Sr. Software Engineer - Python
We are looking for an experienced backend / Python senior engineer to grow the Platform API Team, responsible with improving the customer-facing API used to manage the ad-related configurations on both publisher and advertiser sides.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and continuously improve a customer-facing API
- Work with product and other teams to identify future direction for the platform
- Together with the team, define, own and drive projects through all the development stages
- Create, present and support designs and technology choices to architecture team
- Troubleshoot issues spanning multiple applications with varying levels of documentation
Required Qualifications
- Strong CS background
- Participated in all stages of SDLC for backend or full-stack projects with multiple engineers
- Ability to gather and negotiate requirements, research and propose optimal solutions
- Can estimate effort, break down tasks to deliver functionality incrementally
- Good problem solver, detail oriented
- Extensive experience in at least one web programming language (examples welcome)
- Strong Python knowledge
- Competent in Javascript
- Practical experience with web APIs and protocols (HTTP, REST, JSON, etc)
- SQL experience, knowledge of noSQL databases
Desired Characteristics
- Preference for clean code and coding standards
- Continuous interest in new technologies
- Unit testing (and all other testing methods)
- Github or stackoverflow contributions
- Passion for maintainable systems and software
- Good communicator
- Experience with ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, riak, PostgreSQL, MySQL
- SCRUM / Agile environment experience
- Java or Erlang knowledge
- Node.js knowledge
- Frontend experience (HTML, CSS, javascript frameworks,GraphQL),
- Large scale experience
Company at a Glance
OpenX exists to help publishers grow their businesses by monetizing great content. We do this by creating highly efficient, high quality programmatic advertising marketplaces that deliver optimal value to all buyers and sellers of digital advertising.
Today, OpenX operates one of the largest, most efficient and highest quality programmatic markets in the world. Our unified system also encompasses a complete supply side platform that optimizes revenue across network and real-time bidding (RTB) demand, and a comprehensive ad server.
At OpenX we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale programmatic ad marketplaces. We are constantly looking for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.
OpenX Values
We are one
Our customers define us
OpenX is mine
We are an open book
We evolve fast