Senior Software Engineer

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The Publisher Marketplace is a next-generation platform that enables LLM clients (such as Copilot) to discover, access, and pay for premium content from trusted publishers. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of backend systems and data pipelines that power this marketplace. You will make key architectural decisions, ensure scalability and security, and mentor other engineers to deliver a world-class product.

Required qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in backend development and distributed systems.
• Expertise in C# or Python, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong knowledge of data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Kafka) and streaming systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with secure payment systems, API gateway patterns, and identity management.
• Proven ability to design high-scale systems for AI and LLM integration.
  

Additional or preferred qualifications:

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

• Experience with marketplace platforms, digital content monetization, or AI ecosystems.
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and intellectual property protection strategies.
• Understanding of LLM workflows and content licensing models.

• Architects and builds scalable core services, including APIs and microservices for publisher onboarding, content catalog management, entitlement, and billing, ensuring secure integration with LLM clients for seamless content consumption.
• Designs and implements robust testing and analytics systems, developing ingestion pipelines for premium content, enabling real-time usage tracking, billing insights, and performance monitoring, while leveraging AI tools for test automation.
• Leads architecture and infrastructure design, creating systems that support subscription models, pay-per-use billing, and licensing compliance, while optimizing backend performance for high availability and low latency in AI-driven environments.
• Drives engineering excellence, applying secure coding practices, automation in deployment, and compliance validation, while continuously improving code quality, maintainability, and performance through metrics and best practices.
• Guides implementation and release planning, breaking down work into manageable tasks, estimating timelines, and ensuring disaster recovery, rollback strategies, and secure deployment processes are in place.
• Champions reliability and supportability, integrating telemetry and monitoring for live site operations, conducting incident retrospectives, and improving observability to reduce downtime and enhance system resilience.
• Leads with mentorship and user-centric design, guiding technical decisions, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to incorporate customer insights, security, and privacy into solution design and delivery.