Senior Software Engineer, Adtech
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About RealSelf
For two decades RealSelf has been the trusted authority in the aesthetics space. Now were evolving into a dynamic digital ecosystem that puts consumers at the center of their aesthetic journey. As the only destination combining verified patient experiences board-certified doctor insights and cutting-edge technology RealSelf empowers millions to make confident informed decisions.
Role Overview
Our NYC-based engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to rebuild and modernize RealSelfs advertising infrastructure.
You will work across the stack designing and building backend services testing into optimized frontend experiences and ensuring our ad systems are reliable and scalable.
This is a hands-on engineering role where you will collaborate with sales managers designers and other engineers. Youll directly shape how millions of users engage with RealSelf while contributing to the foundation of our next-generation technology platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and lead the architecture for RealSelfs AdTech infrastructure including sponsored listings native ads GAM integrations eventing and performance tracking and optimization pipelines.
- Build and scale backend services using Kevel TypeScript and SQL that manage ad delivery budget pacing and impression tracking.
- Refine data ingestion and attribution systems that connect first-party engagement data with off-platform signals to improve targeting and measurement.
- Collaborate across engineering and analytics to design APIs data contracts and machine learning data feeds used for ad optimization.
- Mentor and guide engineers setting standards for code quality observability reliability and system performance.
- Partner with product sales and leadership to define the roadmap for RealSelfs ad and sponsorship systems ensuring technical scalability and compliance with privacy laws (GDPR CCPA etc.).
- Lead key modernization initiatives such as launching self-service provider onboarding and migrating legacy systems into event-driven privacy-aware data pipelines.
- Own reliability and uptime metrics for all monetization-related backend services.
Requirements:
- 5 years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience with at least 1 years in AdTech Ads Measurement or Revenue-focused systems.
- Deep understanding of ad delivery targeting and attribution systems (e.g. GAM Facebook Ads or custom-built ad servers).
- Proven experience designing high-throughput low-latency distributed systems in TypeScript or Go and Python (Django)
- Strong foundation in data modeling event-driven architecture and analytics pipelines.
- Familiarity with Ads privacy frameworks (GDPR CCPA ATT) and privacy-preserving measurement techniques.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) infrastructure-as-code tools (CloudFormation CDK or similar) containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and CI/CD best in leveraging AI tools to accelerate code delivery and improve quality.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working cross-functionally with data ML and product teams.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Bonus Qualities:
- Experience integrating or extending Google Ad Manager (GAM) or similar ad-serving platforms.
- Knowledge of Ads attribution and measurement models (conversion lift brand lift multi-touch attribution).
- Hands-on experience with data warehouse and analytics tools (Snowflake BigQuery dbt Airflow).
- Familiarity with ML-driven optimization pipelines (e.g. bid optimization or personalization models).
- Previous work in consumer marketplaces or healthcare tech.
Benefits:
- Youll work alongside our inspiring world-class team to create content and build products that connect and empower millions of people around the world wherever they may be on their aesthetics journey.
- Health benefits: We offer comprehensive benefits for medical dental and vision 100% paid for by RealSelf at the employee level.
- Work-life balance: Enjoy paid time off including no work on your birthday and Summer Fridays as well as generous leave options for life events such as becoming a parent.
- 401(k) matching: Plan for the future and take advantage of our 401(k) plan with a company match.
- Treatment reimbursement: At RealSelf we encourage our team to walk in our audiences shoes. Thats why we offer a cosmetic treatment reimbursement program to employees who would like to take on a more active role as the consumer.
- Company holidays: We believe in celebrating holidays! Enjoy time off during our 12 company-wide holidays no work on your birthday!
- Hybrid NYC office: We recognize that theres no one size fits all with office culture. Thats why we believe in a flexible hybrid schedule for our New York City employees who can enjoy the benefits of in-person collaboration in our office as well as deep work time while remote at home.
$140000 - $190000 a year
*Compensation will be evaluated based on experience.
RealSelf is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability or protected veteran status.
More About RealSelf
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
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