Support Engineer, OpenX

$85-100k

+ bonus + equity.

PHP
SQL
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Python
Looker
R
Excel
BigQuery
Unix
REST API
Mid and Senior level
Los Angeles
OpenX

Sell-side platform

Posted today

OpenX

Sell-side platform

201-500 employees

B2BEnterpriseMarketplaceBig dataMarketingAdvertising

Posted today

$85-100k

+ bonus + equity.

PHP
SQL
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Python
Looker
R
Excel
BigQuery
Unix
REST API
Mid and Senior level
Los Angeles

201-500 employees

B2BEnterpriseMarketplaceBig dataMarketingAdvertising

Company mission

OpenX's mission is to create awesome programmatic marketplaces.

Role

Who you are

  • At least 3-5+ years of technical support experience
  • BS or equivalent (Computer Science, Engineering, or related) and with a strong academic record
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot complex and non-standard types of issues
  • Strong experience with relational databases, general database concepts, and having the ability to write advanced SQL queries
  • Strong experience in data analysis techniques using Excel, SQL, Google Looker Studio, R or other advanced analytics
  • Strong experience in internet program languages and protocols such as SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and web servers
  • Experience with internet programming and debugging; must be capable of reading, debugging, and editing object-oriented JavaScript, including DOM manipulation
  • Strong understanding of the HTTP protocol, and familiarity with HTTP response codes and their meanings
  • Familiar with common browser-based debugging tools (Chrome Developer Tools, LiveHTTPHeaders, FireBug)
  • Knowledge of any or all of the following programming languages: Python, PHP, Shell Script, XML, REST API
  • Familiarity with CRM or incident tracking systems such as Salesforce.com, Siebel, Remedy, Clarify, etc

Desirable

  • Fundamental knowledge of TCP/IP and basic networking mechanisms
  • Comfortable navigating Unix console and knowledge of general shell commands
  • Experience building debug and testing tools and scripts to simplify investigations
  • Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform services such as BigQuery, Logs Explorer and Cloud Storage

What the job involves

  • The Support Engineer role is an OpenX platform and product “expert” who works to provide creative and timely resolutions for technical issues, product fixes, and enhancements for both internal OpenX commercial teams and external Publisher, DSP, and Buyer partners.
  • We are looking for someone to join this global support team in the US, and they will work Pacific Time Zone hours.
  • This role reports to the VP of Publisher Development & Customer Success Engineering
  • This role works closely with the rest of the global OpenX Support Team, QA, Product, Engineering, Sales, Solutions Architects, and Account Management teams to ensure that OpenX is delivering overall superior service and support.
  • Success in this role hinges on strong cross-functional relationships within OpenX as stakeholders are located across various offices and time zones
  • As a Support Engineer, you will ensure partnership success through achieving, or exceeding, defined SLAs and KPIs, while maintaining the highest levels of customer satisfaction and retention
  • Provide post-implementation support to customers who use the OpenX Exchange, DSP Connection, and OpenAudience Platform, across web, mobile, video, and CTV formats
  • Provide technical support to both supply and demand clients, and internal Account Management, Solutions Architects, Product, Engineering, and Sales teams
  • Manage the support case queue on a daily basis, including case assignment, isolating, reproducing, and diagnosing product behaviors to determine root-cause(s); and implement solutions and workarounds to resolve
  • Leverage OpenX database knowledge to write SQL queries, and scripts to deliver on custom reporting needs for both internal teams and external clients
  • Conduct deep data analysis to solve discrepancies, troubleshoot issues, and provide actionable business insight and recommendations for key stakeholders
  • Build data powered tools and dashboards that create efficiency, reduce SLA’s, and enable cross functional teams to do their jobs effectively
  • Author, edit, publish, and maintain an online knowledge base of articles for known issues, solutions, scripts, and FAQ’s
  • Participate in the design, development, and/or continuous improvements of key processes that facilitate the scaling of our business as our market and products grow

Our take

Programmatic advertising - the automatic placement of advertisements typically conducted via the internet and based on a personalised understanding of viewers’ online profiles - has become a vital tool for every business. OpenX provides the infrastructure for this booming industry with their ad exchange platform.

The company is now focused on adjusting its platforms to reflect the values of the modern society it is doing so much to shape. That means accepting tough but fair multi-million dollar FTC fines for data breaches as well as becoming the first ad exchange to go carbon neutral.

The challenge of competing with both ever-changing views on the value and efficacy of programmatic advertising is not a small one. However, OpenX has proven that it is able to innovate with the times. It has deep partnerships across the ecosystem, partnering with Attain in 2022 to enable supply-side targeting for advertisers, enabling the company to reach further heights.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

31% female employees

13% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jan 2013

$25m

SERIES E

May 2011

$20m

SERIES D

Total funding: $75.5m

Company benefits

  • Dental and vision for both employees and their families
  • Unlimited paid time off policy
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • We are one - One team. No exceptions. We are a group of strong and diverse individuals unified by a clear common purpose
  • Our customers define us - We know our business flourishes or dies because of our customers
  • OpenX is mine - We are all owners of OpenX. We stake our personal and professional reputations on the excellence of our work
  • We are an open book - We are eager to teach and share what we know with others
  • We evolve fast - We take risks and confront failure openly. We recognise and repeat success aggressively. We actively seek out and provide constructive criticism. Defensiveness is for weaklings!

Company HQ

Pasadena, CA

Leadership

Damon Reeve

(Board Director)

Previously Board Director at Snowplow Analytics for 3 years and CEO of Authenticated Digital for 4 years. Currently acts as CEO for Ozone.

Previously Limited Partner at FirstMark Capital for 8 years and Advisor at Flybridge Capital Partners for 4 years. Acts as CTO for Ozone.

John Gentry

(CEO, not founder)

Previously acted as President of Spot Runner, developer of the Malibu Media Platform, an online media exchange that simplifies the buying and selling of television media. Experience as Chief Revenue Officer of Green Dot, the pioneer and market leader in the prepaid debit card industry.

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