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Software Engineer II, Ad Engineering

Job in Washington, District of Columbia, 20022, USA
Listing for: The Washington Post
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-30
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Backend Developer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 98800 - 164600 USD Yearly USD 98800.00 164600.00 YEAR
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.
Qualifications
  • 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.
Compensation

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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