Lead Platform Engineer, GoLang – Samsung Ads

Lead Platform Engineer (GoLang), Samsung Ads

About Samsung Ads:

Samsung Ads is a fast-growing, advanced advertising technology business that helps brands connect with audiences across Samsung Smart TVs and digital ecosystems. By leveraging the industry’s most comprehensive data and world-class technology, we’re building one of the most intelligent and effective advertising platforms in the world.

As part of a global company with teams and stakeholders across North America, Europe, and Asia, Samsung Ads offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge, high-impact projects at scale. Our culture is rooted in innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial energy — we thrive on solving complex problems, pushing boundaries, and celebrating progress together.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to drive the design and delivery of large-scale DSP and Reporting systems within the Samsung Ads Ad Solutions team. In this role, you will leverage Samsung’s proprietary datasets and advanced technologies to build scalable, data-intensive products that power campaign delivery, performance measurement, and reporting for global advertisers.

You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and collaborate closely with Product, Data, and Machine Learning teams to deliver impactful, production-grade solutions. This is a high-visibility role with direct influence on the evolution of Samsung’s advertising platform and its global business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Lead a team of engineers to design, implement, and deploy production-grade DSP and reporting systems with measurable business impact.
• Architecture & Design: Define scalable, high-performance architectures for data pipelines, reporting APIs, and platform services.
• Cross-Functional & Cross-Site Collaboration: Partner with Product, Data, and ML teams across multiple global engineering sites (e.g., MTV, SRIB, SRPOL, HQ) to translate business goals into technical roadmaps, ensure architectural alignment, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Data Engineering: Work with data engineering teams to develop and optimize large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and analytics pipelines.
• Product Reliability: Ensure platform reliability and operational excellence through automation, monitoring, and proactive system health checks.
• Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship and foster a culture of code quality, performance, and innovation.
• Rapid Prototyping: Develop quick prototypes and proofs of concept to validate new ideas and accelerate innovation.
• External Collaboration: Engage with technology partners and vendors to integrate advanced data and reporting tools into the Samsung Ads ecosystem.

Qualifications:

• Master’s or PHD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience with a proven record of building and leading large-scale distributed systems (8 years).
• Proficiency in Golang required; Python and Java preferred; Scala nice to have.
• Strong experience with big data technologies such as Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce, and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
• Strong understanding of data modeling, distributed systems, and software engineering best practices.
• Working knowledge of statistical methods and data-driven performance analysis.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills with a track record of cross-functional and cross-site influence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or equivalent.
• Background in digital advertising, programmatic DSP systems, or real-time bidding (RTB) environments.
• Experience with streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Kinesis.
• Prior involvement in large-scale reporting, data warehousing, or ad measurement systems.

Why Join Samsung Ads:

• Work with world-class datasets and large-scale systems powering billions of ad impressions daily.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary and cross-site teams driving the next generation of connected TV and digital advertising.
• Be part of a global, high-performance culture that values creativity, innovation, and ownership.
• Grow your technical leadership and business impact in one of the most dynamic sectors in tech.

Compensation for this role, for candidates based in Mountain View, CA, is expected to be between $190,000 ~ $215,000. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role. Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.