Senior Software Engineer, Sovrn
$165-185k
Advertising tools & services for content creators
Job no longer available
Advertising tools & services for content creators
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$165-185k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower independent content creators and publishers to grow their businesses and achieve the attention they deserve.
Role
Who you are
- Professional experience developing web services or applications
- Proficiency or exposure to multiple programming languages such as Javascript and PHP
- Training and/or experience with strongly-typed and object-oriented programming languages such as Java or C++
- Hands on experience architecting major components or whole applications; a holistic view of the system
- In-depth and hands-on experience with Infrastructure as a Service and cloud computing, such as AWS, including EC2, S3, Kinesis, RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, ELBs, & auto-scaling
- Familiarity with web frameworks (Laravel, CodeIgniter, Symphony, Django, Rails, Express, Meteor, etc.)
- Professional working experience using SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL preferred)
- Experience both consuming and producing REST APIs
- You’re passionate about working with Javascript/Typescript and Javascript libraries/frameworks such as React
- Proficiency using modern web development technologies and techniques such as HTML5, CSS, web components
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design
- Ability to work with a team of junior and experienced engineers to a common technical goal
- Excel in a fast-paced agile development environment
- Test-driven development or creating automated unit tests
- Ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing, since our team members work closely with each other and frequently have to interact with clients directly
- Experience with online advertising technology and/or programmatic buying
- Experience operating in and optimizing your code for a high-volume and high-transaction environment
Desirable
- Security-conscious design and coding skills
- Demonstrable commitment to automation and CI/CD
- Experience working with Docker
- Experience working with PHP and React
What the job involves
- This position reports to the Director, Software Engineering
- Write highly optimized and compatible, client-side and server-side Javascript code, without the use of frameworks
- Seek a deep understanding of open source project Prebid.js and potentially contribute back to the project
- Work closely with Product to plan and implement the best customer experience
- Collaborate with other teams to create or deepen the integration to other internal products and to determine the best technical solutions
- Lead projects across large volumes of code, with multiple branches, formal integration procedures, and test cycles
- Get involved in all aspects of the technology landscape, including managing deployment pipelines, supporting our AWS infrastructure, and working with multiple databases
- Assist in building out our analytics platform and reporting tools that enable publishers to connect to and gain insights from multiple data sources using PHP, Looker, and Snowflake
- Contribute software engineering best practices and technical excellence through code reviews and mentorship of junior engineers
- Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of projects and initiatives
Our take
The monetization of online content creation can be very lucrative but requires time, resources and expertise outside of writing. Passionate writers who focus on storytelling and creating inspiring content may waste valuable time attempting to develop their business, and hiring somebody to do this is often too expensive for independent writers.
Sovrn tackles this in a smart way by providing writers with simple-to-use tools that take the stress out of monetization. It works with publishers and advertisers to provide opportunities to passionate writers, allowing them to focus on excelling at their job rather than dealing with distribution, monetization and operations - all of which Sovrn is able to handle.
The startup claims to be able to drive higher revenues and scale a publishing business, at the same time as allowing writers to focus on what they do best. It has seen significant investment that will enable it to pursue acquisitions and support the further expansion of its platform with more capabilities to be added in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2022
$35.6m
LATE VC
Jul 2022
$36m
SERIES C
Total funding: $132.6m
Company benefits
- Work at a company that values your strengths. See the results of your actions. There are no barriers at Sovrn
- First-class health benefits, wellness options, and a host of life-improvement perks that help you be the best you
- Retirement benefits, 401k matching, and stock options show we’re equally dedicated to financial health
- In-house barista, catered lunches and breakfasts
- Volunteer opportunities
- Flexible vacation and a focus on mental and physical health mean you’ll have time for life outside the office
- Learn new skills. Pursue great ideas. Take on new opportunities and thrive in a workplace that rewards your efforts
Company HQ
Boulder, CO
Leadership
Walter Knapp
(CEO)Having studied at the University of Colorado, they worked as a Partner at Cambridge Technology, and Novell Ventures for a combined 6 years. They worked as SuSE Linux at Novel, COO of Lijit Networks, and COO of Federated Media Publishing before leaving in January 2014 to found Sovrn.
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