About the Company

At true[X], acquired by Gimbal in 2020, our mission is to provide the best advertising experience for consumers, the best monetization for premium publishers, and the best return for brand advertisers. Across connected TV, mobile and desktop devices we empower premium publishers to create experiences that allow them to serve the widest possible audience by optimizing consumers’ time and attention, and delivering impactful results for advertisers. For brands and advertisers, true[X] delivers on our true[ATTENTION] guarantee of effective, zero-waste, high-engagement ad experiences that drive measurable brand funnel impact.

Since our founding in 2007, we have been committed to advancing three core principles in our own products and in the broader advertising industry: quality, accountability, and transparency, driven by our core belief that all are necessary for ensuring a better consumer experience. Every decision we make is guided by a deep understanding of human attention.

About the Job

As a Data Engineer, you will be an important part of the team that owns our data infrastructure. This is no small responsibility: As an AdTech company, data is our lifeblood, and there's a lot of it. Someone with experience ingesting, processing, storing, analyzing, and working in a big-data environment will have ample opportunity for success in this role.  

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and modify Spark jobs (in Scala) to perform various tasks, from reading Kinesis streams using Spark Streaming, to joining and aggregating huge data sets, to integrating with third party data sources
• Develop and launch new features to adapt to evolving business needs
• Be an active and engaged owner of our data infrastructure
• Be curious and seek to understand all aspects of our business
• Maintain high standards of code quality, and encourage the same by providing constructive code reviews to collaborators
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across various systems
• Collaborate with Data Science, Product, Research, and Engineering teams to iterate on the roadmap
• Gather requirements when underspecified

Who you are:

• A universal communicator — you are able to explain the most technical data to the least technical people without any confusion
• A proactive problem solver — you are constantly looking for ways to work smarter, delivering new efficiencies anywhere an improvement can be made
• A builder — you are passionate about collecting, storing, and analyzing big data

Changing the established guidelines of an industry, especially one as rooted as digital advertising, isn't an easy or quick effort, but we believe it's the right thing to do and we want to be the ones to do it. We're looking for hungry people who are passionate about disrupting the digital media world, and agree that we can do better for viewers, advertisers and publishers out there. 

What you have:

• BS in Computer Science or related field required 
• Strong knowledge of SQL required 
• Strong knowledge with Spark (using Scala) 
• Working knowledge of serialization formats and their trade-offs (columnar vs row-based) Experience debugging and optimizing Spark jobs 
• Familiarity with database fundamentals, such as ACID, snowflake schema, normalized/denormalized data 
• Must be a strong written and verbal communicator
• Familiarity with columnar database, key-value stores, document stores, stream processing, time series databases, data warehouses, and OLAP preferred
• Experience working with HDFS and S3 preferred 
• Familiarity with Data Science tooling in Spark preferred
• Experience in the advertising industry and with real-time analytics is a plus 

Benefits & Perks.

It’s no secret that we work hard, but we also strive to create an office environment where the lines between work and play are blurred. This means we offer these great perks to help keep our team healthy, productive, and happy.

• 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, as well as life insurance and disability coverage
• Unlimited paid time off - we trust your discretion
• Opportunities for profit sharing, bonuses, and ownership
• 401(k) plan plus company match 
• Cell phone reimbursement and subsidized gym membership
• Annual professional development stipend 

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment. true[X] is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.