What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Software Engineer position at Cardlytics?
About Cardlytics
Remember that time you got cash back on a cup of coffee through your banking app? That was us!
Cardlytics (NASDAQ : CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We are a product-driven company that cares about three things : our people, our customers, and our partners. Together, we make commerce more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through their banks' digital channels.
About the Team :
The Marketplace Ad Serving team is a crucial part of Cardlytics' technology infrastructure and business, responsible for powering the core platform-the Ads-Decisioning Engine (ADE). As the backbone of Cardlytics' advertising efforts, our mission is to build and maintain highly resilient, reliable serving systems that support 160 million monthly active users across 11 major U.S. banks and globally. We drive innovation throughout the ad-serving ecosystem using a modern, cloud-native, highly distributed AWS technology stack alongside other cutting-edge technologies. Our goal is to seamlessly accommodate our business's exponential growth and ensure its long-term success.
About the Position :
As a Principal Software Engineer on the Marketplace Ad Serving team, you will play a pivotal role in the design and enhancement of the next-generation platform powering the Cardlytics Marketplace. This position offers extensive opportunities to work with advanced AWS technologies and collaborate with our Machine Learning scientists and engineers. You will work deeply with data orchestration, leveraging insights to drive impactful results as we navigate rapid growth. In this dynamic environment, you will help redefine ad delivery and optimize user engagement at scale, influencing millions of customers daily.
Cardlytics is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Director of Engineering.
Responsibilities :
- Lead the design and architecture of robust, scalable software systems supporting Marketplace Ad Serving.
- Serve as a Technical Leader, driving engineering projects and collaborating closely with technical leads, product managers, sales teams, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver solutions aligned with strategic business objectives.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to gather and translate product and engineering requirements into technical specifications and actionable engineering plans.
- Implement and enhance the Marketplace Ad Serving platform to scale with the growing needs of the business.
- Own the full lifecycle of production deployments and adhering to best practices for CI / CD.
- Influence the technical direction of the team through data-driven experimentation and best engineering practices, driving innovation and iteration of the technology stack.
Minimum Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Core Values
Our shared values are the driving force behind everything we do. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates who embody these values :
Compensation
At Cardlytics salary ranges are determined based on factors such as role, level, and location. Individual compensation may be determined by relevant skills, experience, education, training, and other role-specific criteria. This salary range will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of the aforementioned factors.The base salary range provided below does not include bonuses and additional benefits.
The annual US base salary range for this role is :
Range : $240,000 - $275,000
Benefits and Perks
As an equal opportunity employer, Cardlytics is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our people bring our products and organization to life, and every unique perspective makes us better. If you can do the job and you're excited about growing with us as we scale our best-in-class advertising platform, we'd love to hear from you. If you need accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please email recruiting@cardlytics.com or inform your recruiter.