Javascript Engineer, Ad Server
GumGum is a global technology and media company specializing in contextual intelligence. For over a decade, we have applied our proven machine learning expertise to extract value from digital content for the advertising industry. The company’s contextual advertising engine, Verity™, comprehends the meaning of text, images and video online, allowing marketers to safely and precisely place ads where people are most engaged. Combining that contextual targeting and brand safety intelligence with proprietary high-impact ad formats, GumGum’s advertising solutions deliver industry leading efficiency, accuracy and performance
The JavaScript Engineer will build and maintain our main ad server client that is used on thousands of publisher sites. This is not a UI focused position. This position will support the $100M line of business Ad Server core integration
The role demands skill at writing both vanilla JavaScript and using new libraries and packages. It uses ES6, transpiling, and modern JavaScript build and deployment tools. This engineer will work in a highly collaborative environment, sharing, and contributing to the team’s collective knowledge, processes and code implementations.
Please note, GumGum is only open to hiring remote candidates who are residents in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, and MN.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain new features and improvements for GumGum’s JavaScript code.
- Implement tests, ensuring proper functionality and graceful degradation on multiple browsers
- Support and troubleshoot implementations of our scripts on publisher sites
- Collaborate with a variety of internal teams
- Contribute to FOSS prebid.org codebase
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- At least three years of JavaScript experience
- Extensive knowledge of Web technologies like HTTP(S), HTTP/2 protocol, CDNs, and server-side cache techniques
- Extensive experience working directly with the DOM/BOM, CORS
- Cross-frame communication, IAB SafeFrames, and code injection and execution.
- Knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3 features, polyfills and graceful degradation
- Experience with Cross-browser compatibility and browser developer tools
- Experience with embedded 3rd party scripts
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
- Test-driven development
- Ad Industry experience a bonus!
- Core understanding of JavaScript, including ES6 and modern building tools and working in a JS-framework free environment.
- Strong communications skills
- Comfortable with working remotely and collaborating with overseas teams.
- Ability to step into a foreign JavaScript environment (publisher) and diagnose and solve problems.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive health, vision and dental benefits
- Healthcare including 100% coverage for Employee + Spouse/family
- Dependent care FSA
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan
- Stock incentive program (role dependent)
- Paid parental leave
- Goodly - student loan contribution plan
- WFH monthly stipend
- Anniversary recognition and awards
- Fitness reimbursement and wellness workshops
- Discounted Pet Health Program
- Flexible time off and work schedule
- Dog-friendly HQ office - we love our fur babies! Check us out on Instagram @dogsofgumgum
- Incredible work/life balance with a collaborative and friendly work space
- A team that has transitioned to remote work impressively, and remains highly collaborative and connected
- GumGum Gives Back volunteering opportunities
- Team building lunches and events, and monthly company celebrations
- Virtual monthly team bonding events
Career & Development Focus
- Ongoing learning and development for education opportunities such as webinars, books, classes, relevant conferences and events
- Opportunities to pursue business related side projects and yearly Hackathon
- Highly encouraged to contribute to open source software, including our own open source software
- Environment of learning from peers, including meetups, presentations and blog posts
- Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology
- Life Skills sessions - geared towards the whole life/ health / person
- Leadership Bites Dinner Series - connecting current and future GumGum leaders over great food and meaningful conversation
- The VOICE Coalition - Through our council committee, The VOICE Coalition’s mission is to build an equitable, supportive, and inclusive culture where all voices are heard and all differences are celebrated through thoughtful, engaging, and authentic programming and community involvement. We’ve created awareness and appreciation for our employees through Hispanic Heritage month, Women of GumGum, Asian Pacific American, GG Pride, etc.
Return to office: Our big vision for our futuristic “Farmhouses” in 2022!
- Offices will now be referred to as the “GumGum Farmhouse” -- a futuristic space centered around a bigger purpose: flexibility, sustainability, community, and growth!
- GumGum will continue to be a flexible/remote-friendly environment, however, offices will re-open in 2022 for any employees who choose to come in to collaborate, participate in an event, host your clients, contribute to our growing of plants/herbs/vegetables/etc.
Our Values…
Thoughtful…We listen to understand different perspectives, show everyone respect, and relentlessly seek solutions for our clients (internal and external)
Agility…We are quick, nimble, and change direction gracefully, while maintaining control.
Grit…We bring energy and perseverance to everything we do.
Our Culture...
GumGum recently earned LA’s Best Places to Work Award in 2021 by BuiltInLA, and Inc. Magazine’s Best Places to Work in 2020 and it’s no surprise why. With company-sponsored social hours, annual holiday celebrations and on-site gatherings, GumGummers enjoy a fun, creative and collaborative workplace. We provide ourselves on our strong track record of giving employees the autonomy and support they need to succeed.
Check us out on Instagram: @gumgum