Staff Backend Engineer, Forward Deployed
•Foxglove· 7h
EngineeringFull-time$220k-240kAmericas
7h ago
Topsort·10 months ago
We're quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!
About Topsort
At Topsort, we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.
Today, Topsort has 6 major hubs worldwide, and employees in 13+ countries, including Menlo Park, Boston, Santiago Chile, São Paulo Brazil, Barcelona Spain, and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic that’s had rapid growth since out of a genius product, a customer-first mentality, and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021, we’ve gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps in 40+ countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.
Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact, being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning? Let’s do the unimaginable - let’s make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern technology.
Why Topsort? Why now?
Topsort is changing the way Retail Media works. By joining our scaling team, you'll feel your impact from day 1. The processes and messaging you build today will be a critical part of our foundation as we accelerate toward 200 Topsorters worldwide, and your innovations will leave a lasting mark on the industry, as a whole. Retail Media is on the verge of a new era, and Topsort is gathering the ecosystem together to shape a brighter future. Joining us now, you'll work directly alongside our co-founders and founding members to bring on Retail Media 3.0. If you're looking to define your career as something greater than yourself, come scale with us.
What it’s like to work at Topsort
At Topsort, we communicate openly and move fast. We say things as they are, challenge each other early, and embrace feedback with curiosity—it’s how we build better, faster. Every experiment has a purpose, and every outcome helps us make the next decision smarter. There’s no single formula for success here; we find what works, improve it, and scale it.
We’re collaborative internally and competitive externally—never the other way around. The pace is quick, sometimes a 100-mph kind of fast, and that’s what keeps it exciting. We act with intent, lift each other up, and turn bold ideas into real results. No endless meetings here—if it can be done today, it gets done today.
What is this role like?
As a Mid Level Software Developer at Topsort you will build back-end services, APIs, and front-end experiences to support our mission: democratizing auction-based infrastructure for all marketplaces. Our first product is sponsored listings as a service. We automate and simplify auctions so that any advertiser, especially small ones, can compete successfully. It’s not easy. We use our game and auction theory expertise; implement real-time, scalable, always-available systems; and build an intuitive, easy-to-use UI for managing campaigns.
What We Think You Need to Be Successful
We’re open to candidates who don’t check every box but show strong potential.
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What We Value
At Topsort, we seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward:
Do you sound like the right fit? Let's dive right in!