Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Out-of-Home (OOH) is the fastest growing channel in advertising. From billboards to retail media to urban panels, 98% of us see at least one OOH advertisement every week. It’s a part of life. As the pioneer in OOH technology, we build solutions that help brands find their audience in the right place at the right time, on digital signage networks around the corner, or around the world. 

About us:

Vistar Media is the home of out-of-home (OOH). As a global ad tech company and the world's largest digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising marketplace, we offer technology designed to make buying and selling OOH media easier. Our goal is simple: to help the world's marketers leverage OOH's unique ability to motivate and delight. 

From strategic partnerships with major media owner networks to executing impactful campaigns with renowned global brands such as Nestlé, Porsche, Target, and Levi's, our team is filled with passionate, innovative, and collaborative problem solvers, engaging and entertaining consumers like you in the real world. Find your home in out-of-home - find your people at Vistar.

Our team at Vistar Media is made up of engineers from a variety of backgrounds and expertise. This makes it the perfect place to learn from seasoned engineers to help expand your knowledge of a new programming language or technology and to make a big impact on our products and services. Our engineers work closely with our Product team week-to-week to develop new lines of business and add to our existing feature set. At Vistar, we value code quality and have a rigorous code review process. The responsibility is shared across the team, with each member participating.

We are looking for a passionate Senior Software Engineer to design and develop software solutions. Our ideal candidates are familiar with current trends in web technology, and have extensive experience in at least one of the languages used in our code base. You should be able to work independently with little supervision, along with excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

We encourage mentorship through pair programming to help bring our team to the next level. Senior Software Engineers are expected to participate in these activities and set the standard for the team. Ultimately, the role of this Software Engineer is to build (and enable their teammates to build) high-quality, performant and well-tested software that complies with coding standards and quality expectations of the leadership team and our clients.

What you'll do:

• Take a technical leadership role on features and small teams.
• Work with the architecture team to develop maintainable, effective, and efficient solutions.
• Maintain a high level of productivity while making significant contributions to the Vistar platform code base
• Participate in a large number of code reviews.
• Work directly with the Product team on project planning and discovery.
• Have a deep understanding of the business case behind your team’s work: who benefits from its implementation and why?
• Write well-designed, well-tested code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.
• Help to onboard and mentor other engineers on the team

What experience we're looking for:

• 7-14+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases and experience with their design and implementation.
• Experience processing large amounts of data and large scaleable solutions.
• Experience in at least two of the following is preferred, but not required: Java, GoLang, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS.
• Experience with a formal code review process.

What we offer:

• Flexible, fun start-up environment and culture.
• An approachable and accessible C-Suite.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• 401k + match.
• Quarterly Lifestyle Stipend.
• Unlimited PTO and summer Fridays.
• Company-wide and team specific entertainment budgets for both in-person and virtual team building.
• A flexible hybrid work environment, with a fully stocked kitchen, weekly catered lunches, and casual attire while in office.
• Sponsored Volunteer Events and Vistar Gives Back program.
• An awesome and supportive bunch of people to work with and learn from.

If you’re ambitious, highly driven, and interested in making an impact, Vistar is the place for you. Apply to join our team… we’ll see you out there.

Recruiting fraud is a serious issue facing jobseekers. Please be aware that Vistar Media would never require personal information (such as bank account information) during the interview process. Should an employee from Vistar Media reach out to you, that communication will come from an @vistarmedia.com email address. During a typical interview process, you will have several phone, video, and/or in-person interviews with multiple Vistar Media employees before a hiring decision is made. We do not require payment from applicants for training or other costs incurred, nor do we offer compensation before hiring.