Staff Software Engineer, Programmatic and Platform Products

Key Skills

API, Big Data Technology, Effective communication skills, Java Programming, Python Programming, RDBMS, REST API, SQL

Job Description

Who we are

DoubleVerify is the leading independent provider of marketing measurement software, data and analytics that authenticates the quality and effectiveness of digital media for the world's largest brands and media platforms. DV provides media transparency and accountability to deliver the highest level of impression quality for maximum advertising performance. Since 2008, DV has helped hundreds of Fortune 500 companies gain the most from their media spend by delivering best in class solutions across the digital ecosystem, helping to build a better industry. Learn more at www.doubleverify.com.

The Role

The Staff Software Engineer will join and lead DV’s Programmatic software development team and will use industry standards and latest technologies to enhance our programmatic and platform products. DoubleVerify runs mission-critical systems that process billions of real-time transactions a day, hence performance and scalability considerations would guide you throughout each project. You will experiment with new and cutting-edge technologies designed for large scale, distributed systems, Big Data and Ad Tech solutions.

What you’ll do

• Join a great team of motivated engineers and collaborate in developing critical, large scale, distributed services for DoubleVerify's Programmatic and Platform products with strict SLAs
• Provide technical leadership in architecting and building mission-critical distributed systems
• Mentor, guide, and on-board other engineers and review their code, design and other artifacts.
• Work closely with the Product team to understand product requirements and ensure that deliverables are timely and of high quality
• Write solid code with the focus on high performance for services supporting high throughput and low latency
• Design, develop and test new features and improve existing systems

Who you are

• 9+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of experience working as a Sr. Software Engineer
• Expertise in Java (1.8+) 
• Familiarity with Python or similar high-level language
• Experience in a building large distributed backend systems using multiple open source technologies
• Experience in building highly resilient, scalable REST-based services
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and/or Docker and CI/CD deployment pipelines
• Familiarity with stream processing of large datasets and related technologies
• Excellent SQL skills - has proven record of making data driven decisions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to write detailed technical documents
• Experience working in Ad Tech industry- preferred
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on a number of non-discriminating factors, including qualifications for the role, level, skills, experience, location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at DV.

The estimated salary range for this role based on the qualifications set forth in the job description is between $114,000 - $225,000. This role will also be eligible for bonus/commission (as applicable), equity, and benefits. 

The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description; however, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be more or less experienced than this job description as posted.