Behind every great digital experience is the technology that makes it possible. As a Full Stack Ad Tech Developer at Hearst Magazines, you'll help build the systems that power advertising, audience insights, and revenue across one of the world's leading media companies, solving complex engineering challenges while shaping the future of digital publishing.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers, with a portfolio of 30 brands that inspire, inform, and entertain millions of readers across print, digital, social, video, and emerging platforms. Our teams combine world-class storytelling with cutting-edge technology to create exceptional consumer experiences and innovative advertising solutions. Join us to help shape the future of media through collaboration, creativity, and continuous innovation.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)- Design and develop scalable backend services that process high volumes of advertising event and audience engagement data through reliable ETL pipelines.
- Build and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and enrichment systems that integrate with ad servers, supply-side platforms, data management platforms, and other third-party technologies.
- Develop APIs and internal tools that support ad delivery, campaign measurement, troubleshooting, and revenue reporting.
- Create and maintain front-end applications and operational tools using modern JavaScript frameworks such as React and Node.js.
- Implement scalable approaches to data storage, retrieval, normalization, and processing across cloud platforms including Google Cloud Platform and AWS.
- Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and ad operations teams to deliver accurate, privacy-compliant, and reliable data solutions for reporting and downstream applications.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize applications, APIs, data pipelines, and integrations to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Contribute to automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development practices while applying privacy-by-design principles across all systems.
- 3+ years of experience in full stack software development, with a strong focus on backend development, data engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and JavaScript.
- Experience building applications with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React and Node.js.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL workflows, data pipelines, APIs, and backend services.
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS, including serverless technologies.
- Familiarity with data warehouses such as BigQuery, Redshift, or similar technologies.
- Experience with digital advertising technologies, including Google Ad Manager, header bidding platforms, OpenRTB, or related ad tech ecosystems.
- Comfort using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and infrastructure workflows.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern software engineering best practices.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with close attention to performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, analytics, product, and ad operations teams.
- Understanding of data privacy requirements, including GDPR, CCPA, and privacy-focused system design principles.
- Preferred experience with data governance tools, business intelligence platforms (such as Looker or Tableau), real-time data processing frameworks, machine learning pipelines, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions.
- This role is based in New York City and follows a hybrid schedule of four days per week in the office.
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
- Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
- Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
- Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
- Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
- Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
The base salary range for this role is $110,000–$140,000. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of full-stack software development, backend development, data engineering, or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and JavaScript
- Experience with React and Node.js
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL workflows, data pipelines, APIs, and backend services
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform or AWS, including serverless technologies
- Familiarity with data warehouses such as BigQuery or Redshift
- Experience with digital advertising technologies such as Google Ad Manager, header bidding, or OpenRTB
- Comfort using AI-assisted development tools
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern software engineering practices
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collaborate across engineering, analytics, product, and ad operations teams
- Understanding of GDPR, CCPA, and privacy-focused system design
- Experience with data governance tools
- Experience with business intelligence platforms such as Looker or Tableau
- Experience with real-time data processing frameworks
- Experience with machine learning pipelines or retrieval-augmented generation solutions
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
