Staff Engineer, Planning

Madhive is the leading tech company engineered for modern TV advertising. Advertisers seamlessly customize and automate the OTT buying process into an operating system with our self-service platform. Powered by our industry-leading bidder and device graph that processes 260 billion available ad opportunities per day, we deliver precise, brand-safe, audience connections efficiently at scale.
We are seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to join our Planning team. The Planning team's core responsibility lies in organizing audience data and leveraging statistical methods to forecast ad campaign performance. The successful candidate will work within a small team of world-class cross-functional engineers, playing a pivotal role in developing and optimizing algorithms and systems that power accurate and scalable ad inventory forecasting. Your expertise will directly impact our ability to deliver targeted advertisements efficiently and maximize revenue for our customers.
Our team strives to be motivated only by building the best software for our users. We seek to understand the "why" behind the "what." We regularly tackle problems, learn new technologies, or just share what we know with others. We test our code and invest in the health of our systems. We push each other, learn from each other, and strive to grow continually.
What you'll do:

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced forecasting models and algorithms to predict ad inventory availability and performance.
• Architect scalable and efficient systems for processing large volumes of data and generating real-time forecasts.
• Design and implement data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and transforming large volumes of data.
• Leverage machine learning techniques for improving forecasting accuracy and granularity.
• Craft and own the technical standards for the domain,
• Create engineering practice standards and lead technical craftsmanship initiatives across the organization.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and innovation within the team.
• Support on-call assignments and operational management.

Who you are:

• 8+ years of hands-on industry experience and a bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 10+ years of hands-on industry experience.
• A seasoned engineer who can influence our technical architecture, shape our product vision, and contribute to our engineering culture.
• Deep understanding of design patterns, software development methodologies, and principles.
• Strong background in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in SQL for data manipulation, querying, and pipeline management.
• Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka) and proficient in handling large-scale datasets.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and familiarity with statistical modeling techniques.
• Capable of independently owning complex projects and delivering high-quality code with minimal guidance.
• Experience developing protobuf and JSON-based API endpoints.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and cloud computing concepts, ideally on GCP.
• Previous experience in Adtech is not required.

Our stack runs entirely on GCP. Our engineers are language agnostic, but core technologies for our backend include Golang, gRPC, BigQuery, BigTable, Postgres, Airflow, Docker, Spanner, Firebase, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
The approximate compensation range for this role is $200,000-$280,000. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by several factors, including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.
We are Madhive
We empower our clients to create enduring relationships with consumers through maximum-fidelity, TV-first technology that elevates media, embodies relentless innovation, and ensures unrivaled revenue acceleration.
Madhive is a dynamic, diverse, innovative, and friendly place to work. We embrace our differences and believe they fuel our creativity. We come from varied backgrounds and think that's important. Whether it's taking ideas from previous lives and applying them in different ways or creating something completely new, we are all trail-blazing team players who think big and want to make an impact.
We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion and collaboration. We welcome diversity in education, culture, opinions, race, ethnicity, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Please be advised that we will NOT be using third-party recruiting agencies for this search.