Senior Software Engineer, Platform

About Cardlytics

Remember that time you got cash back on a cup of coffee through your banking app? That was us

Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We are a product-driven company that cares about three things: our people, our customers, and our partners. Together, we make commerce more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through their banks' digital channels.

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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. The platform engineering group is responsible for the platforms that host production and development systems for Cardlytics. The team is responsible for CI/CD pipelines, software development process automation and production and test systems. This is a critical supporting function that powers all software development, data analytics, and AI/ML product teams at the company.

About The Position

Cardlytics is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to report to the Manager of Engineering in Taiwan. In this role, you will work on software development systems automation and infrastructure and platform as code. The position will be responsible for SDLC automation and IaC management in our AWS environment. This position also requires coordinating with various internal customer teams on organization wide projects.

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:

• Develop, operate, and support SDLC automation
• Provide technical input in the design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure via IaC mechanisms.
• Coordinate with internal customer teams to understand requirements of new products and features.
• Provide input in the design of secure and cost optimal SDLC systems.
• Participate in the evaluation of new technologies and products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience in the field, with a demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality implementations
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD processes, SDLC, familiarity with GitHub automation (GitHub workflows and actions)
• Practical experience with AWS service such as EKS, S3, Lambda, ELB and API gateway
• Great communication and collaboration skills in English
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools. Preferably Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with managing Kubernetes clusters, Karpenter, and Helm
• Experience in observability systems using tools like Grafana or Datadog
• 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 or inform your recruiter.