Engineer II

Engineer II Demand Tech (Scala, Rust)

Boston, MA New York City, NY Hybrid Schedule (M/F remote, T/W/TH in-office)

At Magnite, we cultivate an environment of continuous growth and collaboration. Our work impacts what millions of people read, watch, and buy, and we're looking for people to help us tackle that responsibility with creativity and focus. Magnite is the world's largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats, including CTV / streaming, online video, display, and audio. Our team specializes in building traffic-shaping technology to prioritize the highest-value ad requests at scale. With around 2 trillion daily transactions, a 1% improvement in ad request prioritization impacts 20 billion transactions daily.

In this role, you will:

• Develop large-scale distributed systems and solve deep technical and mathematical challenges.
• Solve for large-scale data analysis and problems involving complex mathematical algorithms to optimize traffic consumption.
• Develop high-performance software and write optimized, low-latency software that routes high volumes of ad request traffic and targeting p99 latencies <= 20ms while maximizing throughput
• Cost optimization: Improving profit margins by lowering the infrastructure cost basis to optimize traffic

We're looking for someone with:

• 2+ years of software development experience, and a BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• A hunger to learn while working with a sense of urgency.
• A desire for ownership.
• Engaging in critical and creative thinking.
• Open to working with the functional programming (FP) paradigm.
• Experience in designing and implementing high-quality applications, preferably with Rust, Scala and Spark.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and other CNCF projects like Prometheus, Argo, helm, etc. are a plus.

Our current tech stack:

• Rust and Scala for core application development
• Spark Structured Streaming, Kafka, Kubernetes, Airflow, Argo Workflows
• Combination of Terraform, Helm, and Argo for Cloud-based Kubernetes deployments

In Massachusetts, the base salary range for this role is $130,000 – $140,000. In New York, the base salary range for this role is $135,000 - $145,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on location, experience, skills, and internal equity. This role is also eligible for: Annual performance-based bonus Equity (NASDAQ: MGNI) Comprehensive benefits package

Perks and Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage from Day One
• Generous Time Off Holiday Breaks and Quarterly Wellness Days
• Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Family-Focused Benefits and Parental Leave
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Cell Phone Subsidy
• Monthly Fitness and Reimbursement

Career Growth: We support internal mobility, skill development, and leadership pathways through structured career frameworks and learning programs.

Company Culture: Magnite's culture is rooted in collaboration and connection, recognizing that both are essential to success. Our hybrid schedule includes two remote workdays (Monday and Friday) and three in-office days (Tuesday through Thursday), where employees can take advantage of catered lunches, beverages, snacks, training opportunities, and engaging office events that enhance the work experience. In addition, we support our team through meaningful benefits and programs, including community service and volunteer opportunities, company-matched charitable contributions, access to mental health resources, structured career development initiatives and growth frameworks, culture and inclusion programs, and our Bonusly peer-to-peer recognition platform.

About Us 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. Magnite is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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.