Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Kargo
Ad Surfaces
$160k
OTE
4 days a week in office
Mobile advertisement platform
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Mobile advertisement platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$160k
OTE
4 days a week in office
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
- 5+ years of experience in a technical role within the ad tech or digital media industry (e.g., Integrations Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Technical Account Manager)
- Proven experience in a client-facing or partner-facing role, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Deep understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem, including SSPs, DSPs, ad servers, VAST/VPAID, and core ad format implementations
- Expert proficiency in implementing and troubleshooting integrations across a variety of environments, including: – JavaScript: Advanced scripting and custom logic for non-standard DOM environments – HTML & CSS: Ensuring correct rendering and placement for overlays and interstitial formats – REST APIs: Direct experience working with REST APIs and JSON for client-server and server-server communication
- Exceptional analytical and debugging skills, with a structured and methodical approach to solving problems in novel or unconventional advertising surfaces
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to help lead the technical integration of next-generation advertising surfaces onto the Kargo platform
- This role sits at the intersection of engineering, partnerships, and product — owning the technical execution required to bring new, non-traditional ad environments live at scale
- You’ll act as the primary technical authority for partners and internal teams, translating complex business requirements into scalable, high-performance ad integrations across web, mobile, and emerging surfaces
- This is a hands-on, highly visible role critical to expanding Kargo’s footprint across innovative ad formats and environments
- Location: New York, NY; 4 Days In Office
- Serve as the primary technical point-of-contact for partners throughout the full integration lifecycle, including SaaS platforms, free-to-use digital services, and next-generation content providers
- Translate novel business and product requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions for new advertising surfaces
- Design, develop, implement, and maintain custom code and SDK integrations to onboard partner surfaces onto the Kargo platform
- Build and support integrations for diverse ad formats including overlays, interstitials, in-app placements, and custom contextual ad units
- Own hands-on implementation and optimization of integration mechanisms such as APIs, custom libraries, and header bidding / prebid frameworks
- Ensure high performance, low latency, and maximum revenue yield across web, mobile, and desktop application environments
- Diagnose and resolve complex ad-serving, latency, discrepancy, and implementation issues specific to new or non-standard surfaces
- Perform rigorous technical audits and QA on partner surfaces to ensure seamless ad delivery, compliance with Kargo specifications, and adherence to industry standards (IAB, privacy regulations, etc.)
- Collaborate closely with Product, Business Development, and Sales to assess technical feasibility, scope integration projects, and advise on future ad placement opportunities
- Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including API specs, integration guides for non-standard environments, and best practices for internal teams and external partners
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 optimised impressions from the best-performing publishers within its specialised supply, using tangible identity metrics to analyse and improve advertiser KPIs, and overall, by facilitating personalised, mobile-optimised 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 media for the advertising provider, which already has a firm grip on both mobile and desktop advertising platforms. 2025 funding is being used for R&D of new AI-powered products and to broaden market reach.
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Insights
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Karry Kargman
(Founder & CEO)Experience as Corporate Business Developer for Intel Venture and Corporate Strategist for Intertainer.
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