Senior Systems Engineer, Kargo
$160-180k
Mobile advertisement platform
Open for applications
Mobile advertisement platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$160-180k
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
- B.S or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics (or equivalent work experience)
- Have worked with a cloud provider for at least 5 years. Bonus points for AWS experience
- Heavy experience with Docker in a production environment using a clustering product like Kubernetes, ECS, Mesos, Swarm etc
- Very strong in a Linux environment, including experience with scripting
- Programming skills in at least one of the major scripting languages (Bash, Python, Ruby, Node, etc)
- Have an understanding of all major Web standard protocols, web servers (Apache/Nginx) and load balancing
- Experience designing a continuous integration/deployment process from scratch, whether via Jenkins, Travis, Circle, Bamboo, or TeamCity, etc
- Experience managing large scale data storage and processing systems such as Apache Hadoop, Aerospike, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, or Amazon Redshift
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively
What the job involves
- Improve the scalability and durability of our systems via regular infrastructure updates. We’re cloud first and hosted on Amazon Web Services
- You will be working within Kargo’s Kubernetes environment on AWS to build infrastructure across regions that deliver services as quickly as possible
- Help the data engineering team deploy data streaming solutions to aid in real-time collection of data to be used by our machine learning services
- You will be helping to set up and manage continuous integration tools like Travis-CI to ensure proper testing across Kargo’s software
- You will identify and initiate investigations into new technologies, prototype and test infrastructure solutions, and design and validate production designs that help all engineers get the job done
- You will be responsible for continuously finding new ways to improve Kargo’s infrastructure stack and internal services that the development team uses on a day to day basis
- You will be up for scripting and writing code when necessary or in between systems tasks in order to help the team
- Take ownership over the monitoring and logging tools that the rest of the department will use to gain insight into our environments (InfluxDB, Prometheus, Grafana
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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