Our Company:
At Impact our culture is our soul. We are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, you get to work with fun and talented people solving cutting edge marketing challenges with technology, and advance your career, this is the place for you.
Impact is the global leader in Partnership Automation and catalyst for the new Partnership Economy. Impact accelerates enterprise growth by scaling discovery, recruitment, onboarding, engagement and optimization of all types of partnerships. Impact’s Partnership CloudTM provides automation for the full partnership life cycle; confident decision making and optimization through measurement and attribution; and protection from fraud. Impact drives revenue growth for global enterprises such as Cabela’s, Fanatics, Getty Images, Lenovo, Levi’s, Techstyle and Ticketmaster. Founded in Santa Barbara, CA in 2008, Impact has grown to around 1000 employees and ten offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Why this role is exciting
An experienced server side hands-on engineer responsible for designing and developing our backend platform, an advanced ad-serving system operating in real-time with high availability, at massive scale. The engineer needs to have extensive experience in server-side technologies, especially Java and Spring, with understanding in databases, client-side methodologies, algorithms and the adtech industry, a plus.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Take part in the design, development and testing of scalable and high-performing advertising technology capabilities & solutions.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering teams for other business units, IT and DevOps, data science, operations, and others, to ensure seamless integration and alignment of technology solutions.
- Perform complex integrations with third-party solutions, leveraging expertise to seamlessly connect our platform with external services and APIs. This includes collaborating with external providers to understand their systems and requirements, designing robust integration solutions, and implementing them effectively to enhance the platform's functionality and user experience.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation across the organization.
Core Competencies and Required Experience:
- In-depth knowledge of the relevant tech stack, including: Java and Spring within the backend of complex, highly scalable, machine-learning based real-time solutions.
- Client-side understanding of Javascript, Angular, HTML/CSS - advantage.
- Experience in algorithms design & implementation.
- Strong understanding of Databases, preferably MSSQL, and big data solutions.
- Experience in AWS and other cloud environments.
- Experience in the ad tech industry, with a focus on technical expertise in areas such as ad serving, programmatic advertising, real-time bidding, ad exchanges, and data management platforms, as well as adtech protocols and standards, such as OpenRTB, IAB guidelines and others - major advantage.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Fluent English.
- 7-8 years of experience
- Education/training: B.Sc. in computer science or related degree
Benefits/Perks:
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Responsible PTO policy - take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
- Cibus meal allowance
- Flexible working policy
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Modern Health Subscription- Free Therapy/coaching/financial advice via this wellness app.
- 6 months paid parental leave
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Regular community involvement opportunities - we believe that we can always find new ways to #createimpact around us - check out some of our recent activities that have won us recognition in the industry
