Senior Software Engineer

WE HAVE CREATED A WORLD WHERE ART AND SCIENCE ARE BEST FRIENDS

Known is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are about 250+ people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen. 

Ad Age touted that “Known may be the ultimate example of a full-service agency,” and honored us with top ten status on The Agency A-List for 2024 & 2025, and as Ad Age’s Data & Insights Agency of the year for a record third year in a row. Without our incredible partnerships with our clients, spanning across the leading brands in finance, technology, entertainment, media, CPG, real estate, and many other categories, honors like this could not be possible, and also have helped us earn additional awards and recognitions over the years like: Emmys, Clios, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, ProMax Agency of the Year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, Digiday’s 2025 Best AI Platform and Digiday’s Most Innovative Media Agency, to name a few.

We couldn’t create this award-winning work without seeking out and hiring the best talent. What does it mean to be a Knowner? We are curious innovators, knowledge-hunters who are constantly challenging ourselves to do better and be better for our clients, for our team and for our world at large. Our offices around the U.S. are open and while most of our people work in a hybrid setting, we are a distributed workforce with a number of Knowners working remotely.

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT US, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU

As a Senior Software Engineer at Known, you can expect to work across various projects. You’ll join small, highly focused teams where you’ll have the opportunity to significantly influence the direction of our products, team practices, and the company’s broader technical culture!

Because our work is often project-driven, we are constantly reevaluating and updating our tech stack, which means you’ll always learn new skills and develop expertise in industry-leading technologies! On the backend, you'll work on distributed systems, API endpoints, event-driven microservices, asynchronous and parallel programming, pipelines, and reporting systems. You'll be responsible for designing these distributed systems and pipelines using a variety of architectural design patterns. You'll leverage industry-standard tools such as FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Vue, Streamlit, and more. Each project offers unique, exciting challenges!

You'll primarily use Python on the backend. Most of our infrastructure is cloud-based (AWS), and we use Docker and container orchestrators for deployment. We strive to implement practices like CI/CD, environment parity, and testing. Finally, we actively promote open-source projects internally; check out pytest-mock-resources, one of our in-house custom plugins!

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design and build full-stack web applications
• Create performant Web APIs with FastAPI
• Integrate with industry-standard datastores like PostgreSQL and Snowflake
• Design asynchronous and event-driven services
• Produce robust ETL pipelines with Argo Workflows
• Deploy these applications across multiple environments with Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes
• Work closely with data scientists and product managers on a wide variety of products and projects that span the marketing and advertising industries across both television and digital
• Play an active role in designing and building new, cutting-edge products

WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE

• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Approximately 3+ years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Highly proficient with Python
• Experience with SQL and relational databases
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
• Experience with Airflow, ETL, or message-oriented architectures is a plus
• Experience with big data tools and technologies, such as Spark and Parquet, is a plus
• Experience with UI frameworks, such as Vue or React, is a plus

SOME OF OUR PERKS

• Unlimited paid time off
• 401k with company matching and no vesting period
• Annual bonuses
• Generous medical plan
• Paid parental leave

ONE LAST THING TO ASK YOURSELF

All this might sound great, but you’re probably still wondering, “Would I be a good fit for Known?” or “Would Known be a good fit for me?” Our culture is propped up by four values that we aspire to every day: We are one team. We see the good. We never stop learning. There’s always a better way. At Known we are setting out to build something more than just a company. We are building a legacy filled with exceptionally talented people with a kaleidoscope of backgrounds, experiences, and origin stories who feel encouraged and empowered to bring their whole selves to work, and to partner with us in molding and shaping our culture through our values.

Known is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.

The base salary for this position is $135K-$160K.

            This range is posted in compliance with state and municipal Pay Transparency laws. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to receive additional Known benefits.

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