Principal Backend Engineer, Search & Personalization Optimization
Description For Principal Backend Engineer, Search & Personalization Optimization
Attentive is revolutionizing mobile marketing through their AI-powered platform that enables personalized consumer engagement. The Search Platform team forms the core of Attentive's data infrastructure, processing billions of events daily from over 100 million customers. They're seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to join their Search & Personalization Optimization team.
As a Principal Backend Engineer, you'll lead the design and development of distributed data applications that power their search platform, enabling clients to curate audience segments for personalized content delivery. The role involves working with cutting-edge technologies in a high-performance environment, including Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Java/Spring Boot microservices, and various data storage solutions.
The position offers an opportunity to work with world-class engineers while making a significant impact on the platform's architecture and engineering culture. You'll be responsible for mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and contributing to strategic planning. The team's focus on search and personalization directly influences client engagement and customer experience.
The tech stack is impressive, combining modern infrastructure tools (Kubernetes, Istio, Terraform) with robust backend services (Java/Spring Boot, DynamoDB, Kinesis) and advanced frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, GraphQL). The role also involves working with machine learning models and data processing tools like Python, HuggingFace, and PyTorch.
Attentive has been recognized by Deloitte's Fast 500, LinkedIn's Top Startups, and Forbes Cloud 100, offering a competitive compensation package including equity and comprehensive benefits. The company values action, teamwork, customer success, and ownership, fostering an inclusive environment through their AWAKE employee resource groups.
This role is perfect for an experienced engineer passionate about building scalable systems, mentoring others, and driving innovation in personalization technology. The position offers both technical challenges and leadership opportunities in a rapidly growing company that's transforming digital marketing.
Responsibilities For Principal Backend Engineer, Search & Personalization Optimization
- Lead the design and development of search and personalization platforms that optimize audience segmentation and drive client engagement
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions
- Contribute to company-wide initiatives, including process improvements, infrastructure advancements, and system architecture
- Provide mentorship and technical leadership, promoting engineering best practices and fostering team growth
- Simplify complex projects to ensure efficiency and reduce the workload, enabling faster and more impactful results
Requirements For Principal Backend Engineer, Search & Personalization Optimization
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on high-throughput, distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Go, and a deep understanding of object-oriented design, algorithms, and optimization
- Proven expertise in data modeling, segmentation, and audience targeting using relational and non-relational databases
- Experience building and optimizing applications for personalization at scale
- Track record of architecting and maintaining high-performance, secure, and reliable infrastructure
- Ability to navigate ambiguous environments, turning business goals into clear, actionable plans
- Exceptional communication skills, able to work seamlessly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Benefits For Principal Backend Engineer, Search & Personalization Optimization
- Equity
- Health & Wellness Benefits
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