Vidmob is the creative data company. Its scoring software and analytics have become an essential ingredient in the creative and media decisions of the world’s largest marketers and agencies, as they strive to drive business results through improved creative effectiveness. As the leader in creative data, Vidmob’s influence lies in its partnerships and integrations across the digital ad ecosystem, its dozens of proprietary models, and in operating the industry’s most robustly instrumented human-reinforcement learning model for creativity.
We're looking for a Principal Backend Software Engineer with deep TypeScript expertise and mastery of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to lead the strategic evolution and scaling of Vidmob's platform. As a Principal Engineer, you'll drive technical vision, architect complex distributed systems, lead cross-functional initiatives, and mentor senior engineering talent while ensuring our backend infrastructure can support exponential growth.
Responsibilities
Define and execute the strategic technical roadmap for backend systems, with expertise in TypeScript (using NestJS) within a service-oriented architecture (fluency with Java, Go, Python)
Lead the architecture and design of highly scalable, resilient backend systems that support millions of creative assets and real-time analytics
Design and maintain sophisticated APIs and integration patterns for product and analytics workflows at enterprise scale
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior backend engineers, leading architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making
Drive cross-functional initiatives spanning engineering, product, and data teams to deliver breakthrough capabilities
Establish and enforce best practices for security, maintainability, observability (Datadog, OpenTelemetry), and operational excellence
Lead technical decisions that impact the entire engineering organization and influence long-term architectural evolution
Drive adoption of emerging technologies and patterns that enhance system performance and developer productivity
Requirements
10+ years of backend engineering experience with a proven track record of leading complex, large-scale distributed systems
Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js with deep understanding of performance optimization and enterprise patterns
Extensive experience with NestJS or similar backend frameworks, with ability to architect and implement custom solutions
Deep expertise in service-oriented architecture, microservices patterns, and distributed system design principles
Proven experience architecting systems that leverage multiple database technologies:
NoSQL: MongoDB, Snowflake, BigQuery
Data Warehouses: Databricks
Relational: MySQL
Advanced knowledge of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) including serverless architectures, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code
Experience with advanced CI/CD patterns, API security frameworks, performance engineering, and chaos engineering
Demonstrated leadership in mentoring senior engineers and driving technical growth across engineering teams
History of making architectural decisions for systems handling millions of requests/day
Experience in technical planning, estimation, and risk assessment for large-scale projects
Please be aware that Vidmob will only contact candidates through emails ending in @vidmob.com. We will never ask for personal information, such as your Social Security number, bank account number, or password, through email. If you receive an email claiming to be from Vidmob that does not come from a @vidmob.com email address, or if the email asks for personal information, please do not respond and report the email to us at [email protected]
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What We Do
Vidmob is the creative data company. Its AI-based software improves creative and media performance by helping brands and agencies derive their own custom creative best practices, and ensure that those learnings are applied across all flighted media. Vidmob’s approach to using creative data drives brand consistency, reduces creative and media waste, and increases overall business performance across the funnel. As the industry pioneer and leader in creative data, the power of Vidmob’s platform lies in its integrations across the digital ad ecosystem, its analysis of every creative attribute – combined with their associated performance – for over 18 million ad creatives and its unique approach combining human insight and machine data.
A portion of every dollar Vidmob receives helps provide access to technology through product donation and technology education through its 501 (c)(3) Vidmob Gives. The company has received over $210 million in venture funding, backed by industry leaders like Adobe, and has received numerous awards including Ad Age’s Best Places to Work and Digiday’s Most Innovative Technology Award.
Why Work With Us
Vidmob is a mission-driven organization, donating over 1% annually to Vidmob Gives, a 501c3 committed to giving back to our communities through service work, donations, and the development of pro bono creative for nonprofits. Learn more about Vidmob at www.Vidmob.com and Vidmob Gives at www.Vidmob.gives.
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