Description :

Staff Software Engineer

Our Story

Building a new company in the recession of 2007 was no ordinary task. Yet with passion and foresight, we charted our course, helping to transform the way consumers engage with their phones. Over the last 17 years, InMobi has built a global Advertising Platform that powers our customers growth by helping them engage their audiences and drive real connections.

InMobi has also built a second unicorn, Glance, which is advancing digital consumption and creating a new wave of disruption. Present on 400M devices across India, SEA, Japan and the US Glance is one of the largest content platforms globally with~200M daily active users.

Who are we and What do we do ?

We help advertisers reach and engage with their target audience globally. We do this through a deep understanding of people, which is enabled through our algorithms that respect privacy. Today, some of the world's largest brands, agencies, developers and publishers are creating great value by using our platforms to deliver compelling proposition to their target consumers.

Currently, we provide over 1.4 billion mobile users with relevant advertisements that enable meaningful decisions. We display 10 billion advertisements on a daily basis!

Whats the InMobi family like ?

We are an infectious bunch. Be it the way we rise up to challenges, the cutting edge products we create, the dreams we chase or the fun we have at work. We are sure that if you meet us, you will be infected too. Today, we are proud to be the leaders in Mobile advertising and we are sure to go even higher from here. We invite you to free yourself, dream big and chase your passion. We are here today because a few of us did just that.

What can we promise ?

We offer an opportunity to have immediate impact with the company and our products.

Modern work environment, flexible schedule and smart, creative, down-to-earth people.

Internal opportunities to move roles and try out bridge assignments with different teams.

Food for your soul free meals all days of the week, gym or Yoga class to flex those biceps, cocktails at drink cart Thursdays and fun at work on Funky Fridays.

We even promise to let you bring your kids and pets to work.

What Will You Be Doing ?

- Platform Reliability & Operations : Ensure availability, stability, observability, and scalability of the data platform. Own production issue resolution, RCA, and continuous improvements.

- Architecture & Feature Development : Lead design and delivery of platform features. Make informed choices across data architectures (e.g., batch vs. streaming, Delta vs. Iceberg), orchestration tools (Airflow, Argo), and scalability patterns.

- Performance & Cost Efficiency : Implement best practices for partitioning, indexing, and resource optimization. Drive cost efficiency through FinOps-aligned design and observability.

- Platform Thinking & Governance : Treat platform as a productbalance usability, governance, and adoption. Define and track KPIs for usage, performance, and cost.

- Code Excellence & Engineering Discipline : Write modular, testable, and maintainable code. Build CI/CD pipelines, structured logging, and enable observability and debugging by design.

- Collaboration & Leadership : Collaborate across teams, own stakeholder communication, drive sprint execution, and contribute to documentation. Mentor engineers and influence best practices.

What Do We Expect From You ?

- Experience & Skills : 7- 10 years in platform/data engineering. Proficient in Java Shell, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, observability tools, and Linux-based systems.

- Cloud & Data Ecosystem : Hands-on with Azure/GCP/AWS, modern orchestration tools, data formats (Parquet, Delta, Iceberg), and compute engines (Databricks, Clickhouse, Trino).

- System Design & Optimization : Design scalable, fault-tolerant systems with efficient storage, caching, and cost control. Experience with model serving frameworks is a plus.

- Governance & Reliability : Apply data access policies, SLA/SLO tracking, and schema evolution best practices. Enable monitoring, auditing, and incident management.

- Leadership & Ownership : Take initiative, prioritize business impact, mentor team members, and drive accountability in delivery and technical decision-making.