Senior Software Engineer, Firsthand
$180-185k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
AI-powered brand agents built for marketers and publishers
Be an early applicant
AI-powered brand agents built for marketers and publishers
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-185k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to drive first hand connections between publishers, brands, and consumers.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Communication and Information Systems
- 1 year of work experience in the offered position or a related role
What the job involves
- Own full lifecycle management of advertising systems, from experimentation through deployment and continuous enhancement
- Design, implement, and deploy data-driven algorithms and computational models for intelligent advertising platforms
- Build scalable, high-performance software components that enable content personalization for publishers and brands
- Monitor and evaluate performance of deployed models to ensure high system reliability
- Analyze performance data and implement improvements to optimize accuracy and efficiency
- Conduct ongoing research into emerging algorithms and data processing techniques, aligning solutions with latest academic and industry advancements
- Proactively integrate new methodologies and technologies to strengthen and expand system capabilities
- Perform data wrangling and preprocessing using SQL and related tools to prepare structured training data
- Ensure data integrity and usability through best practices in validation, error handling, and resource management
Application process
- If you are ready to embark on an exhilarating journey at the forefront of AI, seize this incredible opportunity and apply here. We eagerly anticipate hearing from you!
Our take
Until recently, brands and publishers lacked a practical means to interact in real-time, 1-1 conversations and provide content with customers both on and off their digital platforms. Firsthand is a specialized AI agent platform designed to cater to the needs of publishers and brands.
The platform offers a solution that enables publishers and brands to manage, safeguard, and utilize their data and content in direct conversational campaigns driven by tailored AI agents. This capability extends to various online channels where consumers actively seek information.
Now, with significant funding behind it, Firsthand is scaling its AI-powered brand agent after a successful pilot with select brands and publishers. Because of this, its emerging as a key player in AI-driven consumer interactions and building the infrastructure for the next wave of intelligent brand engagement.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2025
$26m
SERIES A
Total funding: $26m
Company benefits
- Flexible work model: We embrace the flexibility of hybrid work, combining the energy of in-person collaboration in New York City with the freedom of working remotely
- Benefits that meet your needs: We offer unlimited PTO, 401(k) from day 1, zero-cost medical plans, and paid parental leave, with benefits that are constantly evolving as our company grows
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonathan Heller
(Co-Founder, Co-CEO & Chairman)Previously Co-founder and CEO of Multitude.ai and FreeWheel. Also worked as Chief Product Officer for Comcast Advanced Advertising.
Michael Rubenstein
(Co-Founder, Co-CEO & Board Director)Also currently a Board Member of Vistar Media. Prior work includes Co-founding OpenStore and Founding and working as General Manager, DoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdX) Google.
Wei Wei
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously the Co-founder and CTO for Flux, prior to that worked as VP of Engineering at FreeWheel.
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