Software Engineer

Summary

Join Mediaocean's Flashtalking Engineering team as an experienced Software Engineer and play a key role in advancing the software and platform used by large global clients. You will contribute to mission-critical applications by solving customer problems, developing innovative solutions, and reducing technical debt. This role involves working on small-to-medium scale projects, collaborating with the team, maintaining a high attention to detail, and participating in on-call rotations. Mediaocean offers a competitive compensation package, including comprehensive benefits and professional development opportunities. The company values diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all qualified individuals.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with software engineering, SDLC principles, and version control(Git)
• Proven track record of development in JVM-based languages such as Java and Kotlin
• Familiarity with the tooling and frameworks surrounding JVM-based ecosystem(compilation, package management, etc.)
• Strong understanding of design patterns
• Experience with RESTful services and scalable, load-balanced HTTP architecture
• Ownership of in-house application projects from birth to development to decommissioning
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Be able to work in a remote, distributed team
• Strong ability to troubleshoot, debug and optimize applications
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment
• Working knowledge of AWS services
• Working knowledge of SQL & NoSQL

Responsibilities

• Document, plan, and execute small-to-medium scale projects with minimal-to-no supervision
• Work closely with the team to review code and share best practices
• Maintain a heightened attention to detail, critical thinking skills, and troubleshooting capability
• Be able to work across multiple projects that may span different languages & technologies
• Identify areas for improvement and how to best mitigate risk in given scenarios
• Maintain documentation for our internal knowledge base
• Participate in on-call rotation for applications, systems, and infrastructure developed and/or maintained by the Ad Serving team

Preferred Qualifications

• Working proficiency in other languages such as Go, and PHP
• Knowledge of containerization platforms such as Docker
• Knowledge of CI/CD systems such as Jenkins
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code (such as Terraform)

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation, including 401(K) employer match and financial wellness seminars
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision plan
• Flexible time off – In addition to our 14 company holidays, we provide open PTO to all U.S.- based Mediaocean employees. So take a sick day, vacation day, or mental health day
• Bonding Leave – After six months of employment at Mediaocean, mothers and fathers, including same-sex parents, can take job-protected, paid time off to bond with their child within the first 12 months of the child’s birth or adoption
• Insurance, Pet Insurance, employer matched Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Professional development – Personalized development plan created with your manager, continuous internal and external trainings, official company-wide mentorship program, professional development rewards program, management, leadership, and function-specific training for top performance, education reimbursement
• Get rewarded for demonstrating Mediaocean values
• Active affinity-based groups
• Wellness opportunities – Free virtual yoga and abs and glutes classes, company-paid Headspace meditation app membership, company-wide steps challenges, complimentary snacks in-office
• Bikeshare program in select offices, (Divvy and CitiBike for Chicago and New York offices)