ABOUT THE TEAM
Our team sits at the nexus between the flagship Basis Platform application and our Demand-Side Platform, a real-time auction engine that competes in billions of ad auctions a day, each with a sub-100ms latency.
We implement features and workflows that surface the DSP capabilities making the functionality approachable for the novice and power users alike. The work is high-visibility, revenue-impacting, and customer-facing. The features and projects we take on reach across internal and external boundaries, services, and orgs. We deal in data, and lots of it! Implementation is not just code and structure, we consider resources, performance, and scalability.
WAYS YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE
You'll build net-new Basis Platform features, develop the integrations that bridge Basis Platform and our DSP, and extend the existing feature sets that our customers rely on every day. What makes you a great fit for the team:
Ownership. You run with autonomy and own what you ship — quality, reliability, and what happens after it hits production. You're at home driving projects from first sketch to launch and beyond.
Relentless Curiosity. You close your own gaps in knowledge, skill, and domain — and that depth shows up in planning, where you catch risks early and keep the technical path aligned with the business goals.
Leadership. You lead projects end-to-end across our stack, set the bar for quality, and pull other engineers up with you.
Collaboration. You demonstrate strong partnerships and communication skills through pull requests, demos, and working relationships.
Positivity. You bring a sense of strategic optimism and a solution-oriented mindset to work, while embodying Basis' core principles.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE
5+ years professional software development experience.
Proven experience designing, building, and scaling modern, production‑level front‑end experiences using React, with supporting back‑end work in Ruby on Rails.
Current with modern development practices, including AI-assisted and agentic workflows for code generation, debugging, exploring, and documentation.
Strong grasp of data modeling and system design.
Enthusiastic growth-oriented mindset.
BONUS POINTS
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
Experience with Spring Boot, Quarkus
Excited by a fast-paced product development environment
Passion for Ad-Tech
OUR TECH STACK
React/JS, Ruby/Rails, Java
PostgreSQL, MySql, Redis, MongoDB
Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
Kafka, RabbitMQ
Skills Required
- 5 years or more of professional software experience
- Experience planning and building production-level web applications using React and Ruby on Rails
- Strong grasp of data modeling, SQL, query optimization, tuning for read/write performance and scalability
- Knowledge and fluency in Git, Unix/Linux environments, and automated testing tools
- Willingness to learn Java
What the Team is Saying
Basis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, recurring paid sabbaticals, and year-round half-day Fridays provide multiple avenues for rest and flexibility. A paid volunteer day further broadens time-away options.
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Parental & Family Support — Extended fully paid leave for birthing and non-birthing parents is provided, alongside adoption/surrogacy leave with financial assistance. Maven fertility and family-planning support are also available.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program with employer matching features immediate vesting. This offers consistent support for long-term savings.
Basis Insights
What We Do
Basis is a leading global provider of automation software designed specifically for enterprise marketers. Our platform, Basis, is the industry’s only comprehensive digital media solution that seamlessly integrates programmatic, site-direct, advanced TV, search, and social media within a single interface. By unifying these functions, Basis simplifies complex and disconnected media operations, automates repetitive tasks, and minimizes manual processes, enabling marketing teams to focus on strategy and creativity. Our software is built to consolidate various tools and systems, driving productivity while ensuring that advertisers maximize the performance of their multi-channel media investments. With features that streamline workflows and improve efficiency, Basis delivers a powerful solution for optimizing campaign outcomes across multiple channels. Headquartered in Chicago, Basis is recognized not only for our innovative technology but also for our dedication to creating an outstanding workplace culture. Our commitment to our people and our customers underpins everything we do, as we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible in digital marketing automation.
Why Work With Us
Our mission is to make the ad industry better for everyone. We invest in our culture and support our employees – from development opportunities to competitive health and wellness programs. If you’re looking for a community that values your whole self, celebrates your wins, and has your back in challenging times – come change the industry with us.
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Remote Workspace
Employees work remotely.
Basis empowers employees to work where they thrive. As a remote-first company, we trust our people to work remotely, AND offer access to our Chicago HQ and shared workspaces across the U.S., ensuring team members are supported where they are.
