Senior Software Engineer

About Us

Aarki is an AI company that builds advertising solutions to drive mobile revenue growth. We use AI to find audiences in a privacy-first world by using trillions of contextual bidding signals coupled with proprietary behavioral models. Our audience engagement platform includes a full-service agency team and Unified Creative Strategy that delivers ad creative ideation and execution. We have worked with hundreds of advertisers over 14 years and see 5M mobile ad requests per second from over 10B devices driving performance for publishers and brands. It is independently operated and headquartered in San Francisco, CA with offices across the United States, EMEA, and APAC.

Role Overview:
Aarki is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our engineering team. This role is ideal for a skilled developer with a strong background in high-performance computing, distributed systems, and scalable architecture. As a Software Engineer, you will play a key role in building and optimizing our programmatic Demand-Side Platform (DSP), which leverages machine learning and real-time bidding (RTB) technologies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize high-performance, scalable software for Aarki's real-time ad-serving platform.
• Implement and maintain distributed systems that process millions of ad requests per second.
• Work closely with data scientists to integrate and deploy machine learning models into production environments.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability by writing efficient, clean, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, DevOps, and other engineers to align technology with business needs.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous integration to maintain high engineering standards.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the company.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 6+ years experience as a Senior Software Engineer
• Proficiency in C/C++, Java, Rust, or similar languages for backend development.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, multithreading, and concurrency.
• Knowledge of real-time bidding (RTB), programmatic advertising, or large-scale distributed systems is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

If you're passionate about building high-performance systems and want to work on innovative AI-driven advertising solutions, we'd love to hear from you! Apply today.