Senior Software Engineer II
Company websitekargo.com (Kargo, opens in new tab)
Base salary $185K to $200K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York, NY
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- LocationNew York, NY
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Kargo creates powerful moments of connection between brands and consumers to build businesses. Every day, our dynamic teams work to radically raise the bar on what agentic AI, CTV, eCommerce, social, and mobile can do to deliver unique ad experiences across the world’s most premium platforms. Taking a Creative Science approach to all we do, we continuously innovate solutions that outperform industry benchmarks and client expectations. Kargo is growing rapidly and currently has offices in NYC, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland.
Who We Hire
Techies who want to build the future. Creatives who want to design it better. Communicators to win business. Collaborators to build it. Data pros who turn numbers into insights. Product builders who turn ideas into innovations. Anyone eager to be on a team that doesn’t stop to ask what’s next, because they’re already building it.
The Opportunity
The Kargo Workflow Platform powers our entire AdTech engine, and we're modernizing it. As a Senior Engineer on the team, you'll design and build distributed services that are reliable, observable, and built to last — owning projects end-to-end and partnering across engineering, product, and data. We're looking for a self-starter who finds problems, frames them, and fixes them, and who makes the engineers around them better in the process.
The Daily To-Do
- Design and build distributed services for the Workflow Platform modernization, thinking about failure modes, retry logic, and observability from the start
- Own significant projects end-to-end — from design through deployment and post-launch optimization — with minimal hand-holding
- Improve platform health through latency reductions, fault tolerance, and observability enhancements with measurable outcomes
- Use AI-assisted development tools fluently to ship faster, and actively share what's working with teammates
- Raise the quality bar through code reviews and design discussions, contributing well-reasoned opinions
- Partner with Product, Data, and cross-functional stakeholders, translating fluently between technical and non-technical
- Mentor less experienced engineers through pairing, documentation, and patient, constructive guidance
Qualifications
- 5–8 years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time in distributed or high-scale backend systems
- Strong proficiency in at least one modern, high-performance language; TypeScript and/or Golang strongly preferred
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: consistency, availability, fault tolerance, event-driven architecture, and service orchestration
- Experience building and maintaining microservices in production at meaningful scale; async messaging (Kafka, Pub/Sub) or workflow engines a strong plus
- Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and debugging production issues using monitoring and distributed tracing
- Active user of AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, or equivalent) with real, demonstrated productivity gains
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience; AdTech, programmatic, or real-time systems experience a plus
In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency laws, the anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for variable compensation — either the Kargo Sales Incentive Plan (sales roles) or an annual discretionary bonus (all other roles). Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, education, and skills.
U.S Salary Range
$185,000—$200,000 USD
What We're Proud Of
- AdAge Best Places to Work
- ThinkLA Partner of the Year
- Built In Best Places to Work
- Cynopsis 2025 Top Women in Media - Jeannine Shao Collins
- Martech Breakthrough Awards - Best Overall Adtech Company
- Digiday Media Awards Best Event
- Cynopsis Media Impact Awards-Best CTV Platform
- Martech Breakthrough Awards-CTV Innovation
- Adweek Media Plan of the Year Awards - Best Use of Insights
Following Our Lead
- Big Picture: kargo.com
- The Latest: Instagram (@kargo.hq) and LinkedIn (Kargo)
Source: Kargo on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($185,000) is above 63% of the 955 Software Engineering roles in New York listed on this site; 4 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $175,000; the middle half runs from $145,000 to $200,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSenior Software Engineer II$185K to $200K
Staff Software Engineer (Backend)$180K to $230K
Senior Analytics Engineer$172,994 to $192,994
Machine Learning Engineer$172,994 to $192,994
Principal Engineer$200K to $230K
Staff Engineer, Karlo Platform$200K to $220K
Associate Director, Inventory Partnerships$135K to $150K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer II (this listing) | $185K - $200K |
| Staff Software Engineer (Backend) | $180K - $230K |
| Senior Analytics Engineer | $172,994 - $192,994 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $172,994 - $192,994 |
| Principal Engineer | $200K - $230K |
| Staff Engineer, Karlo Platform | $200K - $220K |
| Associate Director, Inventory Partnerships | $135K - $150K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-08-28
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: New York, NY
$185,000—$200,000 USD
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
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