WHAT YOU’LL DO

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Drive the development and continuous improvement of existing projects while shaping the vision and scope of future initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal teams to design, build, and refine a highly reliable, highly available, low-latency runtime platform.
• Own and provide technical leadership for multiple subsystems of the runtime platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Oversee and guide all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment, with a focus on delivering high-impact solutions.

MUST HAVE

• 8+ years of professional experience in the software industry. 

GREAT TO HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Proficiency in GoLang
• Expertise in designing, building, and delivering high-quality, scalable, and high-performance distributed systems, including developing detailed design specifications.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server), including writing SQL.
• Familiarity with cloud-based technologies, especially AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) and GCP.
• Knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, and low-latency application development.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve project issues effectively and in a timely manner.
• Experience in the AdTech domain is preferred.

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. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Angular applications using TypeScript.  
• Architect and implement robust state management solutions and model complex client-side data flows.  
• Build data-intensive UI features such as dashboards, reporting tools, and campaign management workflows.  
• Take ownership of functional areas of the platform, including API development and improving observability.  
• Write and optimize SQL queries to support application functionality and debugging of data-related issues.  
• Partner with backend engineers to ensure efficient API design and data contracts.  
• Analyze and troubleshoot data discrepancies across frontend, APIs, and database layers.  
• Optimize frontend performance, especially around large datasets and real-time updates.  
• Mentor Platform staff in software development practices and concepts.  
• Manage all phases of the software development life cycle, including design discussions and code reviews.

MUST HAVE

• 8+ years of professional experience in the software industry. 
• Deep experience with Angular and TypeScript.
• Strong expertise in state management patterns.  
• Experience building data-heavy, interactive applications such as dashboards or analytics tools.  
• Solid understanding of asynchronous data flows, event-driven architectures, and client-side data modeling.  
• Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries for application support and reporting.  
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and understanding backend data models.

GREAT TO HAVE

• Minimum B.S. in computer science, mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience with backend technologies such as Java or Go.  
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, especially AWS and GCP.  
• Familiarity with testing frameworks like Jest or Cypress.  
• Exposure to container-based architecture, NoSQL databases, or message queues.  
• AdTech experience is a plus

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. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are looking for a passionate hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented engineers building high performance, scalable web systems. This role requires a strong technical foundation in Angular (frontend) and Java / Go (Backend) along with solid experience in microservice and serverless architecture and Database systems.  You will lead a team of engineers contributing towards the success of Viant DSP portal. Your job will involve overseeing the design and implementation of features to the portal in collaboration with partner engineering teams and product management.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Lead the development of high quality features based on requirements from product managers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize platform performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Be involved in code / design on occasion, collaborating with the engineering team to contribute to critical projects, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance when necessary while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Operate high-efficiency teams by implementing quality practices, ensuring speed of delivery, overseeing architecture and design, and maintaining high code quality.
• Foster a culture of continuous growth and improvement through coaching, mentoring, feedback and clear measurable outcomes.

GREAT TO HAVE

• 8+ years of experience, including 1-2+ years’ experience managing full-stack teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Masters preferred.
• 6+ years hands on programming capabilities in Java and/or Go Lang.
• Track record in building large, horizontally scalable distributed systems.
• Intimate knowledge of different cloud providers and services, especially AWS and GCP.
• Experience building large customer facing applications.
• Successful experience with agile development and CI/CD processes.
• Ad tech industry experience preferred.

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: $150,000 - $200,000

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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are looking for a passionate Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented backend engineers building low latency, high throughput and performance ad tech systems. This role requires a strong technical foundation in Go/Java (Backend) along with solid experience in microservices and serverless architecture and Database systems.  You will lead a team of engineers contributing towards the success of Viant’s Ad serving and measuring system. Your job will involve overseeing the design and implementation of features to the bidding server in collaboration with partner engineering teams and product management.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Lead the development of high quality features based on requirements from product managers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Be involved in code / design on occasion, collaborating with the engineering team to contribute to critical projects, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance when necessary while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Operate high-efficiency teams by implementing quality practices, ensuring speed of delivery, overseeing architecture and design, and maintaining high code quality.
• Foster a culture of continuous growth and improvement through coaching, mentoring, feedback and clear measurable outcomes.

GREAT TO HAVE

• 8+ years of experience, including 1-3+ years’ experience managing low latency high throughput backend teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Masters preferred.
• 6+ years hands on programming capabilities in Java and/or Go Lang.
• Track record in building large, horizontally scalable distributed systems.
• Intimate knowledge of different cloud providers and services, especially AWS and GCP.
• Experience building large-scale, customer-facing applications with a focus on realtime performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ability to reason about latency, throughput, CPU/memory profiles, and performance bottlenecks in real-time systems.
• Successful experience with agile development and CI/CD processes.
• Ad tech industry experience preferred.

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: $150,000 - $200,000

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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Lead and Define AI Strategy – Set the vision for applied ML research and AI-driven decision-making across Viant’s products and services.
• Drive High-Impact Research – Conduct advanced research in NLP, RL, LLMs, and deep learning, publishing in top-tier conferences while applying findings to real-world production systems.
• Architect and Deploy ML at Scale – Develop, optimize, and deploy high-throughput, low-latency ML models, collaborating with engineers to bring solutions into production.
• Innovate in Generative AI & Causal ML – Explore novel AI techniques, such as LLMs, reinforcement learning, and causal inference, to enhance targeting, personalization, and attribution models.
• Experimentation and Validation – Design, run, and analyze A/B experiments to test ML-driven strategies, ensuring data-driven decision-making.
• Mentor and Influence – Provide technical leadership for a team of applied scientists and ML engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

MUST HAVE

• Experience: 4+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning models at scale.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-ambiguity ML projects from research to production.
• Academic & Industry Recognition: Masters + At least two peer-reviewed publications in deep learning, NLP, or a related AI domain or a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• Deep Expertise in ML & AI: Strong foundation in deep learning, NLP, generative AI, and causal inference.
• Programming & Frameworks: Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, LangChain, Llama Index).
• Scalability & Cloud: Experience with distributed computing, cloud ML platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and real-time AI inference.

GREAT TO HAVE

• Industry Impact: Publications at top-tier ML/NLP conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, AAAI).
• Ad Tech Expertise: Experience in digital advertising, real-time bidding, or audience modeling.
• Generative AI Applications: Hands-on experience with LLMs and multimodal AI applications.
• Optimization & Personalization: Strong background in reinforcement learning, dynamic pricing, or recommendation systems.

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. 

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WHAT YOU’LL DO

THE DAY-TO-DAY

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Cloud Reliability Engineer will be responsible for writing and integrating various open source and closed sources tools. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of systems engineering and automation, including configuration management, containerization, and scripting.

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Develop, configure, and deploy tools for cloud based systems and services
• Containerize new and legacy applications
• Maintain awareness of new and exciting technologies
• Provide LOE/scoping for projects
• Support development and operations teams
• Enhance, modify or debug developer code as needed
• Ensure comprehensive observability across all aspects of application and system performance through maintenance, enhancement, and detection efforts
• Required to participate in an on-call rotation for timely response to system incidents and maintenance needs

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years experience in a DevOps or SRE-related role
• 2+ years experience with Linux administration in a professional setting
• 2+ years experience with one or more large cloud providers (AWS, Google)
• 1+ years experience with serverless architecture (AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions)
• 1+ years using Docker and or Kubernetes
• 1+ years experience using Terraform - writing vanilla Terraform to instrumenting modules
• Ability to create CI/CD pipelines GitHub Actions
• Demonstrated proficiency in at least one of programming the following languages: Python, GoLang.
• Experience working with SQL and Google BigQuery

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. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

THE DAY-TO-DAY

• Determine a long-term technical vision and scope of future projects, while continuously developing and reviewing existing projects. 
• Lead end-to-end product development efforts for Viant DSP’s suite of products.
• Own & contribute to major features & areas of the products.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams internally as well as customers externally to understand pain points, underserved needs, and identify opportunities.
• Mentor engineers who thrive working in an innovative, user-focused, fast paced environment.
• Drive initiatives to reduce operational load, and build operationally sustainable products.

MUST HAVE

• Must have experience in the AdTech domain OR possess strong proficiency in the Go programming language.
• 12+ years of professional experience in the software industry.
• Experience with web services, microservices, or other SOA
• Relational database experience, such as MySQL, Postgres, or Oracle, and experience with complex SQL

GREAT TO HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of modern programming languages, especially Java and Go.
• Knowledge of cloud based technologies, especially AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Hands on experience designing, building and delivering high quality scalable, operationally sustainable software.
• Ad tech industry experience is a plus.
• NoSQL experience is a plus

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. 

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JOIN OUR TEAM!

Are you a motivated UCI senior or recent graduate passionate about engineering and technology? We’re excited to offer full-time engineering opportunities starting January 2026 at our Irvine headquarters, where you’ll have the chance to apply your skills, learn from industry experts, and contribute to impactful projects from day one.

Our engineering roles provide an opportunity to tackle real-world challenges, collaborate with talented teams, and grow your technical abilities in a fast-paced, supportive environment. We’re looking for innovative, driven individuals eager to launch their engineering careers and make an immediate impact.

If you are a recent graduate or graduating in December 2025, please submit your resume here and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to discuss what full time opportunities are available!