Java Engineer

Who We Are:

 At adMarketplace, we are passionate about improving the search experience for consumers, publishers, and advertisers without sacrificing user privacy. We are the largest people-led, privacy-safe consumer search marketplace.  

Our mantra is to let our winners run. From your first day at AMP, you will have the opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the company. We’re excited about building and innovating new products. We embody our five core values (known as our 5C’s) with everything we do- Curiosity, Collaboration, Creative Conflict, Commitment, and Competitiveness. We believe in continuous professional growth, and offer all our employees career path mapping to ensure no one ever stops learning. 

 Growing Company. Small, Dynamic Teams. Real Impact.

What you'll do:

At adMarketplace, we create best of breed consumer search technology using cutting-edge architectures with millisecond response time and crunch through terabytes of data every day. The ideal candidate is motivated to design for massive scale, developing for low latency and pushing the boundaries of using real-time data in automated decisions. Our team uses a modern tech stack including Akka, Scala, Kafka, Java8+, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and more.

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on design, development, and maintenance of ad-tech related systems and system components using Java and other software technologies
• 24/7 low latency large-scale distributed systems
• Cloud migration and containerization projects
• Clients integration automation components (Google, Amazon, LiveRamp)
• Data streaming, processing, and aggregation solutions
• Data-driven applications
• Lead the design and technical implementation of different projects
• Mentor junior engineers by providing directions, instructions, and guidance as needed related to implementation details and seamless project execution
• Work closely with QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams to integrate, test and release different system components (all stages of SDLC)
• Solve complex technical challenges related to low latency large scale distributed systems
• Work closely with business stakeholders and other engineers on understanding and translating business requirements into technical solutions

 Requirements:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
• Must have 5+ years strong hands-on development experience using Java (Java 8+ preferred)
• Ability to design complete systems by collaborating with multiple teams and understanding testing, hardware and deployment methodologies
• Experience developing, delivering and maintaining low latency, scalable applications, and systems
• Strong knowledge of algorithmic complexity/simplicity tradeoffs, effective use of data structures
• Good understanding of object-oriented design patterns
• Familiarity and hands-on experience with profiling, code efficiency, and testing/release concepts
• Experience working in a Linux environment
• Experience building software in continuous integration and delivery fashion in an automated way
• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Leader type of person who can lead a small team of software engineers
• Excellent documentation, communication, and troubleshooting skills
• Is a plus:
• Experience with Spring or another dependency injection framework
• Experience with Akka or another actor-based framework
• Experience with big data and streaming technologies like Apache Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, and Zookeeper 
• Experience with Java8+, AWS, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Vertica, and Aerospike
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, AWS, and Microservices
• Scala and/or Python development experience
• Experience working in an agile software development team using Jira
• Digital advertising industry experience

Join Us: 

adMarketplace has been named as one of the best places to work in New York City by Built In and Crain’s- the latter of which have recognized us the past three years straight! AMP is currently experiencing triple digit growth, and it’s never been a better time to join our team!

We offer a robust continuing education program, management training, regular company-wide lunch and learns, and well-defined career paths to ensure all our employees have an opportunity to grow. 

At adMarketplace, we play to win, but we learn from our setbacks. Our commitment to a collaborative environment means no one succeeds alone, and no one fails alone either.   

 We know you’ve come to expect comprehensive healthcare, wellness programs, paid time off, commuter benefits, and 401k matching from any company, so it’s a good thing we offer all of that and so much more. adMarketplace offers a dog friendly office, Summer Fridays, catered lunches, a fully stocked kitchen, ZogSports teams, happy hours and corporate retreats to encourage a strong work/life balance.