- Senior
- Office in Richfield
Job Description
As the Staff Engineer with the Retail Media Network Ad Engineering, you will lead the technical development and technical strategy of the company's self-service ad platform. This role is responsible for collaborating closely with product, marketing, data science, and external partners to build and optimize a robust, scalable, and innovative ad platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ad technology, programmatic advertising with the ability to drive technical initiatives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You will be a technical leader across multiple products or systems and recognized as an expert and thought leader in this area as well considered a mentor and teacher across squads with the ability to influence outside their direct teams.
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at a Best Buy location and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process. For this role, you must be located within a drivable distance to our office in Richfield, Minnesota.
What you’ll do
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at a Best Buy location and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process. For this role, you must be located within a drivable distance to our office in Richfield, Minnesota.
What you’ll do
- Influence and communicate architectural decisions across multiple systems, balancing technical, analytical, and product considerations
- Solve complex engineering challenges, including debugging, triaging, incident response, and reverse-engineering
- Identify and recommend improvements in the SDLC, support, reliability, and monitoring through tools and standards
- Maintain high standards of system quality, performance, and reliability, ensuring robust custom-built solutions
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, applying best practices to enhance platform capabilities
- Build and nurture strong technical and business relationships, expanding influence across teams and peers
Minimum Requirements
- 5 or more years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree OR equivalent relevant professional experience
- 5 or more years of programming or scripting language experience (Java/Spring, React, Next.js, Typescript)
- 3 or more years of experience building custom systems, cloud environments (GCP & AWS) and architecture design in large environments
- 3 or more years of experience with systems like Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Grafana, Dynatrace and Kubernetes
- 1 or more years of experience with formal or informal Leadership
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 7 or more years of relevant professional experience
- 5 or more years of experience with Cloud Platforms (AWC, GCP)
- 3+ years Experience with Retail Media Networks, Ad Engineering, Ad Servers or Demand Partners
- 5 years experience with engineering custom solutions using modern languages, cloud technologies and SDLC practices and tools.
- Experience working in retail, marketing, or similar technologies and related areas
- Experience with Agile methodologies and modern software development practices including Scrum and Kanban
What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Physical and mental well-being support
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Address Line 1
7601 Penn Avenue South
City
Richfield
State
Minnesota
Zip
55423-8500
Job Level
Individual Contributor
Employment Category
Full time
Brand
Best Buy
Search Categories
Corporate, Digital and Technology
Minimum Pay
118,677.00
Benefits
Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being, as outlined in the Benefits Guide. Eligibility may vary.
Worker Type
Regular
Maximum Pay
212,415.00
