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Senior Software Development Engineer (IC4) - Edge Infrastructure

Remote · United States or Chicago, Illinois, United States

Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Unknown

Job Summary

Senior Software Development Engineer (IC4) focused on edge infrastructure, privacy compliance, and globally deployed systems. Owns mission-critical, high-availability deployments with automated QA and CI/CD gates, leads technical initiatives, and collaborates with program managers and customer stakeholders to drive architecture, rollout strategies, and risk mitigation for consent/privacy-related features across global properties.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software development at a senior level
  • Production, hands-on C and C++ (plus Python and WASM toolchain exposure)
  • Direct work on high-performance HTTP proxies (Apache Traffic Server, Nginx) or CDNs
  • Linux kernel / systems-level troubleshooting and crash analysis
  • Ownership of a mission-critical, globally-deployed system, including automated test suites and CI/CD quality gates
  • Strong, hands-on experience with C, C++, Python, and WASM toolchains
  • Strong working knowledge of HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2, including headers, cookies, caching, and connection handling in the context of edge proxies
  • Direct experience with high-performance HTTP proxies (ATS or Nginx) or CDNs
  • Solid understanding of the Linux kernel, networking, and systems-level troubleshooting
  • Good understanding of crash analysis
  • Practical experience building comprehensive automated test suites and integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical systems
  • Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and complex problem-solving in high-risk production environments
  • Strong awareness of system dependencies and business impact, with experience managing complexity and tradeoffs
  • Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to translate complex technical and legal requirements to non-technical audiences
  • Hands-on experience with third-party CDN platforms such as Cloudflare or Fastly, including WASM-based edge solutions
  • Familiarity with consent and privacy management platforms (e.g. Didomi) and global privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA
  • Experience designing bucketed or percentage-based rollout controls for safe, gradual global deployments
  • Prior experience mentoring peers and guiding dependent engineering teams
  • Maintain full technical ownership of the customer’s cookie and consent management plugin, including its deployment, performance, and stability across all consuming properties
  • Formalize and drive the technical roadmap and operational excellence for the system, leading the design and architecture of medium-to-large components and driving cross-team standardization
  • Serve as the technical lead for high-risk, cross-functional consent and compliance rollouts that directly impact advertising revenue and legal requirements, and design and implement proactive risk-mitigation strategies such as bucketed or percentage-based rollout controls
  • Lead strategic initiatives such as third-party CDN proofs of concept (e.g., Cloudflare and Fastly WASM-based solutions) to establish repeatable, portable architectural patterns for the customer’s edge organization
  • Establish system guardrails and improve core system quality, including comprehensive automated test coverage and platform-agnostic testing frameworks to eliminate critical regressions and ensure service stability
  • Translate complex technical and legal requirements across privacy, legal, and advertising teams, and provide mentorship and guidance to peers and dependent teams
  • Translate ambiguous, high-level business and compliance needs into reliable, globally-deployed system solutions
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