Data Engineer

GumGum is a contextual-first global advertising technology company that captures people’s attention, without the use of personal data. We believe that a digital advertising ecosystem based on understanding a consumer’s active frame of mind rather than behavior builds a more equitable and safer future for consumers, publishers and advertisers alike. Founded in 2008, GumGum is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and operates in 19 markets worldwide. For more information, visit gumgum.com.

Background:

PLAYGROUND XYZ is an advertising technology business headquartered in Sydney with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, London, Los Angeles and New York.

Our mission is to master the art and science of maximizing attention. To do this, we’ve built the world’s first AI that can measure how long an ad was looked at (a metric we call Attention Time). Fuelled and verified by real eye tracking data, but able to throw off the shackles of panels and instead scale infinitely across the world wide web, our AI is set to revolutionize the way that digital media is measured, bought and sold.

We’re a fast growing business with every major agency group and a great list of top tier publishers using our technology. We’re a team of mobile experts with an unrelenting focus on quality products and tech.

Our tech is being used by top 100 brands across the globe. We’ve won coveted ‘Marketing Technology Company of the Year’ awards from both B&T and Mumbrella and featured twice as a Rising Star in the Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Awards.

We’re a passionate, enthusiastic team who are genuinely spending our days doing what we love the most – creating new disruptive technologies and products for big brands.

The Role:

We are looking for a passionate and driven Engineer for our Data & Analytics (DNA) team, based in Sydney.

AIP is the world’s first ad stack built to maximise Attention Time on ads. It uses an AI (trained and verified by real eye tracking panel data) to create a suite of groundbreaking products that unlock the power of attention measurement and real time media and creative optimisation. It’s the award-winning solution for brands that want to succeed in the attention economy, stand out from the pack, and secure the best possible results from their ad spend.

The DNA team works on building our Attention data pipeline, from data collection to aggregation, measurement & prediction,, powering the AIP engine and enabling its real-time optimisation capabilities.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has solid experience in architecting and building scalable data pipelines in cloud providers, preferably using GCP.
• High proficiency in SQL, BigQuery experience or another cloud database/data warehouse is a plus.
• Understands the principles of ETL and a data pipeline
• Is aware of optimisation requirements for high-volume traffic and messaging services
• Is an accomplished engineer using a general purpose scripting language such as Python, Typescript or Javascript.
• Is autonomous in investigating the best approach to a problem and finding innovative solutions
• Strong communication skills
• Able to work with stakeholders outside of the immediate team

We’ll look very favourably on someone:

• With experience building and deploying machine learning models
• Who can configure and run CICD pipelines

Technologies we work with:

• Typescript, JavaScript, NodeJs, Jest, Python, Redis, SQL
• Flask, Express, Loopback, Airflow
• GCP Big data / Smart analytics solutions
• Jira, Slack

Other requirements:

• Must have full working rights in Australia

What we offer:

• A fantastic company culture driven by hard-working but fun people
• The opportunity to build industry-leading ad tech products
• A competitive salary package
• Flexible work policy with the ability to work from home most of the time
• Complete company transparency including monthly status updates
• A team culture where contribution is valued in architecture, workflow and tech stack decisions

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.

Awards

• BuiltinLA #7 Best Places to Work 2022
• BuiltinLA Best Places to Work 2021
• Ad Exchanger Programmatic Power Player 2022 and 2021
• Digiday Media Awards Europe finalist 2022 and 2021
• Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Greater LA finalist 2022

GumGum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At GumGum, we believe in cultivating an environment where our team members can bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Encouraging identity and belonging is one of the many aspects of our culture that makes us stronger as an organization and drives innovation. We are committed to building and delivering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce that is representative of the world around us, where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity - and to act swiftly if this value is ever threatened. We are constantly striving to be better, and we continue to take strategic steps to advance representation. - Phil Schraeder, CEO

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