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# Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

- **Company:** Digital Turbine, Inc.
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Program Optimization, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data as a Services, Data Structures, Distributed Data Store, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Software Architecture, Responsive Web Design, Scala (Programming Language), Service Design, TypeScript, Data Processing, ReactJS, Backend, Kotlin, Build Management, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Golang
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=174546be4e5075a5

## About the Role

* 8+ years building and shipping production platforms, with a heavy skew toward backend architecture, system design, and code optimization.
 * Strong algorithmic fundamentals, data structures, and a proven track record of solving complex data-processing or resource optimization problems.
 * Demonstrated ability to be effective in more than one language/ecosystem (e.g., TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, Scala, or C++) - you optimize for the problem, not a single tool.
 * Solid command of modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React) and back-end service design, plus relational and/or distributed data stores (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and similar).
 * Strong fundamentals in API design, data modeling, testing, and system design.
 * Comfort operating in a fast-paced, agile, ownership-driven environment with limited hand-holding.

Nice to have skills:

 * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), containers, and CI/CD.
 * Exposure to AdTech, dashboards/BI surfaces, or high-throughput data-driven products.
 * Experience integrating ML or data services into product workflows.

## Description

* Design and build full-stack features - from responsive web front-ends to back-end services and APIs - that power campaign management, reporting, and marketplace optimization.
 * Choose the right language and tools for each problem (we run a polyglot stack), and keep the front end lightweight by pushing complex computational logic, data modeling, and heavy algorithmic weight into robust, scalable back-end services.
 * Build and consume well-designed APIs that integrate DT products into a unified architecture rather than isolated silos.
 * Own your services in production: testing, observability, performance, and on-call, treating quality as a whole-team responsibility.
 * Collaborate directly with product leads and stakeholders, contributing to scoping, estimation, and technical decisions within your pod.
 * Mentor teammates and raise engineering standards through code review, automation, and pragmatic architecture.


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