Senior Backend Engineer

3 weeks ago


Austin, United States MNTN Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

At MNTN, we put our people first, full stop. This allows our company culture to be defined by our team members, and their shared values, like trust, ambition, quality, radical honesty, and compassionate leadership. It's why we all really love working for the Hardest Working Software in Television™ (and also why we were named one of Ad Age's Best Places To Work in 2024.)

We pride ourselves on bringing unrivaled performance and simplicity to Connected TV advertising. Our self-serve technology makes running TV ads as easy as search and social and helps brands drive measurable conversions, revenue, site visits, and more. It's what led MNTN to being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2023. You can learn more about us and everything we do by visiting https://mountain.com/.

So if wanting to do more, own more, and make a bigger impact comes naturally to you, then you may just the person we're looking for to join us on our next stage of growth.

Join the Pixel Squad, where we are improving and scaling the back-end systems that power MNTN's pixel, processing millions of data points daily. We're seeking a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to help us build, maintain, and enhance robust back-end services that ensure the smooth and efficient operation of our data collection and pixel management systems.

We are looking for someone with a bias for action who thrives in an incremental delivery environment, with the ability to break down large-scale projects into manageable tasks. You'll work independently, while also contributing to a collaborative, impact-driven team.

What You'll Do:

  • Develop and maintain backend systems and APIs.
  • Optimize and manage queries and schemas for efficient data processing.
  • Design and implement microservices within a high-scale environment, handling millions of data points per day.
  • Create and work with event-driven architecture and large-scale data flows.
  • Plan and break down larger epics into tasks and sub-tasks.
  • Maintain a focus on quality, ensuring robust error handling, automatic recovery, and great logging.
  • Design and implement backend integrations with third-party systems.
  • Implement rich automated testing, end-to-end testing, and provide go-live confidence through monitoring and alert systems.
  • Lead or participate in the deployment process, ensuring smooth transitions and operational reliability post-deployment.
  • Provide clear communication of technical impacts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Stay informed of industry best practices in ad tech and SaaS, bringing new ideas and expertise into discussions.

What You'll Bring:

  • 5+ years of back-end development experience.
  • Expertise with APIs, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems.
  • Strong experience handling large-scale data operations and high-scale systems, capable of processing millions of data points.
  • Proven track record of delivering in an agile or Kanban development environment.
  • Understanding of DevOps principles, including CI/CD, automated testing, and production monitoring.
  • Experience in ad tech, SaaS, or self-service platforms is a plus.

Tech Stack

  • Languages: Kotlin / JVM, Go
  • Frameworks & Tools: Microservices, Containerization (Docker, Kubnerbetes), Messaging (Kafka)
  • Source Control: Git, Github
  • Database: SQL (queries, table creation, optimization)
  • DevOps: CI/CD, automated testing, rich logging, monitoring, alerting
  • Project Management: Jira (Kanban-focused), Agile-ish methodologies
  • Data Scale: Millions to tens of millions of data points processed daily

MNTN Perks:

  • 100% remote within the US
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Annual vacation allowance for travel related expenses
  • Three-day weekend every month of the year
  • Competitive compensation
  • 100% healthcare coverage
  • 401k plan
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent, medical, and dental care
  • Access to coaching, therapy, and professional development

About MNTN:

Our recruiters will always reach out using an email address ending with @mountain.com OR @mntn.com. If you're contacted by someone without that address and they mention a Reference Code (which we never use), then that ain't us folks. Tell those trolls to take a hike–you're waiting to climb a MNTN.

MNTN provides advertising software for brands to reach their audience across Connected TV, web, and mobile. MNTN Performance TV has redefined what it means to advertise on television, transforming Connected TV into a direct-response, performance marketing channel. Our web retargeting has been leveraged by thousands of top brands for over a decade, driving billions of dollars in revenue.

Our solutions give advertisers total transparency and complete control over their campaigns all with the fastest go-live in the industry. As a result, thousands of top brands have partnered with MNTN, including Build with Ferguson, OneWheel, Tarte, Decked, and National University.

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