Software Engineer- Demand Tech

Boston, MA

New York City, NY

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 / streaming, online video, display, and audio. 

Our team specializes in building traffic-shaping technology to prioritize the highest-value ad requests at scale.  With over 1 trillion daily transactions, a 1% improvement in ad request prioritization impacts 10+ billion transactions daily.

In this role, you will:

Develop large-scale distributed systems and solve deep technical and mathematical challenges

Solve for large-scale data analysis

Solve problems involving complex mathematical algorithms to optimise traffic consumption

Develop high-performance software and write optimised, low-latency software that routes high volumes of ad request traffic and targets p99 latencies <= 20ms while maximising throughput

Cost optimisation: improving profit margins by lowering the infrastructure cost basis to optimise traffic

We're looking for someone with:

2+ years of software development experience, and a BS/MS Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

A hunger to learn while working with a sense of urgency. We strive to improve and operate at a high level while maintaining development velocity. It is not uncommon for our team to perform multiple high-impact deployments throughout the course of a day.

A desire for ownership. We are responsible for the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to production support. Joining the On-Call rotation for our applications is a requirement.

It would also be beneficial if you had:

The ability to engage in critical and creative thinking. We expect engineers to present and debate tradeoffs to solve the problems we face

An openness to working with the functional programming (FP) paradigm. We attempt to pragmatically apply FP principles where applicable and expect you will too

Experience in designing and implementing high-quality applications, preferably with Scala and Spark.

Familiarity with Kubernetes and other CNCF projects like Prometheus, Argo, helm, etc. are a plus

Our current tech stack:

Scala for core application development

Spark Structured Streaming, Kafka, Kubernetes, Airflow, Argo Workflows

Combination of Terraform, Helm, and Argo for Cloud-based Kubernetes deployments

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

Company Culture: 

Community Service and Volunteer Events

Company-Matched Charitable Contributions

Wellness Coach and Mental Health Support

Magnite Invests in You: 

Career Development Initiatives and a Career Growth Framework

Culture and Inclusion Programs

Bonusly Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program

About Us

The world's leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. Anchored in bustling New York City, sunny Los Angeles, mile-high Denver, historic London, and down under in Sydney, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.

The base salary range for this position, within NY and MA, is $125,000 - $145,000 per year. This position is also eligible for an annual bonus and company equity.

Magnite is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Our Commitment: We aim to incorporate a wide range of voices into our Magnite culture, cultivating an environment where employees feel welcomed, cared for, and encouraged to freely share ideas. We are committed to employee growth, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation.  We invest in Magnite’s local communities. We seek talent from all backgrounds to champion corporate values of seeing the big picture and being catalysts of change. 

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