Sr. UI Engineer

We spend a great deal of our time online. Whether it’s for information, commerce, or entertainment, each of us has come to depend on what we research, discover, and share. Publishers – those who create and curate content – are what makes the Internet great. Yet these publishers practice their craft largely alone, in siloes – without reference points or insightful understanding about where they sit in the grand scheme of things. To add to the challenge, once a Publisher’s content is in the wild, then the task of building engagement, growing a loyal following and enriching the engagement with that following can sometimes feel like shots in the dark or worse, a black box. Moreover, making money from their craft can be a complex task for any independent publisher who might prioritize generating content first and money second.

Sovrn believes that independent publishers are the Internet's vibrancy. As a partner and advocate to tens of thousands of independent publishers, Sovrn provides tools, technologies and services that help publishers (a) make money; (b) get distribution to grow their audience; and (c) access a massive data commons providing extraordinary insights.

The landscape of content networks, adtech vendors, and the myriad of buy-side / sell-side companies can be a complete maze for any reasonable person to decipher. Sovrn cuts through the noise and simplifies things with a basic, straightforward mission:

          Help content creators do more of what they want to do – and less of what they don’t.

Responsibilities

• Work within an agile team to develop publisher utilities 
• Work with data science team to deliver value to our publishers
• Translate requirement and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable and reliable code
• Write unit and integration tests to support continuous integration

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience designing and developing software products with focus on front-end UI
• Proficient in JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Experience with single page application development using modern JS frameworks such as Angular, React, Backbone
• Knowledge of web and internet fundamentals
• Understanding of both relational databases and NoSQL databases
• Development experience on Linux platforms
• Experience with source control tools (GitHub, svn, etc)
• Experience with build and deployment tools (Maven, etc)
• Experience with full SDLC
• Ability to work within a fast-paced, agile development environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

Bonus Points!

• Advertising industry experience
• Experience with automation test frameworks such as selenium
• Knowledge in Java and Python

Reports to: Director of Engineering

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Contact: 

Scott Schoenberger