Senior Software Engineer, Samba TV

• You bring 8+ years of experience, take deep ownership of complex platform components, and work collaboratively with other senior engineers to align on technical direction. You are a trusted voice in design and architecture discussions, an active mentor, and a strong partner to adjacent teams
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on data engineering, backend systems, or distributed data infrastructure
• Proficient in Python and SQL; comfortable with JavaScript in full-stack or API contexts
• Strong hands-on experience with distributed processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Databricks, or equivalent) working with large-scale datasets in production
• Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP) and their core data services
• Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow, dbt, Prefect, or equivalent).Strong familiarity with data warehousing and lakehouse technologies, including Snowflake
• Solid understanding of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and practical experience building compliant systems
• Familiarity with platform-thinking and API-first service design, building components that are reusable and consumable by downstream teams.A clear communicator and cross-functional collaborator, able to articulate technical decisions, engage constructively in design reviews, and navigate complex stakeholder relationships outside your immediate team
• An active mentor, you invest in others, give direct feedback, and care about raising the bar for the team as a whole

Desirable

• We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Identity team in Amsterdam. The Identity team builds and operates the core systems that power Samba TV’s cross-device identity resolution, data onboarding, and distribution capabilities, the foundational layer connecting data to advertisers, agencies, data partners, and internal product teams
• You will design, build, and operate production-grade data engineering systems that ingest, transform, and deliver identity-linked data at scale
• Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and distribution of identity-linked data, processing large volumes efficiently in production
• Develop ETL/ELT workflows using distributed computing frameworks on cloud infrastructure, applying strong engineering judgment to architectural and implementation decisions within your scope
• Design and build API-first services that expose processed identity data to internal teams and external consumers, with a focus on reliability, clear contracts, and ease of integration
• Implement data quality validation, monitoring, and observability for the components you own, ensuring reliability and correctness at scale
• Contribute to platform-grade, reusable components that enable downstream teams and support self-service consumption of Identity capabilities
• Take end-to-end ownership of key components within identity resolution systems and drive their reliability, scalability, and evolution
• Design and implement privacy-compliant data handling practices, applying GDPR, CCPA, and Samba’s data governance policies, including support for clean room and privacy-preserving data collaboration workflows
• Engage cross-functional stakeholders, product, data science, and partner teams, to ensure the systems you build support all downstream use cases
• Drive technical design for components within your scope, producing clear design documents, actively contributing to architecture discussions, and aligning the team on well-reasoned solutions
• Conduct rigorous code reviews and uphold high standards for code quality, testability, and maintainability
• Mentor engineers on the team through structured feedback, pairing, and design review
• Collaborate across adjacent teams, understanding their constraints and requirements, and advocating for shared standards where applicable
• Own the reliability of your components end-to-end, monitor their health, respond to incidents, and follow through on post-mortem improvements with rigor
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute actively to improving operational practices across the team
• Drive improvements to CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and testing coverage for your team’s systems