Liftoff is looking to solve the problem of maintaining and operating mission-critical systems involved in every ad serving across Liftoff's product line, ensuring impeccable uptime and cost-effective content delivery worldwide, and driving strategic integration with partner exchanges.
Requirements
- Deep coding ability in GoLang, JavaScript and TypeScript are required.
- Understanding of various ad formats (e.g., display, video, native) and technologies like VAST, VPAID, and MRAID.
- Experience with video compression and streaming via CDNs.
- Prior experience with mission critical systems. Preferably creative serving in the ad-tech space.
- Deep knowledge of the ad tech ecosystem, real time bidding (RTB) protocol.
Responsibilities
- Co-own the real time ad serving architecture with other senior engineers.
- Work cross-functionally to define requirements and plot a long term roadmap for our systems.
- Continuously optimize and streamline our ad serving infrastructure to assure up time, visibility, and cost effectiveness.
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical decision-making processes that affect the entire tech stack.
- Help define and improve coding standards, development processes and best practices
- Lead and mentor other engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration within the team.
- Help shape our long-term Creative Serving strategy and roadmap.
Other
- Proven track record in owning and evolving large backend systems by setting vision and successfully executing with a team to achieve it.
- Good communicator, empathetic and attentive listener.
- 8+ years of industry experience.
- Attend in-person team gatherings at least once per quarter.
- This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, and WA.
