Software Engineer

Pixability, Inc.
Boston, MA, United States
9 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$140,000.0 - $170,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Testing (Software) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Business Analytics Applications Unit Testing Cloud Computing Software Quality Databases Continuous Integration Relational Databases Distributed Systems
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Python (Programming Language) MySQL Recommender Systems Software Engineering Systems Integration Web Applications ReactJS Large Language Models Snowflake Backend Integration Tests Front End Software Development Terraform Data Pipelines Docker

Job description

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Boston. This role is ideal for an experienced full-stack or backend-oriented engineer who enjoys building scalable systems, collaborating across product and engineering, and contributing to high-impact platform capabilities.

You will work closely with engineering, product, and data teams to design, build, and maintain services and user-facing functionality that support Pixability’s video advertising optimization platform. This is a hybrid role based in Boston, with an expectation to work from the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays., * Build, maintain, and improve backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities.

  • Contribute to frontend development where needed, particularly in React-based applications.
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data teams to deliver reliable, scalable features.
  • Work with cloud infrastructure, databases, and modern engineering tooling.
  • Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical planning.
  • Write unit and integration tests to ensure quality, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Help improve engineering practices, code quality, and team delivery processes.
  • Support the product and engineering roadmap and contribute to squad-level technical decision-making.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML-powered product development, LLM integrations, recommendation systems, or workflow automation.
  • Strong backend development experience, preferably with Python.
  • Experience with data pipelines or large-scale systems.
  • Experience building production web applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
  • Frontend familiarity, ideally with React.
  • Solid understanding of relational databases such as MySQL and/or Snowflake.
  • Experience with AWS or similar cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern development workflows.
  • Strong software testing practices, including unit and integration testing.
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, agile engineering environment.
  • Strong communication skills and a self-directed working style.
  • Ability to work from the Boston office two days per week, specifically Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with ad tech, analytics platforms, or marketing technology.
  • Experience mentoring other engineers or leading technical initiatives.

Benefits & conditions

Our team is the heart of our culture. We value innovation, collaboration, and curiosity with a passion for getting things done. We strive to hire and cultivate the best employees and foster a culture of open communication and transparency. We are driven and hard-working, but also committed to having fun along the way with happy hours, team outings, and flexible paid time off. We’re proud to be in the top 3% of Google Partners worldwide, as well as being listed on the Inc. 5000 for nine consecutive years.consecutive years., The pay range for this role is $140,000 - 170,000 total compensation. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

About the company

Pixability is the leading AI-driven technology company that empowers the world’s largest brands and their agencies to maximize the value of their video advertising across YouTube and CTV. Leveraging its proprietary technology platform and data, Pixability reduces wasted impressions on video campaigns by identifying contextually relevant, brand suitable inventory and maximizes cost efficient outcomes. Pixability’s suite of solutions have been used by the top media agencies including Dentsu, Interpublic Group, Omnicom, Publicis, and GroupM, and brands such as KIND, McDonalds, Salesforce and Puma. For more information about Pixability, please visit www.pixability.com.

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