Director of Engineering

Company: adMarketplace
Location: New York
Posted on: May 8, 2024

Job Description:

At adMarketplace, we create best of breed advertising technology using cutting-edge microservice architectures with millisecond response time and crunch through terabytes of data every day. The ideal candidate is motivated designing for massive scale, developing for low latency and pushing the boundaries of using real-time data in automated decisions. Our team uses cutting edge software, including Akka, Java 8, Scala, Kafka, Spark and more.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

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• Hands-on design, development, maintenance, and some technical project management of the following mission critical adMarketplace systems
  
• 24/7 low latency large-scale distributed Ad Serving and Click Tracking platforms
  
• Reactive data streaming platform using Kafka and Spark streaming technologies
  
• Real-time Conversion Tracking platform
  
  Lead and drive engineering projects from start to completion
  Mentor and manage a group of engineers
  Work closely with product and -business stakeholders on understanding and translating business requirements into technical solutions
  Represent the team in cross-functional projects and to the company at large
  REQUIREMENTS:
  BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
  Must have 7+ years strong hands-on industry related development experience using Java with Spring or another dependency injection framework and/or Akka
  5+ years experience developing/delivering and maintaining multiple complex, low latency, scalable, mission-critical systems
  Ability to design complete systems by collaborating with multiple teams and understanding testing, hardware and deployment methodologies
  Strong knowledge of algorithmic complexity/simplicity tradeoffs and effective use of data structures
  Good understanding of low latency messaging and asynchronous design patterns
  Basic understanding of Kafka and Apache Spark data streaming technologies
  Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
  Experience working in a Linux environment
  Must have strong leadership skills and 3+ years experience managing and leading engineering teams and projects
  Excellent documentation and troubleshooting skills
  Excellent communication skills, with technical and non-technical people
  Is a plus:
  
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  • Digital advertising industry experience
    
  • Experience with AWS, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Python, Vertica, and Aerospike
    
  • Basic understanding and/or interest in Machine Learning
    
  • Experience with project management or Jira
    
  • Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery
    

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