resonance. "Culture drives business," said Richelle Batuigas, Viral Nation's executive vice president, business intelligence and data strategy. "When brands connect authentically to what people care about, we see it in the data - consideration, loyalty, sales. The Culture Quotient finally gives marketers a way to see and scale that connection." With social media as the main playground for relevance, Viral Nation notes that its data consistently shows that when people perceive a brand as culturally relevant, it drives everything from consideration to purchase intent and loyalty. According to the company, cultural connection is the new currency of trust. "We realize [EMV] is a metric that doesn't actually give us true insight into performance or cultural relevance," Batuigas told ADWEEK. "That's why we want to do away with it and introduce this new score that actually gives you true insight." For Batuigas, the value comes down to measuring the impact of all communication and going beyond quantity. "It's about thinking more deeply about the quantity and the quality, and also about how you arrived at those outcomes so you can drive better results and better connections," Batuigas said. Mark Mwachiro is a TVNewser contributor who has been writing for the blog since March 2022. Based out of New York, Mark has also contributed to ADWEEK.
Viral Nation's first work as Rocket's social AOR arrived earlier this year during the Super Bowl.
Vertiqal Studios, North America's largest gaming and lifestyle social media channel owner, has partnered with influencer marketing leader Viral Nation to enhance its content creation and revenue streams.
TORONTO - Viral Nation, a leading social media marketing and creator agency with a social-first approach powered by its proprietary technology, today announced two original series for content creator Like Nastya with studio production partner Wind Sun Sky Entertainment.
VICE Studios Group is developing a reality series Montana Boyz (working title) with Viral Nation, the social media marketing and creator representation agency.