Senior Backend Engineer

Frequence is the only end-to-end platform for media companies and agencies to grow and automate their advertising sales and operations while integrating owned and operated media. Through its full-stack proposal, workflow, and campaign-management software, Frequence drives revenue with best-in-class tools to sell, optimize, and report omnichannel advertising campaigns.

Frequence is a Madhive Company. Madhive is the leading independent and fully customizable operating system built to help local media organizations build profitable, differentiated, and efficient businesses.  

Learn more about how Madhive and Frequence work together here.

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join one of our cross-functional Agile development teams. In this role, you will be responsible for owning the design and implementation of medium and large features, driving system improvements, and mentoring junior engineers. You will collaborate with team members to deliver high-quality, scalable, enterprise-level software systems, while also playing a key role in influencing the technical direction of the team.

To be successful in this role, you must have strong leadership qualities, a deep understanding of software architecture and design, and the ability to solve complex problems with innovative, scalable solutions. You will thrive in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment where your experience and expertise will be leveraged to shape the future of the engineering team and systems.

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of the design, development, and implementation of medium to large features, ensuring they align with both business and system goals.

• Demonstrate systems thinking by architecting and designing entire systems owned by the team, addressing problems that may span across team boundaries.

• Lead the charge in proposing technology improvements, architectural changes, and large-scale design or implementation enhancements.

• Ensure the quality of the codebase through thorough code reviews and mentoring, influencing the team’s approach to design and coding standards.

• Lead and execute on process improvements, standards, and tools to streamline engineering practices.

• Research, propose, and implement technical solutions for long-standing technical debt and operational challenges.

• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in production systems, and optimize for performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to their technical growth while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.

• Drive results and alignment with leadership on key team goals, business metrics, and execution strategies.

Who you are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience with backend or full-stack software engineering, with a proven track record of delivering complex software systems.

• Proficient in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, C#, Java, Kotlin, Rust, etc.), with broad experience in solving problems and building systems.

• Experience delivering SaaS software and a strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle.

• Expertise in software design patterns, systems architecture, and API development (including REST or gRPC).

• Deep understanding of secure development principles and experience implementing security best practices.

• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, and a solid grasp of data modeling and performance optimization techniques.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and solve problems with minimal guidance, while also collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a commitment to fostering a positive and productive team culture.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have, but not necessary

• Golang experience

• GCP experience

• Adtech experience

Why Frequence?

Frequence is a dynamic, diverse, innovative, and friendly place to work. We embrace our differences and believe they fuel our creativity. We come from varied backgrounds and think that’s important. Whether it’s taking ideas from previous lives and applying them in different ways or creating something completely new, we are all trail-blazing team players who think big and want to make an impact. 

We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion and collaboration. We welcome diversity in education, culture, opinions, race, ethnicity, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Please be advised that we will NOT be using third-party recruiting agencies for this search.