Principal Software Engineer

Sovrn

New York, United States
Base: $200,000 to $240,000 annually; bonus/equity:...
On-site
10+ years software engineering experience
5+ years adtech infrastructure experience
Deep fluency in programmatic ecosystem openrtb
Sovrn is a supply-side platform built to help publishers grow, protect, and understand their businesses by processing hundreds of billions of ad requests daily

Job Summary

  • Sovrn is a supply-side platform built to help publishers grow, protect, and understand their businesses by processing hundreds of billions of ad requests daily.
  • This role requires owning the design of backend systems operating at exchange scale while establishing and championing AI engineering practices across the team.
  • The position offers a competitive base salary range of $200,000 to $240,000 annually along with bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Matching Summary

Sovrn is a supply-side platform built to help publishers grow, protect, and understand their businesses by processing hundreds of billions of ad requests daily.

Salary

Base: $200,000 to $240,000 annually; Bonus/Equity: Included in total compensation package; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years software engineering experience
  • 5+ years adtech infrastructure experience
  • Deep fluency in programmatic ecosystem OpenRTB
  • Experience building systems at exchange scale
  • Hands-on LLM integration patterns RAG tool use
  • Strong distributed systems fundamentals messaging caching

Nice-to-have

  • Conviction about AI-native engineering practices
  • Ability to drive technical decisions in ambiguous environments
  • Mentorship and leadership of senior engineering teams
  • Passion for the freedom of the Open Web
  • Experience with Java Kafka AWS Databricks stack

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • 5+ years working specifically in adtech infrastructure
  • Demonstrated experience leading AI or agentic engineering efforts
  • Fluency in programmatic ecosystem auction mechanics
  • Experience operating systems at high QPS with strict latency budgets

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