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Software Engineer, Advertising Auction (New Grad)

Facebook is seeking an advertising auction expert to join our engineering team in Palo Alto, CA. The ideal candidate will have a strong academic background in auction theory and mechanism design and industry experience in applying that knowledge to online advertising. The position will be responsible for shaping our rapidly growing online advertising market and adapting existing auction mechanisms to Facebook's unique environment.

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Responsibilities

  • Propose and test improvements to ad auction and pricing mechanism
  • Propose and test optimizations to ad ranking and allocation algorithms
  • Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team

Requirements

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related field preferred
  • Expert knowledge of algorithmic game theory, auction theory, mechanism design and their applications to online advertising
  • Ability to translate theoretical research into practical applications
  • Experience developing and debugging in C/C++ on *nix
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, PHP, and shell scripts
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