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.
With the recent acquisition of ADstruc, a leader in traditional OOH planning and buying software, Vistar Media enhances its comprehensive suite for OOH media. For nearly 15 years, ADstruc has streamlined the planning, buying, and selling workflow for traditional OOH, allowing agencies to focus on strategy, creativity, and ROI. By integrating ADstruc’s capabilities, we are committed to providing an unparalleled service to the OOH community, ensuring seamless and efficient solutions that drive creativity and results for our clients.
We are looking for a passionate Backend Engineer to join our Traditional OOH department. This role will focus on building out and scaling ADstruc as an independent platform, with plans for eventual integration into Vistar’s existing infrastructure. Additionally, you will help expand ADstruc’s capabilities internationally. You will work closely with our engineering, product, DevOps, and security teams to ensure robust performance and seamless user experiences.
What you'll do
- Take a technical leadership role on features and small teams.
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and infrastructure.
- Develop maintainable, effective, and efficient solutions.
- Maintain a high level of productivity while making significant contributions to the ADstruc/Vistar platform code base.
- Participate in code reviews and provide mentorship through pair programming.
- Work directly with the Product team on project planning and discovery.
- Write well-designed, well-tested code.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.
What experience we're looking for:
- 5-10+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g. engineering, computer science, etc.), or Bachelor's degree in any field and 7+ years of professional experience working as a Software Engineer.
- Proven ability to architect scalable and maintainable backend solutions.
- Strong knowledge of backend architecture, including service-oriented architecture, APIs, testing, ORMs, relational databases (PostgreSQL/PostGIS), and AWS (including AWS Lambda).
- DevOps, Containerization, and Infrastructure as Code experience.
- Experience processing large amounts of data and developing large-scale solutions.
- Experience in at least two of the following is preferred, but not required: PostgreSQL, AWS, PHP (Symfony framework), Python, TypeScript.
What we offer:
- Flexible and fun start-up environment and culture
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Unlimited vacation and summer Fridays
- A large entertainment budget for virtual team building (and frequent happy hours and team outings once it's safe for those)
- Sponsored volunteer events
- Opportunities for team and project leadership
- A great bunch of people to work with and learn from
At Vistar Media, we carefully consider a wide range of factors, including experience, skills, and other relevant business considerations. These considerations can cause compensation to vary. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position under New York City law for New York City applicants. The salary range estimate for this position as performed in New York City is: $140,000- $145,000. The salary range for this position as performed outside of New York City may vary. The actual pay will be at Vistar Media’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to geographic location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
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.
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What We Do
Out there, in the streets, ad space intersects time and place. It’s a part of life. OOH campaigns inform, entertain, attract - and they can change the course of someone’s afternoon.
At Vistar Media, we facilitate that serendipity hundreds of thousands of times a day. Our goal is simple: to help marketers leverage OOH’s unique ability to motivate and delight. Persuade and captivate. Stand out and blend in. Through our truly intelligent platform that hosts the world’s most extensive OOH inventory, we provide the scale, data, and expertise that allow brands to capture a better, gentler kind of attention. We believe that OOH is both timeless and future-proof. Why? Because it speaks to the human need to look up and around, but it’s always evolving and improving, infusing novelty into everyday life and opening up new opportunities. With Vistar, OOH is not only the most enduring channel in media, it’s also getting better every day. We’ll see you out there.
Why Work With Us
We’re the OOH revolutionaries, weaving stories into the world and turning discovery into action. We hustle with heart, obsess over knowledge, and fuel each other's success — come join us!
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