At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem.
Please note that Digital Turbine is a hybrid work environment-only candidates local to the posting location will be considered.
At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem
Please note that Digital Turbine is a hybrid work environment – only candidates local to the posting location will be considered
About the Principal Software Engineer Role
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will define and champion the technical vision and strategy for major product areas or critical infrastructure
You will lead the design and implementation of highly complex, cross-functional software systems that have significant organizational impact
You will provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to Lead and Senior Software Engineers, fostering their growth and development
You will identify and resolve the most challenging technical problems, often involving multiple systems or ambiguous requirements
You will collaborate with executive leadership, product management, and other stakeholders to align technical strategy with business goals and drive the adoption of innovative technologies, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices across the organization
You will be accountable for the overall technical quality, performance, and scalability of large-scale systems or platforms under your ownership
About you as the Principal Software Engineer
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field and a minimum of 12 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
Extensive and deep expertise across multiple large-scale technical domains, such as distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or highly scalable architectures
Recognized as a top expert who drives architectural decisions with company-wide impact and sets technical direction for major initiatives
Demonstrated ability to solve the most challenging and undefined technical problems, often requiring novel approaches, and to foresee and mitigate risks at an organizational level
Strong ability to shape technical culture, communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences (including executives), and influence engineering practices across teams
Proven track record of driving significant technical shifts or transformations and mentoring senior engineers and technical leaders
About Digital Turbine:
Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.
The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets.
We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024.
Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators.
Digital Turbine will process the information you provide during the application process in accordance with the Digital Turbine Global Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 12 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
- Extensive expertise across multiple large-scale technical domains such as distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or highly scalable architectures.
- Proven ability to define and champion technical vision and strategy for major product areas or critical infrastructure.
- Experience leading the design and implementation of highly complex, cross-functional software systems with organizational impact.
- Proven track record of driving significant technical shifts or transformations across organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve the most challenging, undefined technical problems and foresee organizational risks.
- Experience providing expert technical guidance and mentoring to Lead and Senior Software Engineers.
- Strong communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to executives, product management, and diverse stakeholders.
- Accountability for technical quality, performance, and scalability of large-scale systems or platforms.
Digital Turbine Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Digital Turbine and has not been reviewed or approved by Digital Turbine.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision alongside life and travel insurance. Fully paid short-term disability is also presented as a meaningful safety-net benefit.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is framed as broadly accessible, with stock/equity included for employees at hire and additional grants tied to performance. This structure can materially increase total rewards for those who value ownership and participate over time.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off and flexibility offerings are presented as expansive, including unlimited vacation, flexible hours, and supportive leave policies. Paid parental leave is highlighted as part of a broader leave package.
Digital Turbine Insights
What We Do
Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world's leading telcos, advertisers, and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies our partners' ability to supercharge their awareness, acquisition, and monetization — connecting them with more consumers, in more ways, across more devices. Digital Turbine is headquartered in North America, with offices around the world. For more about Digital Turbine: www.digitalturbine.com
Why Work With Us
Everyone’s empowered to “Work their Way," while global mindsets & diverse perspectives are celebrated daily. We work hard, but also take time to enjoy the journey, and have fun while doing it. Our team is down to earth and supportive, which is needed in our fast-paced mobile ad technology space.
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