Manager, Software Engineer - C++

Job Description

Join our team as a Manager, Software Engineer - C++ in the Los Angeles, CA area!

We’re Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats including CTV, online video, display, and audio. The world's leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. In April 2021, we acquired SpotX to further enhance our CTV business and better help our clients in this rapidly growing market. Anchored in sunny Los Angeles, bustling New York City, mile high Denver, historic London, and down under in Sydney, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.

Every day, as a company we serve 100+ billions of ads, process large Petabytes of data and provide valuable data and insights to our publishers and buyers. Every month our systems are used by 200+ million people around the world. You will be working hands-on and leading a team that is focused on the architecture of, and process innovation around, the application at the forefront of this real-time processing.

We are looking for a Manager with hands on Software Engineering skills to lead a growing team of enthusiastic engineers on our core ad-serving system. We want someone who is unafraid to take responsibility, and is passionate, fast and detail-oriented in their work. You will spend roughly half the time technically hands-on, and the other half on designing, coaching and planning with the leadership team and the engineers on your own team. If this sounds like you, or the engineer you want to be, we want to hear from you!

As a Manager, Software Engineer - C++ you will:

• Be an end-to-end owner of mission-critical systems, making sure our customers' needs are met.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and project plans.
• Write production-ready code and unit tests that meet both system and business requirements.
• Respond to feature requests, bug reports, performance issues and ad-hoc questions.
• Work collaboratively with multiple teams to deliver quality software.
• Support operation of services in production.
• Line manager of other developers.

Our ideal candidate has:

• 7+ years’ production coding experience in C/C++.
• Experience building and operating large-scale, high-traffic enterprise server applications.
• Experience leading an engineering team.
• 2+ years' experience in the advertising industry is a huge plus
• Expertise programming SQL queries and stored procedures (MySQL is a plus).
• Production coding experience in Perl (Bash scripting is a plus).
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Familiarity with the HTTP protocol including headers.
• Familiarity with C/C++ networking libraries.
• Minimum of B.S. in CS/EE, Math, Physics or a related science required.

Additional Details:

• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other federal, state or local protected class.
• Perks/Benefits: Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Pension and Retirement Savings Plan in Several Countries, Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for You and Your Family, Generous Time Off, Holiday Breaks and Summer Fridays, Family-Focused Leave Benefits, and Cell Phone Subsidy
• Invest in You: Performance Management, and Investment in Diversity Initiatives, Bonusly Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program, Turning Recognition into Tangible Perks and Magnite Swag, Community Service Events, Wellness Coach—Meditate and Recharge with an Unlimited User Account for You and a Plus One
• COVID-19 Precautions: remote interview process, virtual onboarding for new hires