Engineer/architect to design and own the core of a Real-Time Bidding (RTB) adtech system in Boston, building distributed, fault-tolerant services that process hundreds of thousands of bids per second within ~80ms latency windows. Core work spans high-performance distributed systems plus SQL/NoSQL stores (MySQL, Memcached, Cassandra, Aerospike), with Hadoop/Kafka/Databricks a plus.
We are currently seeking an engineer to work on our RTB (Real Time Bidding) system. This role will include designing a distributed system capable of analyzing billions of data points across hundreds of thousands of bidding opportunities per second in an extremely low latency window (ex 80 ms or less). Working in RTB systems require creativity and out of the box thinking.
Candidates should be passionate about high-performance computing and welcome the opportunity to solve extremely complex problems. This role will require flexibility and adaptability to handle multiple project requirements and make appropriate technical decisions at a very rapid pace. The role will also include learning about and interfacing with various parties in the adtech ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Design, develop and own core architectural components with a focus on end to end system performance
Develop highly distributed, concurrent and reliable systems that support millions of dollars in ad spend
Desired Skills and Experience
Ability to scale and distribute fault tolerant components of the RTB across many machines and handle updates to millions of objects in real time
Experience with exposure on numerous ad exchanges
Experience with a continuous release cycle and fast production
Solid foundation leading designs of large Object Oriented Software Systems
Experience working with SQL and NoSQL systems, for example MySQL & Memcached, Cassandra, Aerospike
Experience working with Big Data and Machine Learning stacks such as Hadoop, Kafka, Databricks a plus