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Reports to: Engineering Manager Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) Your Role Within the Kingdom Do you want to build amazing high-scale backend systems for Advertising using the latest technologies? Are you an excellent communicator who enjoys working with people from several different business units? Can you translate business needs into technical requirements and implementation? If you answered yes, then our Senior Staff Backend Engineer role on our ads engineering team may be the right role for you! We are an impactful team of problem solvers who are constantly reviewing how and why we do things and learning from each other. We are experimental, trying out new tech and ideas, and willing to do things differently to drive the entire industry forward. We are sociable and fun, and we love hanging out together. We are passionate, some might even say quirky, and while we love what we do, our lives are about more than work. We're passionate about games and obsessed with crafting the ultimate player experience! We are seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer in our Ads Engineering team , empowering groundbreaking advertising technologies to create the next generation of our Publisher Ads Platform. Responsibilities Design and develop a highly scalable, available, and reliable Ads & Monetization platform that handles billions of requests per day

Partner with architects, senior engineers, and cross-team members to build high-volume backend systems

Take complete ownership and manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with your technical expertise

Work with the product team to understand the business needs and translate them into development/design tasks

Provide technical directions and mentorship to other engineers

Be a role model in engineering best practices and design/coding standards for delivering high-quality products

Skills to Create Thrills Demonstrated ability leading the development of highly performing services in Java

Experience in designing overall architecture and design for large-scale distributed systems

Experience with AdTech platforms preferred, like Ads Monetization, Serving, Demand Side Platform, etc.

Experience with NoSQL systems, e.g., Bigtable, Elastic

Expert knowledge in Java, System Design, and Performance Analysis

Experience working with Multi-threading, Asynchronous, Streaming technologies (e.g, Kafka)

Great interpersonal skills and a consistent record to work in a collaborative team environment

BA/BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience

Key Attributes Experience working in a cloud-based environment with Google Cloud Platform or AWS

Knowledge and experience in CI/CD, test automation, Jenkins, Gradle, and related technologies

Experience with open source technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Google BigQuery

Passionate about usability, maintainability and quality, building for the long term

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women, veterans, and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics. Rewards We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including: Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance; 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching; Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave; Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others; If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance. Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.