Principal Software Engineer @ Viant

Salary Range: 200000 to 260000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

WHAT YOU’LL DO

You will serve as the technical lead working with a team of engineers on Viant’s ad server, managing a high-volume, low-latency application that processes billions of unique requests a day. This hands-on role requires you to apply domain, architectural and coding skills to solve complex, large-scale challenges that directly impact Viant’s ad server technology. You will have the opportunity to mentor team members and contribute towards the success of Viant’s products. Primarily supporting Viant DSP, you will collaborate with Product, other Engineering and Technical operations teams on spec creation and provide production support.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

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

MUST HAVE

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

GREAT TO HAVE

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
Experience designing, building and delivering high quality software
Knowledge of modern programming languages
Knowledge of relational databases like MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server with experience in writing SQL
Knowledge of cloud based technologies, especially AWS and GCP

LIFE AT VIANT

Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the BEST PLACES TO WORK!
Some our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more. View a list of our benefits here.

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About Viant

Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP) is a leader in AI-powered programmatic advertising, dedicated to driving innovation in digital marketing. Our omnichannel platform built for CTV allows marketers to plan, execute and measure their campaigns with unmatched precision and efficiency. With the launch of ViantAI, Viant is building the future of fully autonomous advertising solutions, empowering advertisers to achieve their boldest goals. Viant was recently awarded Best Demand Side Platform by MarTech Breakthrough, Great Place to Work® certification and received the Business Intelligence Group’s Innovation award for AI Advancements. Learn more at viantinc.com.

Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

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Principal Software Engineer

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