Sr Software Engineer, Ad experience platform

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.$210K — $250K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience or 6+ years with a master’s degree, or a PhD with 4+ years of experience.
  • Deep proficiency in Ruby, GraphQL, Golang, and React.
  • Proven backend development experience with Golang or similar languages in Ad Tech.
  • Proven frontend development experience with JavaScript and React in Ad Tech.
  • Experience with event-driven systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Strong architectural and design skills.

Responsibilities

  • Write efficient, clean, and well-documented code.
  • Prototype consumer-facing services for millions of devices.
  • Collaborate with product managers and UX designers to enhance user experience.
  • Drive cross-site efforts to improve platform capabilities.
  • Communicate ideas effectively with diverse teams.
  • Contribute to a test-driven development and Agile approach.
  • Work on technical proposals for software design and architecture.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
  • Life Insurance.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Employee Purchase Program.
  • Tuition Assistance after 6 months.
  • Paid Time Off.
  • Student Loan Program after 6 months.
  • Wellness Incentives.
Full Job Description

Position Summary

About the team

The Ad Experience team builds the products that greet every Samsung user the moment they turn on their TV – including Samsung's home screen and the TV Plus app. Our work ships to hundreds of millions of devices worldwide.

We build Smart TV applications on the Samsung Tizen platform, where performance isn't optional. These apps run on web-based runtimes with tight memory budgets, constrained CPUs, and hardware that spans a wide range of model years and price points. Thriving here means understanding those constraints deeply and building software that's fast, resilient, and consistent across the entire device ecosystem.

Engineers on this team own features end-to-end – from the OS platform layer through the TV UI to cloud integration with DSPs and Ad Exchange. We move fast, hold a high bar, and work closely with product, design, and cross-functional engineering partners to ship ambitious ideas at scale.

Role and Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Write efficient, clean, readable, fast, testable, documented code.
  • Quickly prototyping and developing consumer-facing services that will be displayed on millions of devices.
  • Collaborate with internal and external teams (Product Managers, UX designers) and other Software Engineers to deliver a compelling, easy-to-use product for the end consumers.
  • Collaborate with peers and leaders across various Samsung Ad sites, driving cross-site efforts to improve platform capabilities.
  • Ability to effectively communicate ideas to peers and distributed teams.
  • Contributing towards building a system with a test-driven development /Agile approach
  • Work with geographically distributed teams.
  • Work on Technical Proposals to improve the software design and architecture.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 8+ years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree, or 6+ years and a Master's degree, or a PhD with 4+ of experience.
  • Deep proficiency in Ruby, graphQL, Golang, React.
  • At least 2 years of proven experience with Golang or similar language for the backend development in Ad Tech or a related industry.
  • At least 2 years of proven experience with JavaScript, React and related languages for the frontend development in Ad Tech or a related industry.
  • Event-driven systems / messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ etc
  • Experience building analytics features: reporting, aggregations, operational metrics, customer-facing insights
  • Familiarity with scaling patterns: caching, background jobs, rate limiting, performance tuning
  • Experience building JavaScript framework and libraries for consumer facing devices with low memory footprints focusing on application performance.
  • Experience building backend services based on microservices architecture.
  • Strong architectural and design skills.
  • Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and front-end build tools (e.g., webpack, npm.).
  • Experience with performance optimization, responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Passion for building reliable "done right the first time" applications.
  • A self-directed team player.
  • Experienced with vibe coding and using Coding assistant tools.

Skills and Qualifications

Not Required but Preferred

  • Experience in Ad technologies such as RTB, DSP, Ad exchange, and Ad network.
  • Experience in client Ad technologies such as Google AdSense, Google Mobile Ads SDK.

Join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping the future of our ad tech platform. If you're passionate about building cutting-edge advertising solutions and have a solid background in Full stack Engineering, we would love to hear from you!

Compensation for this role, for candidates based in Mountain View, CA is expected to be between $210,000 ~ $250,000 base.  Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role. Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.

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