Senior Software Engineer - Targeting

About Foursquare 

Foursquare is the leading independent location technology and data cloud platform dedicated to building meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places. Our proprietary technology unlocks the most accurate, trustworthy location data in the world, empowering businesses to answer key questions, uncover hidden insights, improve customer experiences, and achieve better business outcomes. A pioneer of the geo-location space, Foursquare’s location tech stack is being utilized by the world’s largest enterprises and most recognizable brands.

About the Position

Foursquare is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team located in or near one of our office hubs - New York City and Chicago. 

Foursquare’s Targeting team writes and operates the software which produces core data sets for our Targeting suite of products. These petabyte-scale pipelines process geospatial data for the purposes of ad targeting. It’s critical to this team’s success that we have rich data sets to build our applications on top of, and this data is kept fresh, easy to explore, and simple to make changes. The engineers on this team work closely with application engineers to prove out variant approaches and introduce new functionality.

In the Senior Software Engineer role, you will ship products with high visibility and strategic importance to Foursquare and contribute directly to the revenue. Our pipelines are written in a variety of programming languages and deployed to multiple orchestration platforms. The main technologies we work with are Spark, MapReduce, Amazon EMR, Ruby, Java, Scala, Python and Apache Airflow.

In this role, you’ll 

• Write and operate the data pipelines which produce Foursquare’s core data sets for our Targeting product
• Design data pipeline architecture and lead implementation of those designs
• Train and support skills development of best practices for other software engineers
• Document the expected and actual behavior of these pipelines, along with expectations for inputs and outputs
• Monitor data quality and freshness, with a focus on proactively evaluating the business impact of changes; report regularly on the state of the data sets and the software which produces them
• Maintain a prioritized list of data questions and bugs which require further investigation; escalate or delegate as needed to call attention to problems with the input data.
• Evaluate new sources of data and build new pipelines that combine our data in creative ways that drive customer value
• Participate in on-call rotation duties to ensure that data is correct and produced on-time, and to restore service when the pipelines are experiencing an outage

What you’ll need 

• 4 - 6 years of software development experience
• Professional experience with at least one of Hadoop MapReduce and/or Spark data processing pipelines
• Strong algorithms and data structures knowledge
• Professional experience scripting with the Unix/Linux command line or Python
• Experience with cloud computing service providers, such as AWS
• Experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker, Mesos or Kubernetes
• Excellent written communication skills
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, Travis, TeamCity, and CircleCI
• A plus if you have experience at marketing or ad-tech data companies: RTB / real-time bidding. DSP / demand-side platform
• A plus if you have experience with geospatial data processing
• A plus if you have experience with web servers and front-end development
• A plus if you have experience mentoring other software engineers
• Your own unique talents! If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we encourage and welcome you to still apply!

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible PTO - rest and recharge when you need it!
• Industry Leading Healthcare - comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
• Savings and Investments - 401(k) with company match
• Equipment Setup - you will receive all necessary hardware for your job function
• Family Planning and Fertility Programs - programs via Carrot 
• Employee Resource Groups - to help you stay connected
• Hybrid Work Schedule for in-person collaboration on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays beginning April 1, 2024. For roles considered remote, this will not apply.

At Foursquare, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry and market standards.  Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and specific office location.

The annual total cash compensation range is $124,000 - $204,250, however actual salaries can vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills and competencies, as well as location. 

Salary is just one component of Foursquare’s total compensation package, which includes restricted stock units, multiple health insurance options, and a wide range of benefits!

Things to know…

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.

Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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