Software Engineer II

at  Kargo

Kargo creates breakthrough cross-screen ad experiences for the world’s leading brands and publishers. Everyday, our 600+ employees bring the power of their creativity and diversity to radically raising the bar on what mobile, CTV, AI, social, and eCommerce can do to wow consumers and build businesses. Now 20 years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, Austin, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland. Humble brag: In 2024, Kargo was recognized as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and Built In.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role.
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle, including QA and deployment processes
• Experience in a team setting and is comfortable with pair coding as well as giving and receiving code reviews
• Experience with writing automated tests and is comfortable with performing additional QA support when needed
• Strong command of a major modern programming language (Preference Golang)
• Experience with cloud technologies and dev ops (Preference is AWS and Dockerized Kubernetes environments)
• Experience with querying large datasets to better understand trends, optimize delivery, and troubleshoot issues (Experience with SQL, no-SQL, Looker and Snowflake is a plus)
• Comfortable with modern web developer tools for inspecting complicated publisher web pages (Experience with tools like Grafana is a plus)
• Experience in working with product teams and designers to deliver a great experience to users or customers
• Has taken a loosely defined idea from the brainstorming phase to production, including the architecture plan, development, and testing process
• Experience in refactoring complex technical debt or design patterns
• Familiarity with the ad tech stack:
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• Header bidder with Prebid.js and Google Ad Manager

• Ad tech standards like Real-time Bidding (RTB), VAST, MOAT, GDPR
• Motivation to learn and adapt to both emerging and existing design patterns, coding practices, and tools
• Ability to identify and build upon design patterns of an existing codebase
• Actively utilizes time-boxing strategies and understands business requirements while debugging code issues; knows when to reach out to the team for further assistance
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex requirements and issues to colleagues of varying technical backgrounds
• Can mentor other other team members

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