Full-Stack Staff 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.

• Mentor / coach Junior Engineers, including code reviews
• Facilitate daily stand-ups and act as "Scrum Master" within our feature team based environment
• Work within a fast paced agile team to build highly scalable and performant systems
• Adhere to the VAST and VPAID specifications
• Interact with modern database technologies
• Address the challenge of delivering products in a SASS environment

• Familiarity with Java
• Understanding of relational databases
• Knowledge of design patterns and their consequences
• Ability to clearly communicate software design
• Comfortable working directly with business partners
• Comfortable with Unix operating systems and the command line environment
• Experience using Git or other SCCS systems
• Strong desire to expand and improve your software engineering skills
• BS in Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent experience

• Open source project contributions
• Experience with noSQL databases (Hive, Hadoop, Cassandra)
• Experience with Action Script 3
• Previous experience in a SASS environment
• Familiarity with ad products and internet marketing

Position

Reports to:

Director, Engineering