About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with deep backend expertise and enterprise experience to lead the development of multiple products and services within our modern advertising platform. This role requires strong technical ownership, hands-on coding, and a passion for mentoring junior engineers. You’ll work across a remote-first engineering team to design and deliver scalable, secure, and modular systems that integrate third-party SaaS solutions with proprietary APIs and microservices in an AWS environment. Your leadership will help shape the technical direction of the platform, elevate team capabilities, and contribute to a high-quality engineering culture.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and microservices across multiple products and services, including pre-sales, contract, inventory, order, creative, planning/delivery, billing/revenue recognition, and reporting
- Lead the integration of third-party SaaS platforms and data providers into our AWS ecosystem
- Architect distributed systems for high availability, modularity, and fault tolerance
- Define and enforce service contracts and communication protocols (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
- Mentor and upskill junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on technical strategy and product goals
- Assist with system design and architecture and contribute to long-term platform vision and decision-making
- Help maintain high standards for interviewing, hiring, and onboarding processes
- Ensure observability, CI/CD best practices, and compliance with data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
- Promote engineering excellence through documentation, testing, and continuous improvement
Requirements
- 7–12+ years of software engineering experience, including enterprise-scale systems
- Proven experience owning and delivering multiple backend services or products
- Proficient in modern backend languages (e.g., Java, Go, Scala, Python, TypeScript)
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architecture
- Experience with cloud-native platforms (e.g., AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong knowledge of API design, authentication/authorization (OAuth, JWT), and versioning
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and foster team growth
- Excellent communication skills in remote-first environments
- Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Prior experience in ad tech, martech, or related industries
- Familiarity with OpenRTB, VAST, and programmatic advertising concepts
- Exposure to large-scale data pipelines (Kafka, Spark, Airflow)
- Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., data privacy, audit compliance)
Skills
- Backend expertise
- Enterprise experience
- Technical ownership
- Hands-on coding
- Mentoring junior engineers
- Designing and delivering scalable, secure, and modular systems
- Integrating third-party SaaS solutions
- Working with proprietary APIs and microservices
- AWS environment
- Shaping technical direction
- Elevating team capabilities
- High-quality engineering culture
- REST
- gRPC
- GraphQL
- OAuth
- JWT
- Java
- Go
- Scala
- Python
- TypeScript
- Distributed systems
- Microservices
- Event-driven architecture
- Cloud-native platforms
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- API design
- API versioning
- Observability
- CI/CD best practices
- Data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA)
- Documentation
- Testing
- Continuous improvement
- OpenRTB
- VAST
- Programmatic advertising concepts
- Large-scale data pipelines
- Kafka
- Spark
- Airflow
- Regulated environments
- Data privacy
- Audit compliance
- API gateways
- AWS Lambda
- Cloud-native databases
- Security best practices
- Modern programming languages and frameworks
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote-first
Experience Level
- Senior
- 7–12+ years of software engineering experience
- Enterprise-scale systems experience
- Experience owning and delivering multiple backend services or products
Education Level
- Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000-$185,000 per year
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision (including same and opposite-sex domestic partners)
- HSA and FSA plans
- Family Benefits
- Pet Benefits
- 401(k) Plan with an Employer Match
- Paid Time Off
- Commuter Benefits
- Educational Assistance
About the Company
- OUTFRONT is one of North America’s most innovative media companies.
- We leverage the power of creative excellence, unbeatable locations and smart audience data to change the game for advertisers.
- Our purpose as a company is to help people, places and businesses grow stronger.
- We make meaningful connections between brands and people when they are outside of their homes through one of the largest and most diverse sets of out-of-home assets including billboards, transit and mobile displays across the U.S.
- We connect diverse audiences across over 150 markets and conduct our business considering all our stakeholders, from clients and employees, to the communities where we operate.
- We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that promotes the growth of our people.
- Join our industry-leading team!
Equal Opportunity
- All applicants shall receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status or disability.
- Please refer to the OUTFRONT Media Affirmative Action policy statement.
