Prorata

Prorata

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Bellevue, WA · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$220k-$260kDetected 89 days ago
PythonJavaRustC++Distributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsLLMsComplianceBusiness DevelopmentIntellectual PropertyLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Our platform powers innovative ad experiences across Gist.ai http://Gist.ai and a growing network of premium publishers.
  • This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership position.
  • Contribute to our evolving technical roadmap, with emphasis on GenAI integration, prompt-based advertising, and seamless performance in AI surfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of our core ad serving infrastructure, ensuring high throughput, sub-100ms latency, and extreme reliability at scale.
  • Architect and build agentic backend systems powered by LLMs - enabling intelligent workflows for contextual ad placement, creative optimization, real-time brand safety, and dynamic decisioning.
  • Partner closely with the frontend team on campaign management, creative generation/optimization, and advertiser-facing tools.
  • Design and implement scalable reporting, analytics, and fraud detection systems to maintain ecosystem trust and performance transparency.
  • Drive technical strategy for cloud-native, distributed systems - making trade-offs around cost, latency, availability, and AI inference efficiency.
  • provide technical leadership, conduct code/design reviews, and help recruit top talent.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Ads Engineering, and Business Development to translate business needs into robust, production-ready systems.
  • Mentor and grow a team of strong engineers; provide technical leadership, conduct code/design reviews, and help recruit top talent.
  • You will own critical components of the ad serving system, including low-latency ad decisioning, agentic backend workflows, robust reporting, and fraud detection.
  • You will blend deep technical architecture with team guidance, working closely with frontend, product, and business development teams to deliver a next-generation ad platform that is scalable, reliable, and truly AI-native.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3-5 years in a technical leadership or engineering manager role.
  • Strong proficiency in at least one of: Python, Java, C++, Rust - with proven ability to write production-grade, high-performance code.
  • Extensive hands-on experience building or scaling ad serving systems for display, native, or search-based advertising (experience at SSPs, DSPs, or large ad platforms is highly valued).

Nice to have

  • Hands-on work with large language models, inference optimization, or agent-based architectures.
  • Startup experience - comfort operating with high ownership, evolving requirements, and limited resources.
  • Familiarity with programmatic advertising concepts (OpenRTB, real-time bidding, contextual targeting) and ad quality/fraud challenges.
  • The compensation for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience including:
  • Deep experience designing large-scale distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including high availability, low-latency architectures, and observability.
  • Solid understanding of GenAI/LLM concepts
  • experience with prompt engineering, agentic workflows, or GPU-based inference (CUDA/ROCm) is a strong plus.
  • Track record of delivering complex, high-impact systems end-to-end in fast-moving environments.

Compensation

  • The compensation for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience including:
  • Base salary range: $220,000 - $260,000
  • Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI technology
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Professional development and growth opportunities

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Equity participation

Company info

  • We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager (Tech Lead) to play a foundational role in designing and scaling our ProRata Ads infrastructure.

Equal opportunity

  • ProRata is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
  • All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
  • California Specific Notices

Visa & Work Authorization

  • This open position is not eligible for Company sponsorship of a visa that would require a new H-1B visa petition that is subject to the $100,000 payment requirement announced in the Presidential Proclamation titled "Restriction on Entry of
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