Senior Software Engineer

Pixability•Boston, MA

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

Pixability is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in Boston. This role is designed for an experienced full-stack or backend-focused engineer who thrives on building scalable systems, collaborating with product and engineering teams, and contributing to significant platform capabilities. The engineer will work closely with engineering, product, and data teams to design, build, and maintain services and user-facing features that support Pixability’s video advertising optimization platform. This is a hybrid role requiring two days per week in the Boston office (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

Requirements

6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong backend development experience, preferably with Python.
Experience with data pipelines or large-scale systems.
Experience building production web applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
Frontend familiarity, ideally with React.
Solid understanding of relational databases such as MySQL and/or Snowflake.
Experience with AWS or similar cloud environments.
Familiarity with Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern development workflows.
Strong software testing practices, including unit and integration testing.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, agile engineering environment.
Strong communication skills and a self-directed working style.
Ability to work from the Boston office two days per week, specifically Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ad tech, analytics platforms, or marketing technology.
Familiarity with AI/ML-powered product development, LLM integrations, recommendation systems, or workflow automation.
Experience mentoring other engineers or leading technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and improve backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities.
Contribute to frontend development where needed, particularly in React-based applications.
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data teams to deliver reliable, scalable features.
Work with cloud infrastructure, databases, and modern engineering tooling.
Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical planning.
Write unit and integration tests to ensure quality, reliability, and maintainability.
Help improve engineering practices, code quality, and team delivery processes.
Support the product and engineering roadmap and contribute to squad-level technical decision-making.