SOVRN Creative

SOVRN Creative

Principal Software Engineer

Boulder, Colorado · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$240kDetected 21 days ago
JavaDistributed SystemsCode ReviewDatabricksAWSDatadogRESTKafkaData EngineeringData ScienceLLMsRAGAgentic AIA/B TestingSignal ProcessingCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer with deep roots in adtech infrastructure and a genuine conviction about what AI-native engineering looks like in practice.
  • This role is backend-focused at its core - you'll work on the systems that power our exchange, from bid request processing and traffic shaping to data pipelines and auction logic.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and evolution of backend systems that operate at exchange scale - high throughput, low latency, always on
  • Lead architectural decisions across auction infrastructure, bid processing, traffic shaping, and supply-side integrations
  • Establish and champion AI engineering practices across the team - from prompt engineering and RAG patterns to agentic workflow design and LLM evaluation
  • Drive technical standards, design reviews, and engineering best practices across a senior team
  • Partner with product, data science, and platform teams to ship end-to-end
  • Help the broader engineering team build fluency and confidence with AI tooling, not just tolerance of it
  • Mentor and level up engineers through code review, design collaboration, and hands-on guidance
  • Experience building and operating systems at exchange scale - high QPS, strict latency budgets, fault tolerance

Requirements

  • Experience comes in different forms
  • Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of accountability and the ability to thrive in a fluid and collaborative environment.

Skills

  • Java, Kafka (Redpanda), AWS, Databricks, Datadog, ONNX.
  • Languages/components/tools in our stack: Java, Kafka (Redpanda), AWS, Databricks, Datadog, ONNX.

Compensation

  • The base pay range for this position is $200,000 to $240,000 annually.
  • In addition to the base salary, the total compensation package includes bonus, equity, and benefits.
  • Actual earnings may vary depending on the candidate's direct experience, skills, industry knowledge, and location.
  • Applications will be accepted until July 1, 2026.
  • Sovrn does not accept agency resumes.
  • Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or Sovrn employees.

Benefits

  • Candid, Customer Empathy, Learning, Scrappy, Second Order Thinking
  • Compensation and Benefits
  • In addition to the base salary, the total compensation package includes bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company info

  • We believe in the freedom and free-flow of information.
  • We believe the Open Web is the largest source of this information.
  • We believe in helping Open Web businesses be and remain Independent.

Equal opportunity

  • Employer
  • Sovrn is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  • Recruitment Agencies
  • Sovrn does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or Sovrn employees. Sovrn is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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