VideoAmp is on a mission to create the best employee and workplace experience where people can bring their whole selves to work every day. We believe that accomplishing something great requires a special group of people who work hard, drive results, and have a blast while doing it - people who challenge the status quo and embody our values. People who say, “I’ll find a way,” instead of saying, “it can’t be done.”
Our engineers are passionate about creating quality, trusted solutions as part of a collaborative and dynamic organization. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented self-starter with a passion for growth and a high standard for their work.
At VideoAmp, we believe in challenging advertising paradigms to maximize value for clients. We do this by enabling companies to execute business outcomes across their media investment instead of more traditional media metrics. VideoAmp is the software and data solutions company powering the convergence of linear TV and digital video advertising. Our solutions connect linear TV viewership with addressable data assets to benefit the marketing and media industries. This enables marketers and content owners to holistically plan, transact, and measure deduplicated audiences across digital video, OTT, connected, and linear TV advertising.
We’re looking for a talented and ambitious senior-level data engineer to join our team. This engineer will work alongside a diverse group of engineers solving complex data-oriented problems on a daily basis, often in creative ways. As a member of the Content Measurement Engineering team you will be responsible for delivering new product features, as well as enhancements to existing products, through a combination of ETL (Python + SQL), ETL Orchestration (Airflow), and API (Go) development. Our engineers take great pride in the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the products we develop. If you’re passionate about building complex optimized, reliable, and accurate data processing solutions at scale, then this is the right place for you.
This is a production-facing team, and thus you can expect to participate in the full lifecycle of the Advertising Tech products that our team owns - from requirements gathering, through the design process, implementation, testing, validation, launch, and ongoing maintenance. These products are the foundation of VideoAmp’s business, and this team is rich with opportunities to deliver high impact and high value as an individual contributor.
Our ideal candidate is passionate, humble, inventive, and results-driven and enjoys working within a team of like-minded professionals, with a healthy ambition for growth and development of their career.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
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5+ years of experience in Data Engineering in a rapid-paced high-volume data processing environment
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Strong in SQL and familiar with analyzing and modeling complex data
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Extensive experience working in Python
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Strong written and verbal communication skills
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Proficiency with git/GitHub and familiarity with code review processes
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Provide technical leadership through frequent project ownership, mentorship of
junior engineers, and management of project dependencies and cross-team
collaborations
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Experience building large scale data processing pipelines using SQL with a data
warehousing product like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
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Experience working on a distributed team using asynchronous communication
and project management strategies
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Strong problem-solving skills in optimizing solutions for improved performance,
scalability and reduced infrastructure and/or support costs
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Collaborate with peers across the entire range of development activities that includes implementation of system and component designs, testing, productization, monitoring, and maintenance
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Support the team and data environment by periodically being on call
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B.S. or equivalent in Computer Science, Math, or similarly technical field preferred, or equivalent industry experience. Advanced degree is a plus.
Technology
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Relational databases. Snowflake and Postgres are ideal.
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SQL
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Python
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Go/gRPC
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AWS
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Git/GitHub
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Docker and Kubernetes
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Apache Airflow
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Datadog or similar observability tools
Nice to Haves
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Experience developing RESTful, resource-oriented APIs as distributed systems using gRPC and Go
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Experience with monorepo development strategies and the Bazel build system
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3+ years of experience with one or more mainstream strongly-typed, compiled
programming languages such as Go, Java/Scala/Kotlin, C#, or C++
- An understanding of ad-tech terms and methodologies is a strong plus
What We Offer
Minimum base salary of $131,000 - $170,000 + Equity + Benefits. The actual compensation offer will be determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, applicant's qualifications, skills, and experience.
- Discretionary and flexible paid time off
- In addition to standard US holidays off, VideoAmp employees also partake in Spring, Summer and Winter breaks
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents - including multiple options fully covered by VideoAmp
- Unlimited financial wellness sessions with Origin financial advisors
- 401k Plan with matching
- HSA & FSA
- Commuter Benefits
- Cell Phone Reimbursement
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave for All Family Additions
We are on a collective mission to bring equity and transparency into media measurement, and that begins with an honest, inclusive culture. At VideoAmp, we empower our team to thrive through collaboration, mentorship, and innovation. If you're passionate about all things data and tech, and have extensive knowledge and curiosity around the digital media space, we’d love to hear from you.
Above all, if you're eager to influence and support the revolutionary goals of a dynamic, cross-functional team - join us and make an impact!
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VideoAmp Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 2010, Chicago, IL, United States, 60654
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