Senior Software Engineer- Forecasting Team

City: LA

Duration:11 months

Rate Range: $96/hr on W2 depending on experience (no C2C or 1099 or sub-contract)

Work Authorization: GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1b

Must have:

STEM Degree

Coding/maintenance- participate in code review of design system and feedback

heavy java and springboot

AWS - knowledge and experience

7+YRS experience

preferred skills listed in JD are nice to haves we use dynamo DB and Redis

Description:

Ad Serving Engineering organization is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of online properties.

In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the correct pacing, targeting, and selection of ads.

As a member of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.

Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests - 45%

• Write Java application code to execute on an array of Product initiatives for ad serving systems

• Write, contribute, and review design and/or code implementation specifications

• Write component level automated unit tests in Java to verify proper functionality

• Peer review application and test software written using the github Pull Request approval process

• Use of relational and non-relational databases, as well as AWS services, including but not limited to; Kinesis, DynamoDB, Kinesis, etc

Reviewing, learning, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment - 15%

Enhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts - 5%

• Add to existing in-code custom metrics using Datadog that are missing and/or needed as our product and business change over time

• Add new in-code custom metrics using Datadog when create new application code or enhancing existing code to meet business observability needs

Responsibilities:

• Reading requirements documentation from Product and translating into implementation tickets, and leading the team through execution

• Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment

• Enhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts

Basic Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience

• Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, profiling

• Demonstrable analytical / problem solving skills

• Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

Comprehensive experience with:

• SpringBoot and related Spring projects

• Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB

• Redis and/or MemCache

• Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis

• AWS or other cloud platform

• Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes

• Ad Tech industry