Golang Job: Samsung Ads - Staff Engineer, Golang

Position Summary

Role and Responsibilities

Samsung Ads is proud to be at the forefront of redefining advertising in the Advanced TV landscape. Our mission is to help consumers discover relevant content and brands while allowing advertisers to amplify their brand messaging and fully surround the Samsung audience. Powered by deep analytics and industry-leading technology, Samsung Ads is an intuitive audience platform, delivering meaningful experiences to reach the right audience across Smart TVs, mobile, and desktops. With the largest proprietary dataset powered by Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), combined with third-party data from trusted partners, we offer advertisers real-time TV viewing insights from over 36 MM TVs in the US. From native placements on millions of Samsung Smart TVs to seamless activation across multiple devices, we help marketers make informed decisions through our unparalleled reach, meaningful experiences, and deeper insights. Our breadth of data - from consumer viewership preferences to connected device usage - helps inform richer insights, allowing advertisers to bridge the linear TV and digital landscape.

We seek a highly skilled and motivated staff engineer to join our Samsung Ads team. As a Staff Engineer at Samsung, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our ad-serving software. Your expertise will play a crucial role in driving the success of our advertising technology, helping us efficiently deliver targeted and relevant ads to our users. If this sounds like you, please read on!

Over the last few years, Samsung has been investing in building a portfolio of engaging services across its devices to complement its market-leading hardware business while leveraging its unparalleled global distribution footprint. These services, a vast partner network, and proprietary data generate a massive opportunity for ad-based monetization. The business and its continued future success depend on the products, technologies, and tools owned by the Global Ads Product & Engineering team. Hundreds of people strong, with a substantial presence in five countries, the Global Ads P&E team is a dynamic and complex organization operating across a broad spectrum of product and strategic domains. Join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping the future of our ad tech platform. If you're passionate about building cutting-edge advertising solutions and have a solid background in Go development, we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly distributed, highly scalable, and low latency ad serving components, including real-time bidding in Go, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability in the system
• This Staff Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and other engineers, to define requirements and deliver innovative ad tech solutions.
• Optimize ad delivery algorithms and infrastructure to ensure efficient utilization of resources and minimal latency.
• Led a team on continuously experimenting and delivering features with high-quality
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration within the team
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical decision-making processes.

Skills and Qualifications

Requirements

• The candidate needs to have obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. A master's Degree is preferred.
• At least eight years of proven experience as a Software Engineer, with a significant focus on developing ad tech or ad-serving platforms with high-impact
• Strong expertise in Go programming language and proficiency in concurrent programming
• In-depth understanding of ad tech concepts, including ad serving, real-time bidding, ad targeting, and user profiling
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of ad tech protocols and standards (e.g., OpenRTB, VAST, VPAID) is a big plus.
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimize performance bottlenecks in large-scale systems
• The candidate can show a track record of delivering high-quality, scalable software
• The ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment

CALIFORNIA

The salary range for this role, for candidates based in California, is expected to be between $190,000 and $220,000. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.

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