Principal Engineer

Madhive is the leading independent operating system for local media professionals, empowering sales teams to connect local advertisers with communities. We are seeking a Principal Engineer with experience in AdTech to enhance our advertising platform by architecting and optimizing backend systems, data pipelines, and APIs while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of our real-time bidding system, ensuring efficient execution of advertising campaigns, real-time auction responses, win tracking, and event monitoring
• Spearhead the creation of robust data pipelines capable of handling massive data volumes, enabling data movement, aggregation, maintenance, and transformation into actionable insights that drive our platform
• Architect and develop both external and internal APIs, facilitating seamless integration across our platform, including custom reporting for ad-hoc analysis and programmatic activation of ad campaigns
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our tech stack, which primarily resides within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Leverage technologies such as Golang, gRPC, BigQuery, Postgres, Airflow, Bigtable, Docker, Spanner, Firebase, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Contribute to the design and implementation of ad-tech-scale data and ML solutions
• Partner with executive leadership to establish strategic visions
• Foster a culture of open and transparent communication across the organization
• Coach others on how to navigate challenging conversations with courage
• Support emerging leaders and inspire individuals in their professional development

Requirements:

• At least 15+ years of experience in building scalable backend systems
• Background in adtech, including hands-on experience with bidding systems, inventory, supply, and related systems
• Background in kafka or similar streaming systems
• Has an established track record of creating sweeping improvements in stability, performance, and scalability across major business-critical systems
• Capable of independently owning complex projects and delivering high-quality code with minimal guidance
• Able to work on ambiguous technical problems and come up with appropriate solutions
• Superior verbal and written communication and persuasion skills
• Exhibit 'T'-shaped expertise, with proficiency across a range of technologies and deep specialization in one technical domain
• Embrace an ownership mentality and thrive on staying at the forefront of technology trends
• Collaborative team player who excels at identifying and leading discussions across teams, synthesizing information from diverse perspectives, sharing opinions constructively, and working effectively across departments
• Fosters a culture of open and transparent communication within their team
• Bonus points for expertise in specific technologies from our stack and experience in architecting petabyte-scale data pipelines, consumer-grade APIs, or high-performance distributed systems