Liftoff is looking to solve the problem of maintaining and operating mission-critical systems involved in every ad serving across Liftoff's product line. As a senior staff engineer, the role will focus on building and maintaining strategic integrations with partner exchanges, ensuring impeccable uptime, and driving cost-effective content delivery worldwide, including collaboration with internal teams for exclusive advertising capabilities.
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.
- 8+ years of industry experience.
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
- Good communicator, empathetic and attentive listener.
- We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter.
- Base compensation will vary based on candidate's location and experience.
- Liftoff is an equal opportunity employer.
