Senior Software Engineer

Audiohook • Eden, UT

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer will architect, build, and optimize the high-performance advertising platform, leveraging machine learning and big data to drive significant profitability, efficiency, and scale for Audiohook's core business.

Requirements

• Expert-level mastery of Python, Go, or Node.js.
• Able to work in Python
• Takes ownership over product level architecture, projects and personal tasks
• Collaborative - (Pair programming, white boarding, code reviews, product and business discussions)
• Present and involved in daily discussions
• Comfortable with taking calculated risks
• Understands trade offs between short term profitability and long term stability
• If remote, willing to travel to Utah up to 1 week per month for in-office collaborative work.
• Understands the strengths and pitfalls of AI Agents and frequently uses them to collaborate on, review and write code.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize a performance-based advertising service capable of servicing 10B requests per day.
• Optimize bidding algorithms using machine learning models to increase profitability by 20% within 3 months of hiring.
• Architect data pipelines capable of handling big data workloads.
• Maintain data integrity between the data lake and reporting caches.
• Reduce data processing costs by 10% within 6 months of hiring.
• Complete 10-12 story points per week.
• Present progress and demos in company Standup meetings twice a week.
• Participate in live team code reviews.
• Lead monthly "Dev Tricks" and "Lunch and Learn" presentations.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor of management.

Benefits

• Flexible remote/hybrid work environment
• Competitive salary and equity opportunities
• Performance bonuses
• 401(k), Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Other fringe benefits such as daily lunch stipend, monthly wifi, cell phone and subscription reimbursement, and annual hardware stipend
• Flexible PTO
• Bi-annual Corporate Offsites

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed