Lead Software Engineer, Muck Rack
Content Ingestion
$170-200k
+ A quarterly bonus plan, and equity
Public Relations software
Open for applications
Public Relations software
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$170-200k
+ A quarterly bonus plan, and equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform the way companies engage with the media.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
- Expertise with Python or a similar programming language
- Experience with Django or a comparable web framework (FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
- Experience building and maintaining microservices that are reliable, observable, and scalable
- Experience with Kafka or related streaming technologies
- Experience gRPC, protobuf
- Experience with large-scale data systems (multi-terabyte) or high-traffic SaaS applications
- Expertise with relational or search databases such as MySQL, Postgres, or Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
- Experience designing or optimizing content ingestion pipelines or distributed data workflows
- Experience with background job processing frameworks
- Experience scaling systems that handle significant data throughput
- Interest in journalism, media, or the technology that supports those industries
- Have excellent communication skills and can explain complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Take ownership of their work, proactively identifying and solving issues without waiting for direction
- Foster a collaborative and supportive engineering culture by providing thoughtful, constructive feedback
- Take pride in writing clean, readable, and testable code that remains maintainable over time
- Balance pragmatism with long-term thinking, managing complexity and technical debt thoughtfully
- Embrace curiosity and continual growth
What the job involves
- We're looking for a collaborative, self-motivated Lead Software Engineer to join our growing Content Ingestion team
- As our Lead Software Engineer, Content Ingestion, you’ll help design and evolve the systems that transform high volumes of unstructured data into valuable insights for our customers
- You’ll collaborate with teammates across Product and Engineering to scale our ingestion pipeline and ensure our platform remains fast, reliable, and data-rich
- Design, build, and maintain the core systems that power Muck Rack’s content ingestion pipeline
- Lead technical design and architecture discussions that improve data processing, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Platform teams to deliver high-quality, structured data that supports customer workflows
- Mentor engineers on the team through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing
- Drive continuous improvement in code quality, testing, security, and performance
- Take ownership of project delivery, ensuring initiatives are completed with a balance of speed and stability
- Help shape engineering best practices that make development more efficient across teams
Application process
- Here’s what you can expect from our process. We’ll keep you informed at every step and let you know if anything changes along the way
- Intro call with a member of our Talent Team
- A video interview with the Hiring Manager
- Peer interviews, including a 45-minute code interview
- Final conversation(s) with member(s) of our executive team
Our take
Muck Rack was founded in 2009 as a platform for businesses to connect with journalists. As of 2022, tens of thousands of journalists have profiles on Muck Rack that are available for companies such as Google, Pfizer, and Duolingo to browse and employ writers from.
The nature of journalism has evolved since Muck Rack’s founding, with social media and digital outlets taking away market share from printed publications. As the landscape changes, Muck Rack has expanded its services to include a Public Relations Management platform.
It’s moves like this, as well as their shift to a “distributed” business (hybrid or remote), that have sparked renewed investor confidence in Muck Rack. Though the company has been bootstrapped since its founding, Muck Rack received its first outside funding of $180 million in 2022, underscoring the importance investors place on their platform.
With this substantial funding, the future is bright for Muck Rack, as it continues to roll out updates and new features to its platform. Digital content can go viral in a matter of hours, and the creators are not always journalists, meaning Muck Rack must remain agile and quick to respond.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Fully distributed - Much Rack are committed to a permanent, fully remote environment, core to the way they do business.
- Geo-neutral compensation - Much Rack believe in equitable pay regardless of where you live.
- Time off - 4+ weeks off-the-grid vacation, sick and mental health days, and company holidays.
- Insurance - Health, vision, and dental coverage paid at 100% for individuals
- Retirement planning - MUck Rack contribute 3% of your annual salary to your 401k automatically.
- Paid parental leave - 8 weeks fully paid bonding for all parents + up to 8 weeks fully paid recovery from childbirth.
- Full WFH set up - Including monthly phone/internet reimbursement and coworking stipend.
- Learning & development - Take advantage of unlimited access to learning platforms and regular training opportunities.
- No meeting Fridays - Take control of your calendar, and make time for reflection and deep-focus tasks
Company HQ
Brickell, Miami, FL
Leadership
Gregory Galant
(Co-Founder & CEO)Currently CEO & Co-Founder of the Shorty Awards for social media. Previously CEO of RadioTail and Chairman of Halenet.
Lee Semel
(Co-Founder & CTO)Currently Co-Founder and Producer at the Shorty Awards. Previously Founder and CTO of Innofinity.
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