Staff Software Engineer- Backend Java- Big Data

Integral Ad Science
New York, NY, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$126,000.0 - $216,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 User Authentication Big Data Cloud Computing Code Review Computer Engineering Continuous Integration Relational Databases
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Dimensional Modeling Java Persistence API Spring Framework PostgreSQL Log Analysis MySQL Performance Tuning Software Engineering Software Systems SQL Databases Test Case ReactJS Grafana Apache Spark Spring-boot Database Performance Backend Git Amazon Relational Database Service Information Technology Apache Kafka Api Design Restful APIs Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Grpc Jenkins Microservices

Job description

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will make a solid contribution in software design, development, writing test cases, QA, documentation, fixing software defects. You will be working with cutting edge cloud technologies, building robust, scalable, high performance software solutions which help our customers to launch campaigns, activate tags, ads verification and optimizations.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, JPA, relational database, big data warehouse, AWS services, enjoys working in a collaborative and agile environment, and brings innovative solutions to complex problems with a desire to improve the status quo.

What you’ll do:

  • Design, build and integrate Java micro services which talks to React front end and MySQL database.
  • Hands-on development, code reviews, testing, deployment, and documentation.
  • Fix software bugs and respond to incident escalated to our team.
  • Collaborate with other engineers in the team to deliver product features on time, elevate the team’s coding standard, and promote best practices through thorough code and design reviews and improved processes.
  • Partner with the Product team and other stakeholders across the company to understand product requirements, gather business and technical requirements from broadcaster clients, and research and develop solutions, including API development.
  • Automate cloud infrastructure, services, and observability.
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines and testing automation

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field.
  • 12+ years of experience in backend development.
  • Proficiency in Java, Spring, Spring Boot and JPA.
  • 2+ years of experience working with big-data stack, including Spark and Kafka
  • Extensive experience with relational DB, e.g., MySQL or PostgreSQL.
  • Advanced understanding of SQL, data model design, dimensional modeling, database performance troubleshooting and improvement.
  • Have a sense of security, both authentication and authorization when designing and building API
  • Good understanding of RESTful API and gRPC design and implementation.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS).
  • Experienced in building and deploying scalable backend systems on AWS; using services like EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, and EKS.
  • Familiar with monitoring and log analysis using Grafana for observability and performance tuning.
  • Good knowledge of git, Jenkins and CI/CD
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively
  • in a team environment.

Benefits & conditions

Health insurance, 401(k) matching, Paid time off, Vision insurance, Health savings account, Dental insurance, Flexible spending account, The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location, and any additional locations are listed below. Our pay ranges are based on the work location. As part of IAS compensation package, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid time off, health insurance (medical, dental, vision) as well as PPO, HSA and FSA options and 401k with employer matching contributions. All full-time employee roles include competitive compensation and are eligible for an annual bonus and/or other incentive plans. Each candidate’s compensation package is based on multiple factors, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need.

About the company

Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms. IAS’s software provides comprehensive and enriched data that ensures ads are seen by real people in safe and suitable environments, while improving return on ad spend for advertisers and yield for publishers. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. For more information, visit integralads.com.

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