Proximity Works

We are looking for a highly skilled Data Engineer. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Big Data technologies, with a strong foundation in distributed data processing, real-time pipelines, and large-scale data systems. You will design, build, and optimize data solutions that power insights, reporting, and decision-making for our advertising ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain large-scale data pipelines to support Ads reporting, attribution, and analytics use cases.
• Work extensively with Hive, Spark, SQL, Scala, and Kafka to process and manage petabyte-scale datasets.
• Optimize data workflows for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with data scientists, product managers, and platform engineers to deliver high-quality, reliable datasets and APIs.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across multiple data sources.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in real-time streaming pipelines and batch data jobs.
• Continuously evaluate new technologies to enhance the Ads Data platform.

Requirements

• Strong programming experience in Scala (preferred), Java, or Python.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark (batch & streaming) for large-scale data processing.
• Proficiency in Hive, SQL, and data modeling for analytical workloads.
• Experience working with Kafka for real-time event streaming.
• Solid understanding of Big Data ecosystems (S4, Hive, Presto, Delta etc.).
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Nice to Have

• Experience in AdTech, Attribution, or Campaign Analytics.
• Familiarity with cloud-based big data solutions (AWS EMR, GCP BigQuery, Databricks, etc.).
• Familiarity with scheduling services like AirFlow
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.

Benefits

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer who excels at building high-performance, scalable, and user-friendly interfaces. You will be responsible for developing new software products, solving complex technical challenges, and delivering high-quality, maintainable front-end code. This role requires a deep understanding of modern frontend technologies, with a strong focus on ReactJS, along with leadership and collaboration skills.

At Proximity, you won’t just build interfaces — you’ll own features end-to-end, collaborate with brilliant peers across design and product, and contribute to the design system that powers experiences for 370M+ daily users.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver end-to-end features ensuring performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Build reusable components & libraries, shaping our evolving design system.
• Translate UI/UX designs into high-quality, efficient, maintainable code
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to create seamless user-facing features.
• Write clean, testable, and documented code, contributing to best practices and code reviews.
• Stay curious and constantly push the boundaries by exploring new technologies and frameworks.
• Develop new user-facing features using ReactJS, ensuring a smooth and responsive user experience.
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a wide array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers and backend developers to improve usability and design.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, ensuring the application adheres to best practices.
• Write clear, maintainable, and testable code.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct knowledge-sharing sessions, and contribute to the hiring process.
• Work with product managers and stakeholders to define project requirements and break down complex problems into manageable tasks.
• Ensure timely delivery of project milestones, maintaining high-quality standards.
• Maintain a focus on performance, scalability, and SEO optimization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in software development, with extensive expertise in ReactJS and its core principles.
• Strong proficiency in React.js/Next.js and modern JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and CSSOM.
• In-depth knowledge of modern front-end development practices, including state management libraries (such as Redux or Flux).
• Experience with RESTful APIs and frontend build pipelines and tools.
• Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms (e.g., JSON Web Tokens).
• Proficiency in code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of features from design to production, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of SEO principles and ensuring frontend applications adhere to them.
• Experience with responsive and adaptive design, ensuring compatibility across different devices and browsers.
• Deep understanding of browser internals and performance optimization.
• Solid grasp of design & architecture patterns.
• Enthusiasm for learning and contributing in a high-energy team environment.
• Immediate availability to join our remote-first team

Desired Skills:

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with modern front-end build tools and methodologies.
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Open-source contributions or public projects that showcase your craft.

Benefits

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

About us

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world! We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has created and grown high-impact, scalable products used by 370 million daily users, with a total net worth of $45.7 billion among our client companies.

Today, we are a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks, and experts. We solve complex problems and build cutting-edge tech, at scale. Our team of Proxonauts is growing quickly, which means your impact on the company’s success will be huge. You’ll have the chance to work with experienced leaders who have built and led multiple tech, product, and design teams.

We’re seeking a highly skilled, execution-focused Senior Backend Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience to join our team. This role demands hands-on expertise in building and scaling distributed systems, strong proficiency in Java and GoLang, and deep knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure. You will be expected to design robust backend services, optimize performance across storage and caching layers, and enable seamless integrations using modern messaging and CI/CD pipelines.

You’ll be working in a high-scale, high-impact environment where reliability, speed, and efficiency are paramount. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and have a passion for distributed systems, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed backend systems at scale.
• Write high-performance, production-grade code in Java and GoLang
• Architect and optimize storage systems, ensuring efficient query performance and scalable data models.
• Implement caching strategies to reduce latency and improve system throughput.
• Build and manage services leveraging AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop resilient messaging pipelines using Kafka (or equivalent) for real-time data processing.
• Define and streamline CI/CD pipelines, ensuring rapid and reliable deployment cycles.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and apply proactive fixes.
• Drive best practices in software engineering, testing, and code reviews.

Key focus areas include:

• Performance optimization, reliability, and low-latency API design
• Microservices architecture and cloud-native development (Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD)
• Experience with large-scale systems, monitoring, and performance profiling
• Deep understanding of concurrency,
• JVM tuning, and scalable data handling

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with deep hands-on coding experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and GoLang and familiarity with modern frameworks.
• Proven track record in building scalable distributed systems.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS).
• Solid understanding of messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Strong grasp of query performance optimization and storage system design.
• Experience with caching solutions (Redis, Memcached, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive mindset.

Benefits:

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

About Us

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world! We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has created and grown high-impact, scalable products used by 370 million daily users, with a total net worth of $45.7 billion among our client companies.

Today, we are a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks, and experts. We solve complex problems and build cutting-edge tech, at scale. Our team of Proxonauts is growing quickly, which means your impact on the company’s success will be huge. You’ll have the chance to work with experienced leaders who have built and led multiple tech, product, and design teams.

We’re seeking a highly skilled, execution-focused Data Scientist with 4–10 years of experience to join our team. This role demands hands-on expertise in fine-tuning and deploying generative AI models across image, video, and audio domains — with a special focus on lip-sync, character consistency, and automated quality evaluation frameworks. You will be expected to run rapid experiments, test architectural variations, and deliver working model iterations quickly in a high-velocity R&D environment.

Responsibilities

• Run end-to-end fine-tuning experiments on state-of-the-art models (Flux family, LoRA, diffusion-based architectures, context-based composition).
• Develop and optimize generative AI models for audio generation and lip-sync, ensuring high fidelity and natural delivery.
• Extend current language models to support regional Indian languages beyond US/UK English for audio and content generation.
• Enable emotional delivery in generated audio (shouting, crying, whispering) to enhance realism.
• Integrate and synchronize background scores seamlessly with generated video content.
• Work towards achieving video quality standards comparable to Veo3/Sora.
• Ensure consistency in scenes and character generation across multiple outputs.
• Design and implement an automated objective evaluation frameworks to replace subjective human review — for cover images, video frames, and audio clips. Implement scoring systems that standardize quality checks before editorial approval.
• Run comparative tests across multiple model architectures to evaluate trade-offs in quality, speed, and efficiency.
• Drive initiatives independently, showcasing high agency and accountability. Utilize strong first-principle thinking to tackle complex challenges.
• Apply a research-first approach with rapid experimentation in the fast-evolving Generative AI space.

Requirements

• 4-10 years of experience in Data Science, with a strong focus on Generative AI.
• Familiarity with state-of-the-art models in generative AI (e.g., Flux, diffusion models, GANs).
• Proven expertise in developing and deploying models for audio and video generation.
• Demonstrated experience with natural language processing (NLP), especially for regional language adaptation.
• Experience with model fine-tuning and optimization techniques.
• Hands-on exposure to ML deployment pipelines (FastAPI or equivalent).
• Strong programming skills in Python and relevant deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience in designing and implementing automated evaluation metrics for generative content.
• A portfolio or demonstrable experience in projects related to content generation, lip-sync, or emotional AI is a plus.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to research and experimentation.

Benefits

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

About us

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world! We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has created and grown high-impact, scalable products used by 370 million daily users, with a total net worth of $45.7 billion among our client companies.

Today, we are a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks, and experts. We solve complex problems and build cutting-edge tech, at scale. Our team of Proxonauts is growing quickly, which means your impact on the company’s success will be huge. You’ll have the chance to work with experienced leaders who have built and led multiple tech, product, and design teams.

Proximity is fully distributed team of developers, designers, product nerds and geeks building cutting edge tech at the intersection of growth and speed.

We're currently looking for a creative and strategic Social Media Manager to join our growing team. You need to have a talent for telling stories through copy, images, and video, and a deep understanding of how to build and maintain an identity online. As the first hire in our Marketing/Social Media department, you will need to straddle multiple roles, be proactive, and have the ability to work cross-functionally while managing various projects.

• Staying up to date with the latest social media best practices and technologies.
• Creating quick content for social media, as well as more infrequent (but important) long form content for our blogs/newsletters.
• Identifying all the key platforms our brand needs to be active on, and then creating a plan to make it happen.
• Planning/ writing/shooting/scheduling and optimizing daily posts across multiple social platforms. Remember that we are a remote team with few opportunities to meet in-person, conduct photoshoots, etc. You need to be able to create content that humanizes the team regardless of this challenge.
• Maintaining and communicating a consistent brand online. You need to understand who we are and ensure that everything we put out aligns with our identity. You will create content with an elevated aesthetic that is in-line with our brand, and write clear, engaging copy.
• Engaging our audience online in real-time conversation, and identifying more opportunities to do so.
• Delivering data informed performance reports that measure both post level performance trends and broad reach and business impact.
• Working closely with the design, product, and tech teams to create relevant content.
• Designing our growth and awareness strategy with remarkable social campaigns
• Growing the social media and marketing team as needed

• Proven work experience in social media and community management.
• Excellent written communication skills. You can write fun, short captions, as well as clear long form content.
• A great eye for design. Even if you're not a designer, you have an intuitive understanding of what looks good and what does not.
• Basic graphic design and photo editing skills. We have a design team that will provide you with templates and basic brand guidelines, but in general, you will be overseeing and executing all social media content with the support of a visual designer.
• Good judgment and impeccable taste. You have an intuitive understanding of what's cool and what's not. You speak fluent internet, avoid corporate brand speak, and are able to recognize and engage with trends early. You are casual without being frivolous, and never, ever cringey.
• Ideas and opinions about how we can build our online presence, and can offer constructive criticism when you disagree with how things are being done.
• The ability to work independently, be proactive, and thrive in a fast paced environment.

• Illustration or motion/video skills
• Prior experience managing paid marketing campaigns.

• 100% Remote: Work from anywhere you please
• Flexible Timings: Set your own hours, and create a productive schedule that works for you.
• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Keep learning with a world class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new everyday.

Proximity is a fully distributed team of developers, designers, product nerds, and geeks building cutting-edge tech at the intersection of growth and speed.

We are looking for a Senior UI & UX Designer capable of handling product design projects at a high level. You will work closely with both client and in-house product/design/dev teams on mid-to-long term projects. The ideal candidate should be comfortable with all aspects of UI & UX design, have excellent product thinking and problem-solving abilities, good written and verbal communication skills, and a keen aesthetic sense.

• Developing and conceptualizing a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the projects you're assigned to.
• Producing high-quality design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, and prototypes.
• Creating a distinctive UI language based on visual identity guidelines of the brands you're working with.
• Creating design systems for mobile and web products, along with visual design systems in the form of illustrated/photography-based graphics.
• Testing and evaluating designs and flows using various testing tools.
• Looking at user data and identifying issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborating with the development team to ensure proper implementation of your designs.

• A portfolio of professional UI and UX design work for both web and mobile platforms.
• A thorough understanding of all stages of UI and UX design, with the ability to execute a project from start to finish.
• A basic understanding of various data and analytics tools like Google Analytics, MixPanel, Maze etc.
• Mastery over Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, and Illustrator, and some familiarity with basic motion graphics (After Effects).
• A good understanding of web and mobile technologies. You know how HTML, CSS, JS, iOS, and Android systems work, even if you can't code.
• The ability to be a team player, but you're comfortable working independently too.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks strategically.
• The ability to learn and pick up new software, plugins, or technologies easily and quickly.
• A keen eye for design standards and quality.
• A strong work ethic, high levels of self-motivation, and a willingness to over-communicate about work in order to make a remote environment more productive.
• The ability to work and collaborate remotely.

• Illustration/art skills
• 3D modeling skills
• Animation/advanced motion graphics skills
• UX Writing or general writing skills
• Brand design skills
• Experience using any other tools like Webflow, Airtable, Zapier, Mailchimp, etc.

• 100% Remote: Work from anywhere you please, as long as you have access to fast internet and a comfortable, distraction-free workspace.
• Flexible Timings: Set your own hours, and create a productive schedule that works for you.
• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• Keep learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance and maintainable code
• Solve complex technical problems
• Perform an objective analysis of the problem statement and come up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code
• Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Participate in and drive code reviews

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in building production-grade and high-performance applications.
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal-to-no guidance in a fluid environment.
• Must be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable & distributed systems.
• Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and scope and priorities.
• Object-oriented software development experience.
• Experience building Android applications in Java/Kotlin using Android SDK.
• Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences.
• Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques
• Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management.
• Experience with open source libraries like Retrofit, RxJava, Dagger 2, Lottie.

• Experience in Javascript/React JS/Flutter is a plus.
• Bonus points for open-source contributions, side-projects, blog posts, and YT tech videos.

• BS in Computer Science (or related field)
• 4-5 years of relevant work experience