Senior Software Engineer

About Cardlytics
Founded in 2008, Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through our partners' digital reward programs. Join us on our mission to make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone!

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Location: Taipei office (Hybrid, 2-3 days per week)

About the Team
Cardlytics is establishing an engineering hub in Taiwan, and building a productive and innovative engineering team there. This engineering team will be an integral part of the Cardlytics engineering organization. The team will be responsible for the successful software delivery of key products and services, and contribute to the advancement of Cardlytics’ platform and product suite. 

About the Position
Cardlytics is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to report to the Manager of Engineering in Taiwan. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and enhancing scalable, high-performance, and robust software features that power our innovative platform and product suite. You will collaborate with global engineering teams, product managers, and peers to design and implement key products and services that align with the company’s business objectives. 

This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the success of our engineering team in Taiwan while directly impacting the growth of Cardlytics' platform and product offerings

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing new applications and features provide advertisers and publishers with actionable insights and data services.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product managers and engineers, to define, evaluate, and develop software solutions in alignment with business goals

• Writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code to ensure software quality.

• Addressing technical challenges and finding solutions using modern technologies and creative methods

• Participating in code reviews to ensure code quality and consistency.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree preferred in Computer Science or related field

• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality implementations

• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Python, Go or TypeScript

• Great communication and collaboration skills in English

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with implementing and scaling distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures

• Practical experience with AWS ecosystem such as S3, Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, API gateway, Terraform, EMR and others

• Knowledge of programmatic advertising, ad serving platforms, and auction-based systems for targeted advertising

• Experience with large-scale data processing technologies like Scala/Spark, Airflow or real-time systems like Kafka

• Experience leveraging Generative AI technologies, such as LLM, Prompt engineering, RAG and Agentic workflow

Technical Environment

We primarily use macOS and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides). While our preferred platform is macOS, we support both macOS and Windows. Familiarity with or willingness to work within this environment is required.

Core Values

Our shared values are the driving force behind everything we do. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates who embody these values:

• Customer and partner first

• Act with urgency and focus

• Integrity with our partners and data

• Accountability even when challenged

• Empowerment over hierarchy

• Growth over comfort

Benefits and Perks

• Generous annual leave starting at 15 days, plus comprehensive sick, compassionate, and parental leave options

• Rich supplemental health insurance, paid 100% by the company

• Robust peer recognition program

• Quarterly company-wide achievement celebrations and CEO recognition awards

• Free Calm app subscription to support mental wellbeing

• Premium in-office amenities, including complimentary lunches and monthly milestone celebrations

As an equal opportunity employer, Cardlytics is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our people bring our products and organization to life, and every unique perspective makes us better. If you can do the job and you’re excited about growing with us as we scale our best-in-class advertising platform, we’d love to hear from you. If you need accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please email [email protected] or inform your recruiter.