Remote Senior Software Engineer

Role Overview
The Senior Software Engineer will architect, build, and optimize the high-performance advertising platform, leveraging machine learning and big data to drive significant profitability, efficiency, and scale for Audiohooks core business.

Key Responsibilities Build and optimize a performance-based advertising service capable of servicing 10B requests per day.

Optimize bidding algorithms using machine learning models to increase profitability by 20% within 3 months of hiring.

Architect data pipelines capable of handling big data workloads.

Maintain data integrity between the data lake and reporting caches.

Reduce data processing costs by 10% within 6 months of hiring.

Complete 10-12 story points per week.

Present progress and demos in company Standup meetings twice a week.

Participate in live team code reviews.

Lead monthly "Dev Tricks" and "Lunch and Learn" presentations.

Other duties as assigned by supervisor of management.

Qualifications Expert-level mastery of Python, Go, or Node.js. Able to work in Python

Takes ownership over product level architecture, projects and personal tasks

Collaborative - (Pair programming, white boarding, code reviews, product and business discussions)

Present and involved in daily discussions

Comfortable with taking calculated risks

Understands trade offs between short term profitability and long term stability

Additional Requirements If remote, willing to travel to Utah up to 1 week per month for in-office collaborative work.

Understands the strengths and pitfalls of AI Agents and frequently uses them to collaborate on, review and write code.

About working at Audiohook We are a small, tight-knit team punching way above our weight. Each member is a major player. No room for coasting. Were fully remote, because we hire people who are intrinsically motivated and want to be part of something bigger than themselves. If that sounds like you, wed love to talk.

Our tech stack:
Python (our primary backend language)

PostgreSQL

Iceberge Datalake

Vue.js (front-end framework)

AWS Lambda, Firehose, Glue

Docker/Dev Ops Container orchestration

What We Offer Flexible remote/hybrid work environment

Competitive salary and equity opportunities

Performance bonuses

401(k), Health, dental, and vision benefits

Other fringe benefits such as daily lunch stipend, monthly wifi, cell phone and subscription reimbursement, and annual hardware stipend

Flexible PTO

Bi-annual Corporate Offsites