What are the responsibilities and job description for the Backend Engineer (Python) position at MNTN?
At MNTN, we put our people first, full stop. This allows our company culture to be defined by our team members, and their shared values, like trust, ambition, quality, radical honesty, and compassionate leadership. It’s why we all really love working for the Hardest Working Software in Television™ (and also why we were named one of Ad Age’s Best Places To Work in 2024.)
We pride ourselves on bringing unrivaled performance and simplicity to Connected TV advertising. Our self-serve technology makes running TV ads as easy as search and social and helps brands drive measurable conversions, revenue, site visits, and more. It’s what led MNTN to being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2023. You can learn more about us and everything we do by visiting https://mountain.com/.
So if wanting to do more, own more, and make a bigger impact comes naturally to you, then you may just the person we're looking for to join us on our next stage of growth.
Our microservices handle over hundreds of millions of requests per day, upon which a platform for real-time behavioral marketing is built to drive performance in cross-device advertising. We heavily utilize open source technology and in-house solutions to meet the low latency demands of rapid response advertising.
You Will:
- Design and build a robust marketing platform that reaches the right audience, anywhere, anytime
- Develop ETL pipelines used to power our Ad buying platform
- Collaborate with and explain complex technical issues to Product and Project Leads
- Optimize and enhance existing products
You Have:
- 2-4 years of Python development experience
- 2 years of experience writing SQL queries and designing database tables
- Knowledge of modern design patterns
- Experience with Microservice style architecture
- Experience using Cloud hosting solutions (K8, Istio, etc.)
- Experience using GIT
- Knowledge of HTTP lifecycle
- Knowledge of Pandas, Junit, BDD, and how to write effective unit & functional test cases
- Comfortable in a Linux/UNIX environment
- Experience on AWS, GCP, or other cloud infrastructure
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, Dynamodb, Redis (Preferred)
MNTN perks:
- 100% remote within the US
- Flexible vacation policy
- Annual vacation allowance for travel related expenses
- Three-day weekend every month of the year
- Competitive compensation
- 100% healthcare coverage
- 401k plan
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent, medical, and dental care
- Access to coaching, therapy, and professional development
About MNTN:
Our recruiters will always reach out using an email address ending with @mountain.com OR @mntn.com. If you’re contacted by someone without that address and they mention a Reference Code (which we never use), then that ain’t us folks. Tell those trolls to take a hike–you’re waiting to climb a MNTN.
MNTN provides advertising software for brands to reach their audience across Connected TV, web, and mobile. MNTN Performance TV has redefined what it means to advertise on television, transforming Connected TV into a direct-response, performance marketing channel. Our web retargeting has been leveraged by thousands of top brands for over a decade, driving billions of dollars in revenue.
Our solutions give advertisers total transparency and complete control over their campaigns – all with the fastest go-live in the industry. As a result, thousands of top brands have partnered with MNTN, including, Build with Ferguson, Tarte, OneWheel, Decked, and National University.
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