Software Engineer

About Placer.ai

Placer.ai is a fast-growing high growth, big data pre-IPO company led by seasoned executives and repeat entrepreneurs who are building the world's first "Google Analytics for the physical world." Placer.ai’s platform provides instant visibility into any property in the U.S., presenting accurate details about visitation patterns and demographic breakdowns of visitors. Placer.ai’s customers can see where visitors have been before, where they go afterwards, where they typically go for sports, entertainment, groceries, etc., and what their interests are. Placer.ai's A.I.-based SaaS platform replaces archaic solutions such as manual surveys, installed cameras and other people-counting systems, creating a blue ocean market of more than $100B+.

Placer.ai has grown 3x year-over-year for the past 3 years, counting more than 4,000 paying customers across a range of industries, including 2 of the world’s top-10 retailers, 2 of the top-10 CPG firms worldwide, a world’s top hospitality firm, 2 of the world’s top-10 commercial real estate (CRE) firms and 2 of the world’s top multinational asset managers and hedge funds. Placer.ai has just raised $100M for Unicorn ($1B+) valuation in Series C funding.

Summary

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Automation group, focused on designing and developing robust tools and frameworks that streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and enable scalable automation across our systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automation tools and frameworks to support internal teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify workflow inefficiencies and propose automated solutions.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability of developed tools.
• Integrate tools with existing systems and infrastructure to enhance overall productivity.
• Document solutions, provide technical support, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  
  

• Educational background in Computer Science or Software/Computer Engineering
• 5 years of experience working as a software engineer or in a similarl technical role.
• Highly motivated, independent, and analytical, with a curious mindset and a drive for continuous learning.
• Validate data integrity using SQL and NoSQL queries (e.g., MongoDB), and analyze large-scale datasets.
• Work in complex, multi-component software environments involving backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support a best-in-class product development process.
  
  

• Practical knowledge of Python, MongoDB, Tableau, Spark, or REST APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or similar.
• Hands-on experience in Frontend development (e.g., React, Angular, or similar frameworks)
  
  

• Join a rocketship! We are pioneers of a new market that we are creating
• Take a central and critical role at Placer.ai
• Work with, and learn from, top-notch talent
• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits
  
  

• Placer.ai in a nutshell
• Placer.ai's recent $100M round C funding (unicorn valuation!)
• Placer.ai's data
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