Software Engineer (Clojure)

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Viant is looking for a passionate Software Engineer with Clojure experience to work closely with our IRIS.TV engineering team. This role requires thorough knowledge of the Clojure standard libraries and ecosystem. Our engineering team is headquartered in Los Angeles and geographically distributed around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to work with big data, analytics, and real-time distributed systems in a fast-paced environment. The team leverages open source technologies and builds with hand tools, setting the bar high for a very robust and flexible data processing architecture for the company.
THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Design and build data processing pipelines and APIs with the data engineering team
• Track and optimize key performance metrics with the data science team
• Solve a wide variety of engineering challenges using Clojure and free software tools on AWS
• Work with high-availability distributed systems
• Measure your own code in production and stay one step ahead of scaling needs

GREAT TO HAVE

• Experience with Clojure (required) and distributed systems (e.g., microservices, fault-tolerant architectures)
• Proficiency with Kafka, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Strong problem-solver with a DevOps mindset and ability to work independently
• Skilled in performance tuning (profiling, benchmarking, latency optimization)
• Familiarity with data workflows (analytics, ML support) and domain knowledge in video, MarTech, or AdTech

LIFE AT VIANT

Investing in our employee's professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That's why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance , paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.


Base compensation range: $130,000 - $160,000

In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant's reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.

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About Viant

Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn't just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.

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