Staff Software Engineer

***LoopMe is one of Campaign's Best Places to Work 2023 AND 2024!***

Our vision is to change advertising for the better. LoopMe’s technology brings together advertisers and publishers to redefine brand advertising for the digital and mobile app ecosystem.

With a diverse client base, including leading brands, agencies and publishers, LoopMe finds solutions to industry challenges.

The acquisition of Chartboost supercharges LoopMe’s mission, creating a globally scaled 1st party ad-tech platform built on patented AI.

What we need

We are looking for a backend engineering leader to join our Supply Side Platform(SSP) and Exchange teams to help us build the best advertising platform for mobile developers. You'll work on a system that processes hundreds of thousands of requests per second and conducts a real-time auction to find and deliver the most effective ads from our global partners. We trust our engineers to own this critical system and handle the full life cycle of feature development, from initial design all the way to shipping into production.

Our system is written in functional Java and has plenty of opportunities to flex your distributed, low-latency programming muscles, using technologies like Vert.X, kafka, and others.

As a Staff Software Engineer you will…

• Design, build, and evolve our backend services and frameworks for our advertising ecosystem
• Define and own APIs and developer facing tools that improve how teams ingest, process, and use data
• Work effectively with other engineers, system architects, QA, and Operations teams to implement enhancements and issue resolutions
• Lead technical discussions and come up with innovative ways to improve the product and process
• Troubleshoot issues with applications, technologies, and infrastructure
• Mentor engineers across the team, raising the bar for code quality, testing, and software craftsmanship
• Think creatively and work independently - collaborating with others as needed to maximize efficiency and throughput
• Deliver quality work on time while driving developer productivity across the organization

You’ll have

• BS in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years of Java programming experience
• 6+ years of AdTech experience (DSP, SSP, Exchange)
• A proven track record of designing and delivering large scale software systems
• You have a deep understanding of microservices and distributed systems with hands-on experience implementing them at scale
• You are experienced with software development in high capacity, high traffic, high availability websites/systems
• You have experience working in an agile environment
• Background working with or building mobile SDK or mobile games is a plus
• If you have worked with distributed messaging services, like Kafka, that would be a bonus

What we can offer

• Bonus
• This role is hybrid, asking that you come into the office 3x a week (Tues-Thurs), you must be located in The San Francisco Bay Area (the office is in Union Square, San Francisco)
• Self-Managed Vacation policy (no max on annual leave!)
• 1 month work-from-anywhere
• Healthcare
• 401k
• Summer Fridays!
• LoopMe Gives Back; we have a committed and active CSR team who organise regular events to hold up our pillars of Learning, Charity, Wellbeing, Responsibility and Sustainability
• We’ll set you up for success, providing training and career development