Location: Hybrid (2 days per week in office).

This role owns the vision, strategy, and business outcomes for the product that sits at the center of that problem. The MediaAlpha Exchange Demand Platform is how advertisers across auto, home, life, personal finance, and Medicare find, bid on, and win their ideal customers in real-time auctions for clicks, calls, and leads. You'll set the long-term direction for how advertisers build and run campaigns, set bidding and pacing strategy, integrate via API, and measure what's actually driving conversion and LTV. You'll be fully accountable for the outcomes that strategy produces.

The core challenge: continue to expand and improve our demand-side platform that helps advertisers reduce customer-acquisition inefficiencies and grow LTV, while still providing high ROI. You'll balance advertiser sophistication (granular controls, custom bidding logic, deep reporting) with approachability for teams who don't want to become ad-tech specialists to run complex campaigns that continue to yield high ROI for our customers.

This is an individual contributor role. You'll partner closely with engineering, design, data science, product marketing, and our demand sales and account management teams. You'll also mentor other product managers across the demand organization, raising the bar for strategic thinking, execution, and product craft.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for the Exchange Demand Platform, translating advertiser needs, marketplace dynamics, and business goals into a clear long-term direction and prioritized roadmap.
• Be accountable for the platform’s business outcomes by defining and optimizing the product capabilities and marketplace mechanisms that drive advertiser acquisition and retention, campaign performance, conversion lift, LTV growth, and marketplace margin.
• Own the advertiser experience end-to-end across self-serve and managed workflows, serving carriers, agents, and performance marketers across all MediaAlpha verticals.
• Lead the evolution of bidding, targeting, and auction mechanics in partnership with data science and engineering to improve advertiser ROI and marketplace efficiency.
• Identify repeatable patterns across advertiser needs through discovery with advertisers, account managers, and sales, and translate them into scalable, productized solutions.
• Define the strategy, guardrails, and long-term direction for advertiser-facing APIs and integrations, establishing principles that balance enterprise flexibility with standardized, scalable platform capabilities.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, design, data science, and go-to-market teams, ensuring coordinated execution against product strategy and roadmap priorities.
• Ensure product requirements and specifications provide clear context and direction for engineering and design execution.
• Partner with product marketing, sales, and customer success to support successful go-to-market planning and launches.
• Establish and leverage product success metrics to evaluate performance and inform roadmap decisions.
• Leverage advanced AI tools to accelerate strategy development, requirement definition, and rapid prototyping across the product lifecycle.
• Mentor other product managers and elevate product craft, strategic thinking, and execution standards across the team.
• Communicate product strategy, progress, and trade-offs to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years at the Staff level.
• Proven ownership of product vision, strategy, and measurable business outcomes for a complex SaaS or enterprise product area, ideally spanning both self-serve and managed workflows.
• Track record of shipping complex, multi-stakeholder products iteratively and measuring their impact on real business outcomes.
• Strong data-product instincts: you've worked with auction mechanics, bid optimization, performance analytics, or marketplace economics, and you can reason about trade-offs with engineering and data science.
• Strong UX instincts for enterprise software: you believe advertiser tools should be intuitive, not just powerful, and you push for smart defaults with granular overrides.
• Ability to balance competing needs across advertisers, internal go-to-market teams, and engineering, and distill them into a coherent, sequenced roadmap.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting strategy to senior leadership and external advertiser partners.
• Positive, can-do attitude and willingness to work in a fast-moving environment, rolling up your sleeves to get things done.

Nice to Have

We value strong, general PM craft over specific domain familiarity. However, let us know if you have experience in any of these areas/fields:

• Ad-tech, performance marketing, or programmatic advertising, especially in marketplaces or exchanges.
• Real-time bidding (RTB), auction design, or bid optimization systems.
• Lead generation, call marketplaces, or click-based performance products.
• Insurance, personal finance, or Medicare verticals.
• Campaign management tools, DSPs, or advertiser-facing reporting and analytics platforms.
• Enterprise APIs and integration-heavy products.

Compensation & Benefits
We are excited to offer a competitive base pay range of $140,000 to $165,000 per year for this position, based on experience and qualifications. But that's not all - as a valued member of our team, you will also have access to an array of top-notch benefits, including:
    • Annual bonus program and participation in our Restricted Stock Unit program
    • 100% Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for you, your dependents, and spouse or registered domestic partner
    • 100% Employer paid long term disability, and life insurance
    • 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions to help you plan for your future
    • Open Paid Time Off policy with a birthday day off, 13 holidays, and 5 Recharge days
    • Professional development reimbursement 
    • Cell Phone, Wellness, and Internet expense reimbursement, along with a subscription to the Calm App
    • 100% fully paid parental leave for team members up to 22 weeks for the primary caregiver and 12 weeks for the secondary caregiver 
    • Dog-friendly offices (LA and AZ) along with a $300 pet adoption reimbursement 

Hybrid role: 2 days/week in office

As a Technical Program Manager at MediaAlpha you'll sit at the nexus of engineering, business, and our external customers. You'll lead a functional area and work across teams to determine ongoing program needs, manage related projects, and define and measure success of your area.

The ideal candidate is someone that is detailed oriented, intensely curious and will foster, drive, and socialize a shared vision around their ownership area. You're comfortable reviewing code with engineers and talking business strategy with executive leadership. At MediaAlpha we're an intentionally small organization where individuals can have an outsized impact and opportunity, and we're looking for people that relentlessly look for ways to improve what we're doing, how we do it, and drive more value for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee an end-to-end program, including defining metrics to measure success, monitor issues, and surface opportunities in systems that handle hundreds of thousands of high-value transactions per day.
• Work with external partners, internal account managers, and engineers to define, build, test, and release API integrations, related functionality, and supporting features.
• Manage Backlogs and Kanban workflows, and coordinate wider efforts across cross-functional teams.
• Consult with external partners on best practices for data passing and API design.

Requirements

• 2+ years of Program Management or related project experience, especially in an Agile environment and with the complete SDLC.
• Exceptional analytical skills.
• Experience with SQL, JSON, and Web APIs.
• Experience working with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to articulate and communicate clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully.
• A self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity and ability to problem-solve, while paying careful attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence) a plus. 

Compensation & Benefits

We are excited to offer a competitive base pay range of $140,000 to $175,000 per year for this position, based on experience and qualifications. But that's not all - as a valued member of our team, you will also have access to an array of top-notch benefits, including:

• Annual bonus program and participation in our Restricted Stock Unit program
• 100% Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for you, your dependents, and spouse or registered domestic partner
• 100% Employer paid long-term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions to help you plan for your future
• Open Paid Time Off policy with a birthday day off and 13 holidays 
• Professional development reimbursement
• Cell Phone, Wellness, and Internet expense reimbursement, along with a subscription to the Calm App
• 100% fully paid parental leave for team members up to 22 weeks for the primary caregiver and 12 weeks for the secondary caregiver 
• Dog-friendly offices (LA and AZ) along with a $300 pet adoption reimbursement 

Hybrid role: 2 days/week in office

Role Overview

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at MediaAlpha, you will lead the design and development of LLM-powered applications for our internal teams and ad serving platform. You will be accountable for end-to-end systems: owning strategy, architecture, implementation, and operations. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver intelligent systems that solve real business problems.

The ideal candidate is a strong engineer with hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications in production, who works well across organizational boundaries and improves the conditions of any area they are in. We are an intentionally small organization, designed for agility, speed, and workability.

Responsibilities

• Own the full software development lifecycle of LLM-powered systems, from requirements through production deployment and operational health.
• Design and implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, tool-use patterns, and multi-step reasoning workflows.
• Integrate LLM-based services into MediaAlpha's products, internal tools, and data ecosystem.
• Drive architectural decisions balancing capability, cost, latency, and maintainability.
• Establish evaluation frameworks and metrics to measure application quality and business impact.
• Work directly with stakeholders to define product capabilities and develop new features and integrations.
• Be a champion of instilling excellence in coding, testing, and quality into the team and culture.
• Mentor engineers on LLM application development patterns and best practices.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience designing and owning systems end-to-end, including 3-tier architectures, data flows, APIs, deployments, and operational health.
• Strong programming skills in Python, including software engineering methodologies and best practices.
• Hands-on experience building LLM-powered features in production.
• Experience with RAG architectures, including vector databases, embedding models, and retrieval strategies.
• Practical prompt engineering skills with demonstrated ability to iterate and evaluate quality.
• Familiarity with core ML concepts (classification, evaluation metrics, embeddings) and the judgment to know when traditional ML approaches outperform LLM-based solutions.
• Experience with agent frameworks and tool-use patterns (MCP, function calling, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred: EC2, S3, Bedrock).
• A self-starter who works independently, is comfortable with ambiguity, and pays careful attention to detail.
• Experience collaborating with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to articulate and communicate clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully.
• Organized and self-motivated.
• B.S. required, preferably in a technical discipline (e.g., computer science).

Compensation & Benefits

We are excited to offer a total base compensation of $170,000 to $260,000 per year for this position based on experience and qualifications. But that's not all - as a valued member of our team, you will also have access to an array of top-notch benefits, including:

• An annual discretionary bonus program and participation in our Restricted Stock Unit program
• 100% Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for you, your dependents, and spouse or registered domestic partner
• 100% Employer paid long term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions to help you plan for your future
• Open Paid Time Off policy with a birthday day off and 11 holidays
• Professional development reimbursement
• Cell Phone, Wellness, and Internet expense reimbursement, along with a subscription to the Calm App
• 100% fully paid parental leave for team members up to 22 weeks for the primary caregiver and 12 weeks for the secondary caregiver
• Dog-friendly offices (LA and AZ) along with a $300 pet adoption reimbursement

Hybrid role: 2 days/week in office

Role Overview

We are looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our technology team. As a Senior Software Engineer at MediaAlpha, you will take part in all aspects of the software development lifecycle. You'll love it! You will get to work directly with stakeholders in defining our MediaAlpha Exchange Product.  As a leader in the organization, we’ll rely on you to coordinate across the organization to ensure our solutions meet business needs, collaborate on the overall architecture of our eco-system, drive the design of our systems to meet our architectural desires and collaboratively define and embody software development best practices in your work. 

Responsibilities

• Own the full software development lifecycle of implementing high-performance ad-serving software.
• Integrate our products with our partners.
• Be a leader in the engineering organization, jumping in to help out and resolve routine issues.
• Be part of a team that maintains and supports our live MediaAlpha Exchange product.
• Perl code development in a Linux environment, on Amazon EC2, leveraging also S3, CloudFront and Route 53.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in software development.
• B.S. required, preferably in a technical discipline (e.g., computer science).
• Ability to write maintainable, scalable, efficient and reliable code.
• Strong engineering skills including software engineering methodologies and best practices.
• Be a champion of instilling excellence in coding and quality into the team and culture.
• Organized and self-motivated with an ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• A self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity and ability to problem solve while paying careful attention to detail.
• Experience working with engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to articulate and communicate clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully.
• SQL, Perl, shell scripts and/or Linux knowledge are a bonus.

Compensation & Benefits

We are excited to offer a competitive base pay range of $142,000 to $212,000 per year for this position, based on experience and qualifications. But that's not all - as a valued member of our team, you will also have access to an array of top-notch benefits, including:

• Annual bonus program and participation in our Restricted Stock Unit program
• 100% Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for you, your dependents, and spouse or registered domestic partner
• 100% Employer paid long term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions to help you plan for your future
• Open Paid Time Off policy with a birthday day off and 11 holidays 
• Professional development reimbursement along with a subscription to Coursera
• Cell Phone, Wellness, and Internet expense reimbursement, along with a subscription to the Calm App
• 100% fully paid parental leave for team members up to 22 weeks for the primary caregiver and 12 weeks for the secondary caregiver 
• Dog-friendly offices (LA and AZ) along with a $300 pet adoption reimbursement 

Hybrid role: 2 days/week in office - Taipei, Taiwan

Role Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer at MediaAlpha, you will be a key member of the engineering leadership.  You will be accountable and responsible for multiple key systems, owning the strategy, architecture, design, and implementation.  You will collaborate with peer leads, work alongside our business partners, and fellow leads to define roadmaps and deliver on our strategic vision.  You will work with peers and leadership to define and drive best practices, refine our SDLC, improve our eco-system (infrastructure, toolsets, processes, etc) and uplift our engineering organization.  

 The ideal candidate is someone who is a masterful engineer, works well across organizational boundaries, is a mentor and leader to other engineers, and improves the conditions of any area they are in.  We are an intentionally small organization, designed for agility, speed, and workability, where ‘Staff Software Engineers’ are at the heart of our organization.

Responsibilities

• Own the full software development lifecycle of implementing high-performance ad-serving software.
• Design, implement, and scale systems that process tens of thousands of high-value transactions a day while also producing elegant and readable code
• Integrate our products with our partners
• Produce elegant and readable Perl code in a Linux environment on Amazon EC2, leveraging also S3, CloudFront and Route 53
• Work as a leader of the organization, jumping in to help out and resolve complex issues, support the other engineers, and ensure a smooth operating environment
• Be part of a leader in the organization that maintains and supports our live MediaAlpha Exchange product
• Work directly with stakeholders in defining our MediaAlpha Exchange Product and developing and testing new features and integrations

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in software development
• Strong programming skills, including software engineering methodologies and best practices
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of database and query optimizations
• Ability to quickly get up to speed on our technology platform (Perl) development experience in Unix/Linux operating environments
• Ability to write elegant and readable code
• Be a champion of instilling excellence in coding and quality into the team and culture
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• A self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity and ability to problem solve while paying careful attention to detail
• Experience working with engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to articulate and communicate clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully
• S. required, preferably in a technical discipline (e.g., computer science)
• Business level English (spoken and written)
• Conversational Mandarin (spoken)

Benefit:

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Comfortable office environment with adjustable desk and ergonomic chair
• Lunch provided on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Can work from home on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
• Birthday Hookie, a special day for you to plan and enjoy
• Gym membership stipend
• Coffee / snack station
• Team activities and other opportunities to get to know your colleagues in TW
• Health check-up (every two years)
• Festival Bonuses (TWD2,000 for Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn Holidays)
• Guaranteed annual salary of 13 months, with additional performance bonuses based on the company performance
• Employee stock plan - Restricted Stock Units

Language Note:

• Our backend is developed in Perl, and we welcome candidates who are willing to learn it after joining.

Hybrid role: 2 days/week in office - Taipei, Taiwan

Role Overview

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our technology team. As a Software Engineer at MediaAlpha, you will take part in all aspects of the software development lifecycle. This includes working with stakeholders in fixing and improving our MediaAlpha Exchange Product and testing new features and integrations. The ideal candidate will enjoy designing, implementing, and scaling systems that process tens of thousands of high-value transactions a day, while also producing elegant and readable code.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product managers to define product features and plan deliverables and milestones.
• Understand the company's mission, be able to independently communicate and coordinate effectively across departments, and work with the team to complete projects.
• Participate in the overall software development process, write readable and reliable code, and assist in server maintenance.
• Integrate business partners' products and data into the MediaAlpha system, enabling our partners to analyze their data and improve various metrics through the MediaAlpha platform.
• Write technical documentation and user manuals to help users and colleagues understand and use the system.
• Use script languages (e.g., Perl) to develop software on Linux systems and assist with AWS maintenance tasks (EC2, S3, or CloudFront, etc.).

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline (e.g., computer science)
• 3+ years of experience in software development.
• Familiar with relational databases such as MySQL and proficient in writing high-performance SQL queries.
• Familiar with designing, implementing, and integrating Restful APIs.
• Experienced in development within a Linux operating environment.
• Experience with various third-party API integrations.
• Familiar with JSON and XML formats.
• Skilled in writing unit tests and integration tests.
• Proficient in at least one script language (Perl, PHP, Python, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with product managers and collaborating across departments.
• Excellent design, coding, and execution skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good system design capabilities, able to design highly scalable system architecture.

Language Note:

• Our backend is developed in Perl, and we welcome candidates who are willing to learn it after joining.

Benefit:

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Comfortable office environment with adjustable desk and ergonomic chair
• Lunch provided on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Can work from home on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
• Birthday Hookie, a special day for you to plan and enjoy
• Gym membership stipend
• Coffee / snack station
• Team activities and other opportunities to get to know your colleagues in TW
• Health check-up (every two years)
• Festival Bonuses (TWD2,000 for Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn Holidays)
• Guaranteed annual salary of 13 months, with additional performance bonuses based on the company performance
• Employee stock plan - Restricted Stock Units