Senior Data Engineer, Place Exchange
$150-165k
Plus Bonus (based on level and performance) Plus Stock options
Programmatic exchange for out-of-home media
Open for applications
Programmatic exchange for out-of-home media
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$150-165k
Plus Bonus (based on level and performance) Plus Stock options
21-100 employees
Company mission
To transform the entire OOH channel to be truly programmatic for buyers and sellers.
Role
Who you are
- Have 4-6 years of full-stack software engineering experience with a track record of building clear, maintainable code, and engineering large-scale systems
- Have strong experience with Python or comparable server-side languages, like Java or Node
- Have experience in building out well-thought functional and unit tests
- Have experience using metrics and monitoring tools/frameworks to handle performance optimization or to provide visibility into the systems
- Have experience with architecture and development of business solutions and acting as a thought leader in cloud-based technical solutions
- Have experience of mentoring, educating and motivating young developers
- Have strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Are a strong communicator who communicates effectively across groups, locations and cultures, in-person and virtually
- Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field or applicable experience in the industry
- Some technology and tools we use:
- Python, Django, Javascript, React, gRPC as the main languages and frameworks of choice
- Spark, Airflow for ETL, DAG management
- AWS Lambda, Kubernetes for running our applications
- Postgres, S3, Elasticsearch, Dynamo, Snowflake as data stores
What the job involves
- Place Exchange is looking for a Senior Data Engineer driven to solve hard problems in novel, elegant ways, and grow highly scalable systems. You will work on scaling out an out-of-home digital ad exchange that is capable of handling billions of transactions. Some of the things you'll do:
- Ship small to large features independently
- Pair with other senior engineers on the team to help deliver key initiatives
- Work with and mentor fellow software engineers to enhance our platform
- Play a key role in shaping our team, our roadmap and our technical strategy
- Operate in a team that follows best practices for shipping good software, including documentation, comprehensive testing, CI/CD hygiene and code instrumentation
- Your first 30 days:
- Learn and understand Place Exchange’s corporate, departmental and team goals
- Work with the Product team to have a clear understanding of the product roadmap
- Identify and incorporate tools needed for working on the transaction processing platform
- Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues
- Your first 60 days:
- Gain a good understanding of the Place Exchange landscape
- Pair with team members on committed initiatives
- Work collaboratively with other engineering teams and incorporate best practices
- Work with stakeholders and formulate delivery plans for key initiatives
- Your first 90 days:
- Provide hands-on technical leadership in the development team
- Drive architecture for the team, consistently designing code that is aligned with the overall service architecture
- Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools
- Deliver projects on time and budget, ensuring quality standards are met
- Mentor and develop team members, provide constructive feedback on design and code quality and build an inclusive culture with high performing teams
- Help define and enforce development practices, including unit tests and code reviews
- Develop a deep understanding of the business environment and strategy
Application process
- 1 or 2 preliminary phone screens of 45 min each
- Virtual onsite that consists of 4-5 rounds (45 mins each) spread across 1 or 2 days meeting:
- Stakeholders (like Product, Operations, Technical Account Management)
- Development team (to gauge problem solving skills)
- Infrastructure team (to gauge technical architectural skills)
- Hiring Manager / VP of Engineering
- CTO round (optional)
Our take
With marketing campaigns stretched across multiple channels, brands must ensure consistency in order to foster strong customer relationships. However, this can be difficult because digital out-of-home media, such as billboards, are usually controlled through different entities than online and mobile advertisements. Place Exchange’s supply-side platform allows companies to connect out-of-home media to other digital channels, creating a more unified marketing campaign.
Omnichannel marketing has already been well achieved in mobile and online advertisement, but Place Exchange’s patented technology delivers a way for businesses to also integrate digital out-of-home marketing and hence control entire campaigns from a single interface. The platform combines the workflows, reporting, and attribution of DOOH, mobile and online advertisements, and allows the same creatives to work cross-channel towards brand continuity.
Place Exchange has partnered with several digital out-of-home advertisement providers to expand the marketing options available through its platform. Investment in the company will be used to broaden its product offerings and expand into new markets.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2021
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $20m
Company benefits
- Startup culture, focused on developing innovative solutions at a fast pace
- Opportunity to own meaningful work streams and drive real impact for the business
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Commuter benefits
- 401k with match
- Equity incentives
- Generous time off: 20 PTO days, sick days, and Summer Fridays
- Monthly cell phone and quarterly work-from-home stipends
- Place Exchange Gives Back program with volunteer opportunities and charity donation matching
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Opportunity to grow, have fun and be part of a fast-growing company changing the face of an industry
- Direct access to work with and learn from an experienced management team, passionate about the business and the development of our employees
Company values
- Innovation: We get excited by tackling challenging problems, conceiving new ideas that can move the needle, and bringing them to life
- Collaboration: The only way we can win is together, by relying on, trusting, and supporting our fellow teammates and our external partners
- Agility: We embrace a growth mindset to stay ahead of the curve by being open and flexible, always learning and continuously improving our technology, our organization, and ourselves
- Impact: Our success is measured by the impact we generate for our partners, our industry, and our community
- Transparency: Our relationships with each other and our partners are founded on trust, which requires a shared foundation of information that is open and freely flowing
- Integrity: In our decisions and our actions, we always strive to do the right thing by our clients, our partners, and our team
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Ari Buchalter
(CEO)Former CEO at Intersection Co, and former COO at MediaMath. Previously Senior Partner in Digital Media and Technology at Rosetta.
Jason Shao
(COO)Principal at Contingency2. Former Head of Engineering at Intersection. Previously VP of Engineering at Wyng and at PlaceIQ.
Dave Etherington
(CCO)Former Chief Strategy Officer at Intersection. Worked as Executive Vice President at Titan, and previously as Strategic Manager at Guardian News and Media.
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