Principal Backend Engineer, Topsort
(GO)
Infrastructure & tools for monetization
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Infrastructure & tools for monetization
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To democratize modern advertising technologies.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in backend development with Go.
- Proven experience in leading complex projects and teams
- Expertise in Go and deep knowledge of backend architectures.
- Strong skills in distributed systems, microservices, and real-time data processing
- Ability to evaluate and integrate new technologies.
Desirable
- Familiarity with auction theory or bidding algorithms
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)
What the job involves
- You will be one of the first 80 employees, so it is important that you are ambitious, have leadership skills, can act hands-on, and are not afraid of new challenges
- Lead the design and architecture of the Auction Engine
- Provide technical mentorship to the backend team
- Optimize performance and scalability of backend services
- Drive innovation and best practices in backend development
Our take
With the likes of Meta, Amazon, and Google hosting the majority of ad campaigns, contemporary strategies can become overcomplicated and lacking in owner control. Topsort has created a simple and customisable API through which users can create advertising elements like sponsored listings, banner and video ads, and control how they’re shown to potential customers.
Where the platform stands out is in its transparency and privacy-first approach - delivering a direct replacement of the “cookie” system usually used in sponsored ads. Topsort’s “clean room” is an encrypted technology that has zero-visibility into privacy data, ensuring anonymity for those being analysed.
This exciting new approach to media marketing analysis and campaign planning has turned investors' heads, at a time when data privacy is a hot topic. Topsort has enjoyed an impressive Series A of $20 million, which will be used to scale and accelerate its growth.
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Insights
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$8m
SEED
Total funding: $28m
Company benefits
- Remote-working options with coworking memberships and (at least) once a year in person offsite gathering
- You’ll be welcomed by coworkers in 11 countries that all bring a unique perspective to the company from day 1
- Management training program, career talks and mentorships
- Candid feedback - we push each other to set higher goals and produce more impact by always thinking “how do we do this faster and better”
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- 401k, dental, medical and vision insurance
Company values
- Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment
- We thrive on working together, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency
- We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100mph pace
- No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Regina Ye
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Product Lead at Hopin, and Founder at ZIRUI Inc.
Michael Ostrovsky
(Co-Founder)Currently Professor of economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previously an Advisor at Pinterest and Linkedin, and was a Visiting Scientist at Google.
Francisco Larrain
(Co-Founder & CTO)Currently Board Member at Maxxa. Previously worked in Local Engineering at Groupon, and was Founder and CEO of Zappedy.
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