Staff Engineer, Magnite
Java
$165-185k
+ Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
M/F remote, T/W/TH in-office
3 days a week in office
Sell-side omnichannel advertisement platform
Be an early applicant
Sell-side omnichannel advertisement platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$165-185k
+ Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
M/F remote, T/W/TH in-office
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Magnite's mission is to help the world’s leading advertisement agencies and brands reach millions of consumers efficiently and safely through its omnichannel sell-side advertisement platform.
Role
Who you are
- Strong expertise in multithreaded programming and non-blocking frameworks like Vert.x
- Proficiency in Java (modern frameworks such as Spring Boot are a plus)
- Experienced in designing and optimizing distributed systems for high throughput, low latency, and high availability and reliability
- Hands-on experience with caching (Memcached, Redis, etc) and databases (Aerospike, MySQL, Postgres, etc)
- Proven experience in designing and delivering new features and modules aligned with product requirements and timelines
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions with scalability and reliability in mind
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS-native solutions like CloudWatch
- Strong knowledge of logging and distributed tracing tools (e.g. OpenTelemetry, etc)
- Familiarity with developer productivity tools such as SonarQube, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code solutions
- Proven ability to lead technical projects and mentor engineering teams
- Strong collaboration skills to work with product, engineering managers, and stakeholders
Desirable
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed systems, feature development, and system modernization
- Hands-on experience with ECS, Kubernetes (EKS), Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), and advanced observability tools
- Knowledge of Real-Time Bidding (RTB), SSPs, DSPs, and ad delivery systems is a strong plus
- Familiarity with the challenges and solutions in the Ad Tech ecosystem, such as latency optimization and reporting pipelines
- Experience with Spring Boot, SonarQube, Terraform, or Kubernetes
- Strong knowledge of AWS infrastructure (ECS, EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3)
- Understanding of container orchestration using Kubernetes or EKS, ECS, etc
What the job involves
- We’re the Ad Server Engineering team at Magnite, responsible for building and maintaining the core systems that power real-time ad delivery across display and CTV platforms. Our team owns high-throughput services involved in auction handling, bid evaluation, and creative rendering—ensuring performance, reliability, and compliance at scale
- We are seeking a Staff Engineer to join our team, focusing on building, scaling, and modernizing our high-performance ad server. This role involves designing and implementing scalable, low-latency solutions to handle millions of queries per second (QPS), modernizing legacy systems, and building new features to support our product roadmap and quarterly commitments
- You will work on various aspects of ad serving, leveraging cutting-edge AWS infrastructure and frameworks such as Vert.x and Spring Boot. You will also utilize relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL alongside Aerospike, a highly scalable and reliable NoSQL solution. By integrating tools like Datadog and Grafana, you'll develop robust, scalable, and observable solutions to meet the evolving demands of ad tech
- Develop scalable, low-latency solutions to support ad-serving operations, ensuring response times in milliseconds
- Architect and optimize multithreaded, non-blocking systems using frameworks such as Vert.x
- Collaborate with product teams to understand requirements, design technical solutions, and deliver high-quality features to support business goals
- Ensure that new features are robust, scalable, and aligned with system architecture principles
- Lead the modernization of legacy Java/Tomcat systems, implementing best practices, upgrading frameworks, and adopting modern technologies
- Improve developer experience by integrating tools such as SonarQube, CI/CD pipelines, and testing frameworks
- Drive the adoption of containerized and orchestrated deployments using Docker, ECS and Kubernetes (EKS)
- Design and implement robust monitoring and observability systems using AWS-native tools (CloudWatch, etc) and third-party tools (Datadog, Grafana)
- Establish real-time alerting, logging, and distributed tracing systems to ensure platform health and reliability
- Leverage AWS infrastructure (ECS, EKS, S3, RDS) to build and optimize services
- Architect and implement scalable storage and caching solutions using Aerospike, Memcached, Redis, etc
- Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering a culture of engineering excellence
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize features, address technical debt, and improve system reliability
- Address domain-specific challenges such as Real-Time Bidding (RTB), ad delivery, reporting, and data pipeline optimization
Our take
Due to the rise in mobile and smart devices in recent years, the way in which advertisement publishers must format their ads is changing. A key example of this is TV, advertisements that present immediate calls to action within a Connected TV user interface, but publishing ads in such a format is currently inaccessible to most publishers.
Magnite provides a sell-side omnichannel advertisement platform for publishers, focused on facilitating the selling of advertising on all formats including CTV, mobile, desktop, and audio. In addition to facilitating the buying and selling of omnichannel ads, the company also provides a real-time ad performance dashboard, data protection and compliance tools, and insights into buying and selling patterns.
Whilst other omnichannel advertisement platforms present significant competition to the company, Magnite stands out by providing an end-to-end marketplace for the buying, selling, management, and analysis of ads. Furthermore, by focussing its efforts on cutting-edge formats such as CTV, the company shows great potential to futureproof itself within the advertisement industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Pension and Retirement Savings Plan in Several Countries
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for You and Your Family
- Generous Time Off, Holiday Breaks and Summer Fridays
- Family-Focused Leave Benefits
- Cell Phone Subsidy
- Performance Management, and Investment in Diversity Initiatives
- Bonusly Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program, Turning Recognition into Tangible Perks and Magnite Swag
- Community Service Events
- Wellness Coach—Meditate and Recharge with an Unlimited User Account for You and a Plus One
Company HQ
Westchester, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Michael Barrett
(CEO)Experience as CEO of Rubicon Project from 2017 to 2020. President and Founder of Ichabod Farm Ventures LLC since 2012.
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