Kargo creates breakthrough cross-screen ad experiences for the world's leading brands and publishers. Everyday, our 600+ employees bring the power of their creativity and diversity to radically raising the bar on what mobile, CTV, AI, social, and eCommerce can do to wow consumers and build businesses. Now 20 years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, Austin, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland. Humble brag: In 2024, Kargo was recognized as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and Built In .
Success takes all kinds. Diversity describes our workforce. Inclusion defines our culture. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or other legally protected status. Individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Software Engineer II
Permanent
New York
$135,000 - $150,000
As a Software Engineer at Kargo, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary video team which involves client-side and server-side engineering across multiple technology stacks, frameworks, and languages.
- Work on systems that handle billions of ad requests to help clients deliver and make informed decisions from millions of ads
- Iterate and innovate on video ad delivery, measurement, and management across a variety of technology stacks
- Collaborate with a great team to grow your technical and subject matter expertise. You will be involved in the full lifecycle of full stack development, from ideation to to delivery of high quality, best in class capabilities which give our team and customers the edge in the market.
- Work in a truly agile environment where team members are encouraged to collaborate on planning process while also have the freedom to address emergent needs
- Empathy and a deep respect for the power of collaboration.
- Motivation to learn and adapt to both emerging and existing design patterns, coding practices, and tools
- Ability to identify and build upon design patterns of an existing codebase
- Actively utilizes time-boxing strategies and understands business requirements while debugging code issues; knows when to reach out to the team for further assistance
- Ability to comprehend and communicate complex requirements and issues to colleagues of varying technical backgrounds
- Can mentor other other team members
- 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role.
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle, including QA and deployment processes
- Experience in a team setting and is comfortable with pairing as well as giving and receiving code reviews
- Experience with writing automated tests and is comfortable with performing additional QA support when needed
- Strong command of a major modern programming language (some we work with are Golang, JavaScript/NodeJS, PHP, and Python) but it's not vital that it's one that we work with right now
- Experience with cloud technologies is a plus e.g. (AWS, Apache Airflow, Dockerized Kubernetes environments)
- Experience with querying large datasets to better understand trends, optimize delivery, and troubleshoot issues
- Comfortable with modern web developer tools for inspecting complicated publisher web pages
- Experience in working with product teams and designers to deliver a great experience to users or customers
- A strong belief that computers are fun
- Big Picture: kargo.com
- The Latest: Instagram ( @kargomobile ) and LinkedIn ( Kargo )
What We Do
Kargo creates breakthrough cross-screen ad experiences and ad tech solutions for the world’s leading brands, retailers and publishers. Everyday, our 500+ employees bring the power of their creativity and diversity to radically raising the bar on what mobile, CTV, AI, social, and eCommerce can do to wow consumers and build businesses. Now 20 years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, Austin, LA, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland.
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Kargo Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.