Software Engineer II, Ad Engineering

Experteer Overview In this role you will help fuel revenue and storytelling by building software for The Washington Post’s advertising ecosystem. You will work across ad experiences, content management, and AI-driven targeting to support sales operations and partnerships. You’ll own tools and integrations with ad tech vendors and collaborate with product, BI, and advertising teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. This is a fast-paced, impact-driven opportunity to shape digital advertising at a premier newsroom. Compensation / Benefits * Participate in all stages of software development from ideation to deployment and support * Build and maintain high-performance applications that drive revenue * Collaborate with Product, Designers, and Advertising Operations to translate business needs into technical solutions * Develop and deploy on AWS; establish and uphold best practices for AI/LLM integrations * Create tools and integrations for sales, operations, and multi-team systems * Contribute to ad systems, programmatic advertising, and media experiences (player, games pages) * Lead or influence other teams on technology processes or products as needed * Establish, document, and maintain best practices for LLM systems within the organization Tasks * 2+ years of experience delivering highly-performant, customer-facing applications * Proficiency in modern JavaScript development principles (strongly typed systems) * Hands-on experience with AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda) * Exposure to DevOps tools like Docker and CI/CD (Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline) * Familiarity with Prebid, Google Ad Manager, Prebid Server is desirable * Experience writing unit and integration tests * Experience with LLM-based text processing and ChatGPT-style APIs * Experience working with sales teams is a plus * Experience with text analysis and safety is a plus Key requirements * Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage * Company-paid pension and 401(k) match * Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave * Nine paid holidays and two personal days * 20 weeks paid parental leave for new parents * Free Post digital subscription

a * Contribute to ad systems, programmatic advertising, and media experiences (player, games pages) * Lead or influence other teams on technology processes or products as needed * Establish, document, and maintain best practices for LLM systems within the organization Tasks * 2+ years of experience delivering highly-performant, customer-facing applications * Proficiency in modern JavaScript development principles (strongly typed systems) * Hands-on experience with AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda) * Exposure to DevOps tools like Docker and CI/CD (Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline) * Familiarity with Prebid, Google Ad Manager, Prebid Server is desirable * Experience writing unit and integration tests * Experience with LLM-based text processing and ChatGPT-style APIs * Experience working with sales teams is a plus * Experience with text analysis and safety is a plus Key requirements * Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage * Company-paid pension and 401(k) match * Three weeks of aaaaa and and up to three weeks of paid sick leave * Nine paid holidays and two personal days * 20 weeks paid parental leave for new parents * Free Post digital subscription