Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Sovrn
Data Platform
$155-200k
Advertising tools & services for content creators
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Advertising tools & services for content creators
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$155-200k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower independent content creators and publishers to grow their businesses and achieve the attention they deserve.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software engineering experience and a passion for learning
- Strong scala and python skills with an expert understanding of backend and data engineering design patterns
- A deep understanding of big data processing environments such as Spark and Databricks
- Demonstrated experience with data processing using Spark in a production environment
- Proven experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow and MWAA
- Experience working in the Cloud Computing ecosystem. We use AWS heavily, but we are open to GCP, Azure, etc
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
- Deep understanding of relational databases, big data tables, and noSQL databases
- Able to triage, debug, and permanently fix complex and convoluted data processing issues
- Possesses a mature understanding of the product domain and architecture
- A strong individual contributor that can define and architect features required by the business and product
- Learning to apply industry best practices, design principles, and design patterns
- Executes on defined features of scope to achieve team goals and commitments
- Sets standards and best practices around team conventions and precedent for solving recurring problems
- Demonstrates an aptitude for writing clean, testable, readable, maintainable, quality code
- Experiments and takes calculated risks around proof of concept and greenfield development, ensuring the team makes the best possible decisions when solving problems
- Can set the standard and dictate the process for clear documentation and application coding processes
- Desire for professional growth opportunities and to be in a dynamic learning environment
- Ability to efficiently multi-task and to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving and results
- A creative yet analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Quick to willingly jump in and help others when they are struggling with issues
What the job involves
- As a Senior or Staff Software Engineer, on the Data Platform team, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our data architecture, troubleshoot data processing issues, and implement solutions to ensure the integrity, efficiency, and governance of our data ecosystem.
- The role requires strong problem-solving skills and expertise in managing and optimizing data pipelines (ELT). The ideal candidate is passionate about building and maintaining key datasets and data infrastructure, and has a proven track record in managing data platforms
- Lead architecture design, table definition, metric consistency, data modeling, and implementation of big data solutions and analytics applications
- Work with the latest big data and analytics technologies to break down complex deliverables using industry leading big data design strategies
- Leader for governance of business-critical product data sets within Sovrn’s data warehouse and ensure their readiness for data analysts and other internal business users
- Architect components and configurations required for data pipeline implementation in AWS and Databricks
- Architect data pipeline metrics to monitor performance, accuracy, and availability
- Enable a team to research, implement, and evolve methods to process our data
- Optimize data processing and data access to business intelligence tools
- Work across the organization to enable business growth and development through data services and data models
- Spot and diagnose stability issues and author improvements
- Lead the developers with the security team to implement and maintain robust data security measures
- Ensure compliance with relevant data governance and privacy regulations
Our take
The monetization of online content creation can be very lucrative but requires time, resources and expertise outside of writing. Passionate writers who focus on storytelling and creating inspiring content may waste valuable time attempting to develop their business, and hiring somebody to do this is often too expensive for independent writers.
Sovrn tackles this in a smart way by providing writers with simple-to-use tools that take the stress out of monetization. It works with publishers and advertisers to provide opportunities to passionate writers, allowing them to focus on excelling at their job rather than dealing with distribution, monetization and operations - all of which Sovrn is able to handle.
The startup claims to be able to drive higher revenues and scale a publishing business, at the same time as allowing writers to focus on what they do best. It has seen significant investment that will enable it to pursue acquisitions and support the further expansion of its platform with more capabilities to be added in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2022
$35.6m
LATE VC
Jul 2022
$36m
SERIES C
Total funding: $132.6m
Company benefits
- Work at a company that values your strengths. See the results of your actions. There are no barriers at Sovrn
- First-class health benefits, wellness options, and a host of life-improvement perks that help you be the best you
- Retirement benefits, 401k matching, and stock options show we’re equally dedicated to financial health
- In-house barista, catered lunches and breakfasts
- Volunteer opportunities
- Flexible vacation and a focus on mental and physical health mean you’ll have time for life outside the office
- Learn new skills. Pursue great ideas. Take on new opportunities and thrive in a workplace that rewards your efforts
Company HQ
Boulder, CO
Leadership
Walter Knapp
(CEO)Having studied at the University of Colorado, they worked as a Partner at Cambridge Technology, and Novell Ventures for a combined 6 years. They worked as SuSE Linux at Novel, COO of Lijit Networks, and COO of Federated Media Publishing before leaving in January 2014 to found Sovrn.
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