Staff Software Engineer (Data)

Viant Technology is a leader in CTV and AI-powered programmatic advertising, dedicated to driving innovation in digital marketing. They are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement large-scale big data systems, working with petabytes of data and billions of transactions in a distributed cloud-based infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, debug, and deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment (GCP & AWS)
• Develop new ELT workflows using various tools and programming languages
• Improve and optimize existing ETL processes and complex queries, ensuring time and cost performance
• Work on the UI layer as and when needed
• Solve complex performance bottlenecks, tackle architectural challenges, and address production issues
• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, and operations teams to drive innovation, efficiency, and frictionless communication
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers as needed

Requirements:

• B.S or M.S in computer science, mathematics, or related field
• 5+ years of technology industry programming experience in computer science or big data field
• Working experience with programming languages like Java, Python, Go, and Angular
• Working experience with the Google Cloud Platform and Google Big Query is a must
• Operational understanding of cloud infrastructure
• Experience with building web services/ RESTful services/ microservices
• Experience performing requirements gathering and identifying the requirement gaps
• Proficient in conducting data analysis on incoming third-party data, identifying anomalies, inconsistencies, and quality issues using SQL and other database technologies
• Master of troubleshooting with a Figure-it-out attitude