Software Engineer, Kargo
$135-150k
Mobile advertisement platform
Open for applications
Mobile advertisement platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$135-150k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Kargo's mission is to empower advertisers to break convention and build connections with consumers on the most important screen today—the phone.
Role
Who you are
- Empathy and a deep respect for the power of collaboration
- Motivation to learn and adapt to both emerging and existing design patterns, coding practices, and tools
- Ability to identify and build upon design patterns of an existing codebase
- Actively utilizes time-boxing strategies and understands business requirements while debugging code issues; knows when to reach out to the team for further assistance
- Ability to comprehend and communicate complex requirements and issues to colleagues of varying technical backgrounds
- Can mentor other other team members
- 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle, including QA and deployment processes
- Experience in a team setting and is comfortable with pairing as well as giving and receiving code reviews
- Experience with writing automated tests and is comfortable with performing additional QA support when needed
- Strong command of a major modern programming language (some we work with are Golang, JavaScript/NodeJS, PHP, and Python) but it’s not vital that it’s one that we work with right now
- Experience with cloud technologies is a plus e.g. (AWS, Apache Airflow, Dockerized Kubernetes environments)
- Experience with querying large datasets to better understand trends, optimize delivery, and troubleshoot issues
- Comfortable with modern web developer tools for inspecting complicated publisher web pages
- Experience in working with product teams and designers to deliver a great experience to users or customers
- A strong belief that computers are fun
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer at Kargo, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary video team which involves client-side and server-side engineering across multiple technology stacks, frameworks, and languages
- Work on systems that handle billions of ad requests to help clients deliver and make informed decisions from millions of ads
- Iterate and innovate on video ad delivery, measurement, and management across a variety of technology stacks
- Collaborate with a great team to grow your technical and subject matter expertise. You will be involved in the full lifecycle of full stack development, from ideation to to delivery of high quality, best in class capabilities which give our team and customers the edge in the market
- Work in a truly agile environment where team members are encouraged to collaborate on planning process while also have the freedom to address emergent needs
Our take
The way in which advertisers reach out to their audiences has changed dramatically over the last decade, primarily due to the invention of the smartphone. Whilst mobile ads have existed since the beginning of smartphones, most rely on technology that was built for desktops, resulting in bad advertising and missed opportunities.
Kargo provides a mobile advertising platform for marketers and publishers, helping them to deliver better business outcomes by leveraging advertising technology designed specifically for mobile. The company achieves this by directly integrating optimized impressions from the best-performing publishers within its specialized supply, using tangible identity metrics to analyze and improve advertiser KPIs, and overall facilitating personalized and mobile-optimized advertising.
The company acquired Videobyte (a video advertising platform for Connected TV) in early 2023 to expand operations into the relatively young digital TV industry and its lucrative TV formats. Bringing video, publisher tools, and unique formats to Kargo's omnichannel, this acquisition indicates a diversification of mediums for the advertising provider, who already has a firm grip on both mobile and desktop advertising platforms.
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Company values
- Self Starter - Take initiative. Prioritize the best possible outcomes for our clients and our company. Work confidently and independently, anticipate and embrace challenges and learn from setbacks. Be the go-to resource for colleagues and clients
- Team Player - Work together. Trust, empower and champion each other to cultivate the best ideas and optimize performance. Listen actively, engage respectfully and share ownership and accountability. Be collaborative and inclusive in ideation, decision making and execution
- Innovator - Be brave. Challenge the status quo to make Kargo and its clients stand out from the crowd. Leverage unique perspectives to drive the company and industry forward. Be a change agent and thought leader and inspire others to do the same
Company HQ
Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Leadership
Karry Kargman
(CEO)Experience as Corporate Business Developer for Intel Venture and Corporate Strategist for Intertainer.
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