Associate Software Engineer, Kargo
$80-110k
3+ days a week in office
Mobile advertisement platform
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Mobile advertisement platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$80-110k
3+ 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
- Strong portfolio (ie. Github) demonstrating past work experience
- Proficiency in JavaScript (Typescript, ES6), HTML5, and CSS
- Experience working with RESTful APIs and JSON to fetch and display dynamic data
- Basic knowledge of Ad Tech (e.g., Google Ads, DV360, Celtra, Google Studio, programmatic platforms) is a plus
- Familiar with the current technical capabilities and limitations of mobile rich media, and know “what works where” across devices and desktop
- Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, multi-task, and meet fast evolving deadlines with a curiosity and passion for building rich, new experiences
- An aptitude and honed intuition for tasteful, visual design details
- Understanding of browser performance optimizations, debugging, and responsive design principles
- Familiarity with the full stack, Node.js, or other backend frameworks
- Familiarity with unit testing, automation testing, and quality assurance
- A clean sense of design aesthetics and a natural propensity towards simplification over complication
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively
- Familiarity with A/B testing and analytics integration is a plus
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an Associate Rich Media Engineer to join our Creative Production Ad Tech team
- In this role, you will work on building interactive ad experiences, mini-games, sleek animations, and other high-engagement content for digital advertising campaigns for desktop and mobile web
- You’ll collaborate with designers, developers, and other teams to push the boundaries of rich media advertising, integrate APIs, optimize performance, and ensure seamless cross-platform experiences
- Develop Interactive Ad Experiences – Code and optimize rich media ads, interactive games, and animated banners using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 using a variety of ad building technologies
- Hit APIs & Integrate Data – Consume third-party APIs (e.g., weather, real-time product data feeds, sports) to enhance interactivity and personalization in ad experiences
- Optimize Performance & Compatibility – Ensure fast, smooth, and cross-platform performance across different devices and browsers
- Collaborate with Designers & Marketers – Work closely with our ad designers and product teams to bring creative concepts to life
- Experiment & Innovate – Research and implement new rich media techniques and animation libraries, staying up-to-date with the latest and newest technologies
- Test & Debug – Ensure high-quality, bug-free ad executions that meet industry standards
- Develop a lean JavaScript library of reusable tools for everything from complex animations to gaming
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to help implement ad units with complex rich media interactions
- Identify and initiate investigations into new production technologies, prototype and test solutions for product features, and design and validate production designs that deliver an exceptional user experience
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 optimized impressions from the best-performing publishers within its specialized supply, using tangible identity metrics to analyze and improve advertiser KPIs, and overall facilitating personalized and mobile-optimized 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 mediums for the advertising provider, who already has a firm grip on both mobile and desktop advertising platforms.
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Insights
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Karry Kargman
(CEO)Experience as Corporate Business Developer for Intel Venture and Corporate Strategist for Intertainer.
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