Principal Engineer

Role: We are seeking an experienced Principal Enginee r to join our team. The role requires an in-depth understanding about owning and maintaining systems, as well as a solid background in hands-on managing of projects/products. The Principal Engineer will be the owner of an existing project in the digital advertising industry Work you will do: · Build and maintain functional and efficient codebases focused on low latency and high testing coverage · Help design and implement functional requirements with stakeholders · Collaborate directly with business users to implement design into the system · Maintain and act on logging and monitoring systems · Manage testing solutions and implement bug fixes · Implement software enhancements and suggest improvements About you: · You have a wealth of experience as Python Developer · You’re familiar with Python frameworks (e.g. Django, Flask, Bottle) · You have used tools such as Jenkins to provide Continuous Integration solutions · You have a high level of familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) specifically Elastic Beanstalk and EC2 instances · You are very comfortable setting up and then maintaining monitoring and analytics tools such as Datadog to maintain the health and integrity of systems · You are comfortable with API interfaces of all kinds: asynchronous queue based, files and the traditional RESTful model · You’re a seasoned developer with a love for back-end technologies · You have a strong attention to detail, especially in the codebases that you own · One of your personal goals is to create high-quality products that meet the project’s needs Nice to have: · Ability to explain complex technical concepts to simple terms for our internal teams as you will be the bridge between our business needs and the technology · Prior experience in the AdTech space eg. DSP, SSP, Ad Exchange, Ad Mediation or any RTB aspect. · Prior experience running a queue/job queue system through a solution like Celery · Familiarity with Docker or other container based solution · Prior experience in setting up a standard A/B testing