Manager, Data Engineering

Manager, Data Engineering

New York City, NY

Boston, MA

Broomfield, CO

Los Angeles, CA

At Magnite, we cultivate an environment of continuous growth and collaboration. Our work impacts what millions of people read, watch, and buy, and we’re looking for people to help us tackle that responsibility with creativity and focus.  Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) is the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats including CTV, online video, display, and audio. Our tech fuels billions of transactions per day!

Magnite is hiring a Manager of Data Engineering to lead engineers who productionize and operationalize machine learning algorithms. This role requires a technical leader who digs large datasets and statistics and can communicate clearly across teams. This manager’s team works closely with data scientists, helping them scale applications to efficiently run on hundreds of billions of ad requests daily. The team takes on a variety of tasks including ad hoc analysis, internal reporting, experimental design, and revenue-critical production applications.

This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership, data engineering, and data science. It collaborates with many teams in engineering and product management.

In this role you will:

• Cost-efficiently productionize a new model from a prototype developed by a data scientist

• Work closely with other teams to design a mechanism to A/B test that new model against an existing one

• Deploy that model while ameliorating risk to existing revenue-critical systems

• Enable reporting which demonstrates that the new model increases revenue

We’re looking for someone with:

• 2+ years of management experience, leading a software engineering team to deliver and support production-quality applications as a manager or lead engineer

• Ability to hire, mentor and grow teams professionally

• Proficiency in developing very large datasets with Spark, HDFS, and Kafka

• Proficiency with Linux systems

• Proficiency with SQL

• Familiarity with statistics, linear algebra, and data science

• 1+ years’ experience in an online advertising company or a data-intensive business (such as financial services) would be a huge plus

• Fluent in Python and Scala

• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills

• Leadership of geographically distributed teams

• Experience with AWS, Airflow, Snowflake, DataBricks

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Total Rewards Include

Comprehensive Perks and Benefits: 

• Superb Healthcare Coverage for You and Your Family from Day One

• Generous Time Off  

• Holiday Breaks, Summer Fridays, and Quarterly Mental Health Days

• Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Family-Focused Benefits and Parental Leave 

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match

• Cell Phone Subsidy

• Fitness and Wellness Reimbursement

Company Culture: 

We believe collaboration is essential to success. Magnite’s hybrid schedule includes two days worked remotely (Monday and Friday) and three days on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Our offices provide catered lunches, beverages, snacks, training and development, and office events to support your work week.  We also understand you have appointments, families, hobbies, and other commitments. Magnite strives to maintain a healthy work/life integration for all employees so you can bring your best every day - both at work and at home.

Magnite Invests in You: 

• Career Development Initiatives and a Career Growth Framework

• Culture and Inclusion Programs

• Bonusly Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program

• Community Service and Volunteer Events

• Company-Matched Charitable Contributions

• Wellness Coach and Mental Health Support

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About Us

The world's leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. Anchored in bustling New York City, sunny Los Angeles, mile-high Denver, historic London, and down under in Sydney, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.

The base salary range for this position, across all United States geographies, is $165,000 - $195,000 per year. The starting salary will vary by location, qualifications, and prior experience; during the interview, candidates will learn the starting salary range applicable to their location.

Only candidates in the following states will be eligible for employment: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MI, MT, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA.

For Los Angeles-based applicants:

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

The material job duties of this specific job position for which Magnite reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship include:

• Having access to the Company’s Confidential Information or trade secrets including data related to customers, clients, vendors, business partners, or suppliers 

• Work with cross teams  to access datasets, databases, formulas, algorithms, tools, products, prototypes, systems applications, and technologies in any stage of development 

Magnite is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Our DEI Commitment: We aim to establish Magnite as a thought-leader and visionary in corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts by diversifying voices within Magnite, cultivating a culture in which employees feel safe as their authentic selves, and sponsoring investment strategies to support Magnite's local communities.