Junior Software Engineer, Samba TV
Data Integration
Data & measurement for smarts TVs
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Data & measurement for smarts TVs
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create data at the heart of TV, powering a more scientific approach to advertising and a better viewing experience for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or an advanced degree without prior experience, or equivalent), with experience in data engineering, backend systems, or distributed data infrastructure
- Proficiency in Python and SQL; ability to write clean, tested, production-ready code
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP and their core data services
- Experience with data pipeline tools or workflow orchestration (e.g., Airflow, dbt, or equivalent) in a production environment
- Familiarity data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA)
- Ability to communicate clearly, ask good questions, and work collaboratively within a team
Desirable
- Exposure to distributed processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Databricks, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with streaming or event-driven data systems (e.g., Kafka or equivalent)
- Exposure to ad tech, audience activation, data licensing, or digital media
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Junior Software Engineer to join our Data Integration team in Amsterdam
- The Data Integration team builds and operates the platform that moves data into, through, and out of Samba TV: ingestion from clients and partners, processing and enrichment against our identity and signal layers, and distribution to downstream destinations
- This is a foundational platform investment, built to scale with the next generation of data partnerships and to power agentic, self-service data workflows
- In this role, you will build and maintain production-grade data systems, taking ownership of well-defined components and receiving direction on new or ambiguous work from your senior peers
- Contribute to data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and distribution of datasets, implementing features that require analysis across a variety of factors
- Build ETL/ELT workflows using distributed computing frameworks on cloud infrastructure, applying team standards and adapting approaches where needed
- Implement and test API endpoints that expose ingestion, processing, and distribution capabilities, with a focus on correctness and clear contracts
- Write automated tests and contribute to data quality validation and monitoring for pipeline components you work on
- Apply Samba's platform patterns to produce reliable, maintainable code that fits within the broader system
- Implement partner and destination integrations against established patterns
- Apply privacy and data governance requirements (GDPR, CCPA) to the code you write, following established team patterns and escalating questions appropriately
- Collaborate closely with your immediate team and reason about how your work fits within the broader data platform
- Participate in code reviews, both as an author and a reviewer
- Write clear, well-tested, maintainable code that meets the team's quality standards
- Communicate proactively about blockers, progress, and questions, and engage constructively in team discussions
- Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to improving operational practices across the team
- Implement monitoring and alerting for components you own
- Help maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and testing coverage for team systems
Our take
Samba TV is improving the TV viewing experience by employing analytics to better personalize adverts and recommendations. With a scientific and algorithmic approach to how smart TVs work, the company enables TV businesses to better capture and serve consumers - an offering which has attracted the likes of Disney.
In recent years, Samba TV has focused on making artificial intelligence and machine learning central to its offerings, in part through the acquisition of Disruptel. This has enabled heightened content recognition and non-intrusive ad unit development, both of which enable it to deliver more value.
Moving forwards, Samba continues to partner and integrate with a wide range of companies to expand its product offering and market reach. And is 2022 expansion into Australia has put the company on the path to becoming a global force to be reckoned with.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2018
$7.5m
EARLY VC
Jun 2017
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $45.7m
Company benefits
- Health Coverage: We have several choices of medical, dental, and vision plans with a range of coverage levels and costs, including a 100% employer-covered plan.
- Wellness & Lifestyle Perks: Our wellness programs are designed to help you maintain or move toward a healthy lifestyle through mindful meditations, gym access, and other assistance when you need it!
- Company Equity Plan: We believe in shared success. We want our employees to not just work for us, but to truly be part of our growth story.
- Volunteer Days: We're committed to making a positive impact, both in and outside the workplace!
- Flexible Time Off: We encourage a healthy work-life balance which empowers our teams to recharge when needed and thrive both personally and professionally.
- Team & Company Events: We love to hang out together! We provide many opportunities to get to know each other whether virtually or in person.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ashwin Navin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded i/o ventures and BitTorrent, serving there as President. Experience as an Analyst for Epoch Partners, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.
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