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Software Engineer II, Ad Engineering
Job in
Washington, District of Columbia, 20022, USA
Listed on 2026-06-30
Listing for:
The Washington Post
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-30
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Backend Developer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About the Software Engineer Role
The Washington Post is hiring a Software Engineer to join its Ad Engineering team. The team works with product, business intelligence, and advertising to develop innovative software that maximizes revenue through digital advertising.
Responsibilities- Partner with senior engineers and product managers to build and maintain products that directly drive revenue.
- Build best practices for the use of and integration with AI across complex projects and multi‑team systems.
- Work with sales and operational experts to build tools that increase their effectiveness.
- Develop code supporting standard ad systems, programmatic platforms, media player experiences, and games pages.
- 2+ years of experience building and delivering highly‑performant, customer‑facing applications.
- Proficiency in modern JavaScript development principles, especially strongly‑typed systems and architectures.
- Hands‑on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining systems using AWS services such as ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda.
- Exposure to Dev Ops technologies like Docker and CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline.
- Familiarity with digital advertising platforms such as Prebid, Google Ad Manager, and Prebid Server platforms is desirable but not required.
- Experience writing unit tests and integration tests to ensure code quality.
- Experience with LLM‑based text processing pipelines and ChatGPT‑style APIs for AI‑powered user experiences.
- Experience working with sales teams is a plus.
- Experience with text analysis, especially safety, is a plus.
Salary range: $98,800–$164,600 per year. Bonus or incentive program may apply.
Benefits- Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Company‑paid pension and 401(k) match
- Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and two personal days
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
- Robust mental health resources
- Backup care and caregiver concierge services
- Gender‑affirming services
- Pet insurance
- Free Post digital subscription
- Leadership and career development programs
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