Moloco Inc.

Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Warehouse

Seattle, Washington, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$220k-$275kDetected 64 days ago

PythonGoDistributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureKafkaMachine LearningAirflowAI OrchestrationA/B TestingComplianceLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

As a Staff Engineer, you will define the technical vision and strategy for the Ads Data Warehouse, ensuring that our infrastructure scales to meet the growing complexity of our Ads ecosystem.
Your work will establish the foundation for reliable, compliant, and discoverable data across the entire company.

Define and drive the technical roadmap and architecture, aligning the direction with product, analytics, ML, and infrastructure needs.
Lead the design and evolution of core data systems, including data lineage, metadata management, and data catalog systems.
Partner with cross-functional leaders to establish data governance, access control, and compliance frameworks that ensure data integrity and regulatory alignment.
Build and scale high-reliability systems that power both real-time and batch data workflows across Ads and analytics use cases.
Drive cross-org initiatives to improve data quality, discoverability, and system adoption.
Mentor senior engineers and help develop technical leadership across the data and infrastructure organization.
We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus.
You will lead architectural design, drive cross-team initiatives, and mentor engineers across teams.
We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career.
Lead with Humility: Everyone's voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on data infrastructure, platform systems, or distributed architectures.
Proven experience designing and scaling large-scale data platforms or data-intensive systems.
Strong proficiency in Golang, Python, or Java.
Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure) and data orchestration frameworks (e.g., Airflow, Beam, Dataflow, Kafka).
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across engineering, product, and compliance.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, metadata management, and data modeling principles.
Demonstrated ability to define and lead complex technical initiatives that span multiple teams or domains.

Expertise in data governance, access control, and privacy compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
Deep understanding of metadata-driven architectures, data quality frameworks, and observability systems.
Recognized for technical mentorship, thought leadership, and fostering a culture of excellence in data infrastructure engineering.
U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year and one Thrive Day off per quarter.
Eligibility and amounts are determined by performance and the terms of the applicable plans.
Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area
Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami
With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other.

For base pay range purposes, location-based compensation is grouped into the following regions.
Salary Ranges:
$220,000 - $275,000 USD
$198,000 - $247,000 USD
$187,000 - $234,000 USD

We're one team working towards one mission and vision.
U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits and perks.
Additionally, all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO).
The successful candidate may be eligible for a bonus and equity awards.
Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:
Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.

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We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Ads Data Warehouse team, which builds and evolves the core data infrastructure that powers all data-driven products and analytics across the company.
We help our customers win by delivering durable value.

Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to achieve our vision to become the scaling engine for the Internet economy.
Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence.
To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization.

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