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| DATE | 2014-09-04 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] mod_perl job
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Job description
MediaMath is a confluence of media, technology and massive amounts of
data. There is a transformation of an industry underway and MediaMath is
at the cutting edge. Our engineers develop very complex, innovative, and
highly scalable technology to change how advertising is bought, sold,
and traded. Their breakthroughs create new market places, solve
long-standing problems, and push new technology every day. It’s a very
exciting company in a very exciting industry. Our platform handles
billions of transactions per hour and we reach hundreds of millions of
Internet and mobile users worldwide…and we're not done yet! The platform
and tools we develop are built to scale because this revolution has just
begun.
MediaMath's Platform API team builds the services that make up our
TerminalOne platform, the technology platform on which our clients build
highly successful media businesses. Our focus is on building out new,
industry-leading, high performance, and fault tolerant set of services
and migrating existing ones into a service oriented architecture that
powers a whole ecosystem. We’re solving all kinds of hard problems —
like cross datacenter replication and low-latency, geo-distributed
workloads, fully automated deployments (spanning both physical and cloud
infrastructure), and service governance. We believe in the power of open
source and are excited to recognize that code with the launch our
developer portal. At MediaMath, each and every engineer has the
opportunity to make a huge impact. Come join us and help shape the
future of Ad Tech!
We're currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer/Lead in the area of
Mod_Perl/Catalyst development. This position would report to the
Director of API Engineering. Key responsibilities for this role include
but are not limited to:
* Lead Platform API team initiatives from architecture, design,
execution to deployment.
* Design and implement performant, scalable REST web services in
Perl/Catalyst but we are open to other languages/frameworks as well
on a use case basis.
* Own parts of the system and continuously working to improve them in
an agile environment.
* Use processes like git-flow, github-flow to collaboratively perform
feature-based development, code reviews and releases.
Desired Skills and Experience
*We specifically look for:*
* A hands-on problem solver with excellent software design and
implementation skills using TDD.
* An owner making significant contributions to code, architecture,
performance, robustness and reliability.
* Polyglot developer with demonstrated track record of learning and
introducing new technologies and strategies to solve technical
challenges.
* Self-starter who brings energy, passion and creativity to work every
day.
* Natural leader who can mentor team members and help them deliver the
right solutions.
*What will help you qualify:*
* BA/BS in Computer Science, related degree, or strong comparable
experience.
* 7+ years of professional software development experience.
* 2+ years of team lead experience.
* Experience developing modern enterprise or REST applications using
languages like Perl etc.
* Knowledge of RDBMs like PostgreSQL/MySQL, data modeling, SQL tuning
and optimization.
* Familiarity with NoSQL data stores like Elasticsearch, Redis, Memcache.
* GitHub (or similar) account for us to know you better.
*How do we reward our outstanding Math Men and Math Women? *We start
with company equity, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, short term
and long term disability and life insurance, Open Paid Time Off, free
on-site chair massages and our 401(k) and 401(k) matching. We then
serve-up flexible spending accounts, bagel Fridays, free snacks and
sodas, and the latest and greatest technology you need to do your job
(including a $250 biennial allowance for the latest smartphone). And the
cherry on top? Monthly MathMixers; including Potlucks, Trivia Nights,
and pick-up basketball, to name a few.
In achieving their duties and responsibilities, MediaMath employees are
expected to behave in keeping with the Math Values of SPACE: Scalable
Innovation, Performance, Accountability, Collaboration, and Empowerment.
About this company
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MediaMath empowers the online marketing professional with technology and
services that enable advertisers and their agencies to make more
efficient, effective and profitable marketing decisions across display,
social, video and mobile formats. Its math-driven TerminalOne platform
brings together digital media and data into a powerful and flexible
solution that simplifies planning, execution, optimization and analysis
of both direct response and branding campaigns.
With over $100M in annual revenue and a triple digit year-over-year
growth rate since its inception in 2007, MediaMath has delivered results
for customers that include every major international ad agency and
holding company as well as top 5 retail, financial services, CPG, auto
and travel advertisers. In 2011, AdAge declared MediaMath the winner of
the first Forrester Research Wave report on DSPs. MediaMath is a
privately held company headquartered in New York with offices in London,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago.
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