Director, Programmatic Ads Platform

Company: ZYNGA INC
Location: Eugene
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

AVAILABLE POSITIONS Senior Director, Programmatic Ads Platform As a Sr. Director you will manage and drive the strategic direction for team leads, helping them in developing, task planning, and leading both on the technical and organizational aspects. You will also assist with the management of resources in other areas such as architecture, DevOps, and data engineering. You will own technical design and be responsible for the development and operational execution of the programmatic ads platform - demand-side, supply-side, and related data pipelines & identity services. You will create a working environment where top technical talent will thrive and you will lead your team to deliver a top-tier suite of products and services that will delight our portfolio studios. We are looking for a leader with a demonstrated strong technical acumen, who can not only suggest new technologies but also enhance our current technology and raise the acumen of our technical staff. You will collaborate closely with Data Scientists to build and manage scalable and performant machine learning bidding models that improve cost of acquisition. You will work closely with senior product owners and stakeholders to help execute the core product roadmap and report directly to the VP, Publishing Technology.

• Architect, and lead the development of Zynga's Programmatic Ads platform - including but not limited to Demand-Side Platform, Ad Exchange, Supply-Side Platform.
• Build, direct, guide, and review the work of the Programmatic Ads platform, including integration to external partners, and related data pipeline full-stack engineering team.
• Work closely with executive leadership of UA, Central Product and Ad monetization to develop and execute on AdTech strategy for Zynga.
• Work with fast-paced initiatives, overseeing projects from idea conception and strategy development to deployment, production, and operations.
• Work closely with other stakeholders to define requirements and translate them into high-performance and scalable architectures.
• Partner with Product Management to drive the Ads and Data Platform engineering roadmap.
• Partner with User Acquisition team and Game Studios to extend, maintain, scale, and deliver products that meaningfully lowers acquisition costs.
• Partner with Data Science and Analytics teams to leverage insights from in-game performance into bidding models.
• Partner with Program Management to produce project schedules and communicate progress.
• Partner with other engineering leaders - data engineering, game engineering, central.
• Align software engineering practices and products with measurable business objectives.
• This is a hands-on role. You'll lead your team by example, creating POCs to demonstrate ideas, peer code reviews, contributing to production systems support and feature development. --QUALIFICATIONS
  • Previous relevant experience as a Software Engineering Manager, Technical Director or Director of Engineering.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of ad technologies such as Demand-Side Platforms (DSPs), Supply-Side Platforms (SSPs), Ad Exchanges, Real Time Bidding (RTB) and Data Management Platforms (DMPs) is required.
  • Required experience working in highly scalable (> 100k QPS) web services at low latency and data engineering. Experience with ideation to launch of programmatic ads products within an organization is required.
  • Strong architecture design skills especially using cloud technologies.
  • Prior 10+ years of development experience in Java/EE or C# or equivalent technologies.
  • Deep understanding of programming language fundamentals and implementations.
  • Strong knowledge of Agile project management principles and how it applies to software engineering practice from development to version control, code review, artifact creation, release management.
  • Knowledge of Big Data technologies such as Redshift, Spark, Kinesis, Athena, Hadoop is required.
  • Knowledge of and desire to work in a DevOps oriented software organization with the ability to design, deploy, and support a full-stack service solution in the cloud. What we offer you:
    • 401K Company Match Contribution
    • Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits
    • Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
    • Family planning support program
    • Generous paid maternity/parental leave
    • Subsidized Back-up child care
    • Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees
    • Flexible working hours on many teams
    • Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
    • Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players --Zynga is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud of our broad community; we do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds. Join us! We will consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. #LI-LM1 Zynga is a leading developer of the world's most popular social games that are played by millions of people around the world each day.

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