Senior Software Developer Engineer - Paid Media / SEM

Location Details: India, Remote At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​ This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Join Our Team... GoDaddy's Performance Marketing Team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our Paid Media team to build the tools, systems, and automation that power our global marketing operations. Over the past few years, we've unlocked significant productivity gains by automating insights, workflows, and campaign execution—bringing consistency, better hygiene, and a data-first approach to how we operate. Now, we’re taking it further by forming this new team. We’re building production-grade internal tools across search engine marketing, social media advertising, visual ads, and other media channels. We’re leveraging AI to accelerate decision-making, automate creative workflows, and surface insights faster than ever before. At the same time, we’re operating in a messy, real-world enterprise environment—integrating with APIs, working within security constraints, and solving ambiguous business problems through elegant software solutions. This is a software engineering role first, with Paid Media as the domain. You'll write code, deploy to AWS, build data pipelines, create internal tools, and work closely with marketers, analysts, and product teams to turn complex requirements into reliable systems. Beyond the core responsibilities, our team also regularly partners across the organization through cross-functional tiger teams. In these collaborations, we help solve complex, high-priority problems, unblock critical initiatives, and accelerate delivery where the business needs it most. If you love solving problems with code, care about craft and maintainability, and want to see your work drive measurable business impact while we engage with our ~21 million customers, this is the role for you ! What you'll get to do... Build and maintain high-quality internal tools that automate workflows, campaign execution, and reporting across paid media channels (SEM, paid social, display, etc.) Build and deploy data pipelines and integrations that connect marketing platforms such as Google advertising and Meta services with internal systems, dashboards, and analytics tools Leverage AI wherever possible to accelerate development, automate insights, and solve complex problems—staying current with the latest AI innovations and applying them to real business challenges Collaborate alongside marketing professionals, data analysts, and collaborators to understand their workflows, translate vague requirements into technical solutions, and deliver tools that genuinely improve how they work Maintain and enhance existing automation library—including dashboards, scripts, and tools—troubleshooting bugs, improving performance, and ensuring reliability Implement software engineering best practices including testing, code review, documentation, version control (GitHub), and CI/CD workflows Research and evaluate new technologies that can improve our stack, capabilities, or velocity—proposing and prototyping solutions where appropriate Ensure our team continues with a “Shift Left” focus on security. This includes the design and development of systems that can contain sensitive customer information. Your experience should include... 10+ years of proven experience in software engineering, with 5+ years using AWS Strong experience with AWS and experience with some (or all) of the following: Lambda and Step Functions, API Gateway, Fargate, ECS, S3, SQS, SNS, MWAA, Kinesis, Firehose, DynamoDB, RDS, Athena, and Glue. Programming languages: C# / Java or Python, along with SQL and Spark Strong software fundamentals—data structures and algorithms, design, testing, debugging, maintainability, and version control Ability to translate vague business problems into working software and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders Proven track record to work with APIs, data pipelines, and system integrations in real-world enterprise environments Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with a passion for technology and innovation Designing and delivering scalable, production-quality software solutions Having DevOps experience or equivalent experience is a plus, along with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Docker. Experience building CI/CD and server/deployment automation solutions, and container orchestration technologies. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills You might also have... Experience in marketing, AdTech, or analytics domains (Google Ads, Meta, paid media) Familiarity with AI/LLM tools for development (Claude, Cursor, CoPilot, agentic frameworks) or building AI-powered features We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth. We've got your back... We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process. About us... GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us . At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page . We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups ( Culture ). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer . GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy. Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to [email protected]. GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.