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Samsung Ads is hiring: Data Engineer, Samsung Ads in Mountain View

Samsung Ads · Mountain View, CA, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

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 Data Engineers at all experience levels to join the Performance & Reach engineering organization within Samsung Ads. You will contribute to the foundational data systems that power our Performance Ads and Reach Demand product lines, working with large-scale advertising datasets to support campaign delivery, reporting, and billing for global advertisers.


You'll work closely with Product, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Application Engineering teams to deliver production-grade data solutions. This position offers significant growth opportunities and mentoring, with the potential to advance into technical leadership roles.


Key Responsibilities


  • Contribute to scalable, high-performance data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and analytics across large-scale advertising datasets
  • Support development and optimization of data models for reporting, billing, and campaign delivery systems
  • Participate in building and maintaining batch and real-time data processing workflows handling billions of events daily
  • Help ensure data quality, completeness, and accuracy through automated validation frameworks and reconciliation checks
  • Contribute to Snowflake optimization including query performance and cost-efficient data processing patterns
  • Support workflow orchestration for multi-stage data pipelines
  • Follow engineering standards for CI/CD pipelines, test coverage, and deployment quality gates


Technical Growth & Leadership


  • Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-site teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
  • Participate in architecture and design reviews for data systems
  • Learn and apply data engineering best practices and operational excellence
  • Develop prototypes and contribute to proofs of concept
  • Adopt AI-assisted development practices and GenAI tool adoption


Qualifications


  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience
  • Programming experience in Python; Golang and Java preferred; Scala nice to have
  • Understanding of data technologies including Snowflake, Spark, and SQL
  • Experience with or eagerness to learn streaming data systems such as Kafka, Flink, or Kinesis
  • Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow) or willingness to learn
  • Understanding of data modeling and software engineering best practices
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with growth mindset
  • Entry Level (0-2 years): New graduates or early-career professionals with relevant coursework, internships, or personal projects
  • Mid Level (2-5 years): Solid experience with data systems and data engineering
  • Senior Level (5+ years): Proven track record of building and operating large-scale data systems with technical leadership experience


Preferred Qualifications


  • Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Background in digital advertising, programmatic systems, or ad measurement platforms
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Experience with data quality frameworks and automated validation pipelines
  • Knowledge of statistical methods and data-driven performance analysis
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD automation
  • Experience with large-scale reporting, data warehousing, or billing systems


Why Join Samsung Ads


  • Work with world-class datasets and large-scale systems powering billions of ad impressions daily
  • Contribute to the foundational data platform that drives decision-making across the entire advertising business
  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary and cross-site teams driving the next generation of connected TV and digital advertising
  • Grow your career with mentoring opportunities, technical leadership development, and advancement paths
  • Be part of a global, high-performance culture that values creativity, innovation, and ownership
  • Learn from industry experts and work on cutting-edge technology 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 $150,000 ~ $170,000 base. 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