Full-Time

Principal Software Engineer

Posted on 2/27/2024

Viant

Viant

201-500 employees

People-based advertising software and DSP

Data & Analytics
Consumer Software

Compensation Overview

$200k - $260kAnnually

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
Backend Engineering
Full-Stack Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
MySQL
SQL
AWS
Go
Oracle
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • Must have experience in the AdTech domain OR possess strong proficiency in the Go programming language.
  • 12+ years of professional experience in the software industry.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related field (Great to have).
  • Experience designing, building and delivering high quality software (Great to have).
  • Knowledge of modern programming languages (Great to have).
  • Knowledge of relational databases like MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server with experience in writing SQL (Great to have).
  • Knowledge of cloud based technologies, especially AWS and GCP (Great to have).
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the development and continuous review of existing projects as well as participate in view and scope of future projects.
  • Collaborate with other, internal teams to create and iterate on the runtime platform to create a highly reliable, highly-available, low-latency, runtime platform.
  • Have an outsized impact by owning multiple subsystems of the runtime platform.
  • Manage all phases of the software development life cycle.

Viant provides advertising software that helps businesses manage their digital advertising efforts across various channels. Their main product, Adelphic, is a self-service platform that allows users to plan, create, execute, and measure advertising campaigns on TV, mobile, desktop, audio, and digital out-of-home. Adelphic stands out because it supports programmatic advertising and is the only platform that works with IPv6 for connected TV environments. Viant uses its own first-party data, which is linked to a large number of households and connected devices, to help advertisers target specific audiences accurately. The company's goal is to enable effective and measurable advertising strategies for its clients.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$2M

Headquarters

Irvine, California

Founded

1999

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Increased CTV adoption expands opportunities for Viant's programmatic advertising reach.
  • Viant's AI enhancements align with rising demand for privacy-centric advertising solutions.
  • Generative AI integration boosts campaign performance, improving ROAS by 40%.

What critics are saying

  • Emerging AI-driven platforms may erode Viant's market share.
  • Privacy regulations like CPRA could impact Viant's data partnerships and targeting capabilities.
  • Cookieless environments challenge Viant's data-driven advertising model.

What makes Viant unique

  • Viant's Adelphic platform supports omnichannel advertising, including CTV, mobile, and desktop.
  • Adelphic is the only DSP with IPv6 support for CTV environments.
  • Viant's proprietary data links to 115 million households and over 1 billion devices.

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