Senior Backend Software Engineer

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer (Python/Django)
Location: Remote, US
Department: Engineering
Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Experience: Senior (8+ years of experience)
Salary Range: $160,000 - $180,000 base salary
Core Hours: 9 AM - 1 PM PST / 12 - 4 PM EST

About tvScientific

tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business.

Role Summary

As a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in Python, you will collaborate with a small team of remote engineers to enhance our flagship customer-facing product. You should possess a deep understanding of fundamental engineering principles and have practical experience in web development, automated testing, version control, continuous deployment, infrastructure management, and agile planning.

You should also have a proven track record of designing and maintaining restful APIs. We are seeking an individual who is dedicated to crafting exceptional products with a strong focus on the end-user experience.

Our company is remote-first, prioritizing focused work and the effective use of developer time. The code you contribute will directly and significantly impact both our company and our valued customers.

What You'll Do

• Take ownership of new features from inception to production, contributing code continuously within a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Collaborate closely with design, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a user-friendly and engaging product for our customers.
• Ship high-performing and resilient APIs that adhere to industry standards and are delightful to use.
• Maintain a high standard of quality across our codebase by advocating for cleanliness, readability, speed, testability, and documentation.
• Continuously improve the engineering process, helping us build a world-class team.

How We'll Define Success

• Story point/complexity burn downs.
• Smooth, efficient delivery of small-medium features.
• Lack of major PR refactoring.
• On-time feature delivery.
• High quality, maintainable code.

You’ll Be Successful in This Role if You Have/Are

• A great attitude! Egos are not part of our team culture.
• 8+ years of experience working with Python backends (ideally Django).
• Exceptional remote communication skills. Especially in writing.
• The ability to work autonomously in a startup environment; you thrive under pressure and are comfortable adapting to rapidly evolving plans.
• Proven production experience working with a relational database (we use MySQL). Bonus points for experience working with other types of datastores or backing services.
• A rigorous approach to software quality. You like to write tests.
• A knack for learning new technologies, strong problem-solving skills, and an openness to creative solutions.
• A genuine passion for crafting reliable web applications. You get it right the first time.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent.

You May Also Have

• Adtech Experience.
• Specific Domain Experience in CTV.
• Familiarity with AWS services, experience working in a microservice architecture or with containerization technologies.
• Previous involvement in a production environment with a customer-facing reporting and analytics system.
• Familiarity with Snowflake.

Culture and Benefits

At tvScientific we believe people do their best work when they feel challenged and engaged by their day to day responsibilities, when they’re surrounded by smart, hard working people, and when they have a healthy work life balance. Our company culture and benefits package reflects these beliefs.

• Full health, dental, and vision insurance - up to 95% funded by the company for employees.
• Employee stock option program.
• Company-sponsored retirement plan with a matching contribution program.
• 12 annual paid holidays (including 2 flexible days).
• Generous PTO policy (get your work done and take the time you need).
• A remote-first environment that allows employees flexibility to work from most places in the US.

As tvScientists We Are...

• Big Thinkers: We believe in setting audacious goals and envisioning transformative change.
• Radically Transparent: We value transparency in all aspects of our business. We foster a culture of open communication, honesty, and accountability.
• Performance-obsessed: We are passionate about achieving exceptional results. We strive for excellence in everything we do and set high standards for ourselves.
• Data-driven: We embrace the power of data, science, and technology as crucial drivers of our success.
• Trust Builders: We prioritize building and nurturing trust with our stakeholders. We understand that trust is the foundation of successful relationships and business partnerships. Through our actions, integrity, and commitment to delivering on promises.
• Forever Students: Challenge assumptions to look for solutions. We create a safe environment for experiments and risk-taking by our customers and employees.

tvScientific is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. tvScientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.