Job description
GumGum is a contextual-first, global digital advertising platform that uses advanced AI technology to serve captivating creative ads that drive consumer attention, without the use of personal data. At GumGum, we don’t need to know who you are to deliver relevant and engaging ads that align with your active frame of mind. We believe that a digital advertising industry based on context rather than personal data builds a more equitable and less invasive future for the internet and is better for consumers, publishers and advertisers alike. Our blueprint for the future, The Mindset Matrix™, combines the power of context and creative in digital advertising to deliver superior attention and drive consumer action without sacrificing personal data.
To be a part of this next phase of digital advertising that prioritizes data privacy, please visit www.gumgum.com/careers
The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for building and maintaining our Big Data systems that drive numerous business functions using near real-time data analytics solutions. This role has a core focus on improving platform performance and scalability of key Big Data systems that are essential for operating our advertising business.
Reporting to our Data Platform Engineering Manager, this role works as part of a global team of engineers in the technology division of our advertising business.
What You’ll Achieve
- Refining our data infrastructure using technologies such as Spark, Kafka, AirFlow and Snowflake to support both batch and real-time analysis of data.
- Lead projects end-to-end, influence architecture choices, act as a technical SME for specific domains (e.g., streaming and cost optimization).
- Work with stakeholders in various departments to fully understand the business requirements and translate them into data models.
- Own the core data pipelines and scale our data processing flow
- Design and build scalable systems, lead technical discussions, participate in code reviews, guide the team in engineering best practices. Must be able to write quality code and build secure, highly available systems.
- Generate reports using Snowflake SQL, Looker and Java.
- Lead POCs to certify and test the capabilities of emerging technologies.
- Maximize the growth of our junior and intermediate engineers via mentorship.
- Support our data platform by suggesting optimizations, establishing coding and release standards.
- Utilize LLMs to improve code quality, improve developer experience and accelerate feature development.
Skills You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science/information systems or equivalent
- 3+ year experience with Apache Spark, Snowflake, Airflow
- 3+ years of Software Engineering experience (Java/Scala/Python)
- 3+ years working with large-scale distributed real-time systems using tools such as AWS, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop
- Minimum 5 years of overall industry experience is required
- Spark with Scala, Java or Python
- Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases
- Familiar with various AWS and GCP services, serverless architecture and containers
- Must be able to write quality code and build secure, highly available systems.
- Strong oral and written communication
Awards
- Shortlisted for Marketing Technology Company of the Year for the 2023 Mumbrella Awards
- 2024 Winner of 7 BuiltIn Awards on a national, regional, and remote scale - including Remote Best Places to Work at #25 and Best Midsize Places to Work in Los Angeles, CA at #9
- Ad Exchanger Programmatic Power Player 2022 and 2021
- CTO Hero Award of OTT.X 2023
- Digiday Media Awards Europe finalist 2022 and 2021
- Finalist for the 2023 AdExchanger Awards Best Video Technology For Media Suppliers
- Gold Award at the IAB Mixx Awards in Belgium in the “Best Use of Advertising Technology” category
- The Drum Award Digital Advertising: Game-changing Technology for Domino’s case study
GumGum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At GumGum, we believe in cultivating an environment where our team members can bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Encouraging identity and belonging is one of the many aspects of our culture that makes us stronger as an organization and drives innovation. We are committed to building and delivering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce that is representative of the world around us, where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity - and to act swiftly if this value is ever threatened. We are constantly striving to be better, and we continue to take strategic steps to advance representation.
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