Samsung Ads · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $235K/yr
6+ years expSamsung Ads is seeking a Staff Engineer to join their dynamic team responsible for core ad bidding and optimization for their advertising serving platform. The role involves developing back-end server systems, creating enterprise-level distributed server infrastructure, and ensuring project success through effective design and technology solutions.
Marketing & Advertising
Hiring Manager
Shruti Magdum
Responsibilities
Create enterprise level distributed server infrastructure for mission-critical operations
Research and develop algorithms for distributed consensus, replication, consistency, availability and scalability
Makes difficult design trade-offs and decisions about features, schedule, quality and cost
Seeks the optimal technology solutions to problems from internal and external options, and applies appropriate methodology to identify issues/concerns
Primary accountability for major elements of a project, determines all tasks that are required, and is responsible for project outcome
Designs, develops and/or directs research and tests to validate effect and consequences of designs, process or product enhancements across projects and/or products
Proactively determines measures and standards of success for project, product, and process quality within project teams
Participate and follow all team processes and technical standards
Some travel may be required (up to 10%)
Qualification
Required
Typically requires at least 8 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years
Bachelors/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related STEM field
3 years of experience in programming with Erlang
Experience in designing and building highly scalable, high throughput distributed systems
A solid foundation in systems programming, computer science and software engineering
Can do attitude, take ownership and responsibility of the task and drive things to completion with minimum support
Collaborative spirit with a willingness to mentor others
Curious mind that enjoys building things and appreciating the craftsmanship in software
Hands-on experience working in a multithreaded environment
Preferred
Familiar and experienced following Agile methodologies such as Scrum
Functional programing experience
Experience mentoring and guiding junior developers
Previous experience as a lead
Experience with Code Version tools like Git and collaboration tools like JIRA
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
401(k)
Employee Purchase Program
Tuition Assistance (after 6 months)
Paid Time Off
Student Loan Program (after 6 months)
Wellness Incentives
And many more.
Company
Samsung Ads
Samsung Ads helps consumers discover relevant content and brands across Smart TVs, mobile, and desktop.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Kimberly Lauterbach
Head Of Business Operations
Recent News
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