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This is a fabulous opportunity for a candidate with the right attitude and proven aptitude to join a highly skilled, innovative team developing solutions at the heart of the burgeoning global media sector.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

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2 x Full-Stack Software Engineer
 
We are looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer who is fluent with both our back-end and front-end environments to work as part of a highly skilled team to create compelling business applications that our customers fall in love with.  Working in one of our 4 agile development teams, you will be responsible for the green-field development of application modules that address our customers critical business needs. You will ensure that application modules are efficient, scalable, easy to use, robust and are easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.
 
Duties & Responsibilities

• Participating in the design and creation of green-field software
• Working as part of an agile development team, to write clean, functional code on the front- and back-end
• Design of underlying databases, end-points, API’s and structures to enable the component of the application to engage most efficiently.
• Developing the new UI using React.js
• Building reusable components and libraries for future use
• Working closely with our QA Team on implementing their testing strategy, fixing bugs or other coding issues
• To work with the Development Manager in the prioritisation of development tasks and the execution of these tasks with high-quality deliverables
• To address problem-solving in the broadest context, and coming at problems with innovative and thinking outside-the-box 

 
Experience & Attributes Required

• You will have come from a software development organisation building business-critical systems.  You most likely started as a back-end engineer but have developed a capability in middleware and front-end.
• You should have a B.Sc in Computer Science (or equivalent computing degree) from a good university
• You should have a minimum 3 years experience with C# (our back-end development environment)
• Should you have a minimum 18 months experience with a front-end java script framework (ideally, React.js but would consider Node / Vue)
• Ideally, you will have experience developing on AWS, ideally using core AWS components such as Cognito, Fargate, Lambda and others.
• Other attributes we are looking at would include;
• - Experience of working within Design Systems, such as Storyboard.
• - Experience of working within a microservices architecture
• - Experience in developing and taking-in front-end specifications using tools such as Sketch, Abstract, UXPin and Zeplin.
• - Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• - Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• - Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• - Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools (Jira, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline)
• - Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• - Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git.​

 
Salary & Benefits

• Attractive salary and benefits
• Stock options and equity participation for all staff
• Permanent work from home, with occasional visits to London and other UK locations for company meetings and team-building
• A great working environment, pioneering the next generation of audio advertising solutions 
• A rewarding, inclusive corporate culture based on hiring the very best and giving them freedom to excel

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Lead Front-End Developer

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Lead Front-End Developer - React & Storybook
 
We are looking for a Lead Front-End developer who is fluent with both React and Storybook to work closely with our Product Designer to create compelling business applications that our customers fall in love with. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components using React & Storybook, maintaining the libraries of such components and bossing the implementation of these across our development team. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is critical.

 
Duties & Responsibilities

• Working with Product Designers, to develop and maintain the front-end component library in Storybook to be used by our engineering team.
• To work with the engineering team in the application of these components across their development projects to ensure design compliance.
• To set the development standards for all UI/UX components of our solution
• To lead the development of any particularly tricky UI/UX screens, demonstrating by example to those team members with less experience of React/Storybook.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers and screen sizes.
• To work with the Development Manager in the prioritisation of development tasks and the execution of these tasks with high-quality deliverables
• To work with Product Designers, the tools they use, method of working and establishing an effective partnership between design and development.
• To address problem-solving in the broadest context, and coming at problems with innovative and thinking outside-the-box 

 
Experience & Attributes Required

• Mandatory
  
• Minimum 4+ year’s experience with React.js.  
• Minimum 2+ year’s experience with Storybook
• UI, Design or Computer Science degree from a good university.
• Experience both developing in, and owning, design systems
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  Nice to Have
  
• Experience in developing and taking-in front-end specifications using tools such as Sketch, Abstract, UXPin and Zeplin.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Experience with popular workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git.
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Salary & Benefits

• Attractive salary and benefits
• Stock options and equity participation for all staff
• Permanent work from home, with occasional visits to London and other UK locations for company meetings and team-building
• A great working environment, pioneering the next generation of audio advertising solutions 
• A rewarding, inclusive corporate culture based on hiring the very best and giving them freedom to excel

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QA Engineer

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QA Engineer 
We are looking for an experienced Software QA Engineer, working within our QA team who will be responsible for requirements analysis, test planning activities, test case automation and execution of critical test cases/scripts required to ensure that our software meets business requirements. Functional Testing levels may include application integration, system, system/network integration and acceptance testing; may also include non-functional testing such as performance, volume, load and fallback.
 
Duties & Responsibilities

• Working with our Head of QA to design and implement our policies and processes to ensure best practices in software quality assurance
• Develop manual and automated test plans and scenarios
• Develop in-depth product knowledge in order to advise on risks and quality improvements
• Evangelise automation and assist other QA team members through mentorship, tutorials, and writing scripts to speed up their manual testing efforts
• Partner with cross-functional core stakeholders across Product Development & Product Management to lead the QA direction and facilitate key technical decision points
• Ability to commit to road maps with capabilities and timelines using the agile methodology for new product, technology evaluation, and introduction
• Align QA to business strategy, and proactively drive a product development direction throughout the company
• Work with the agile team to support product launch and rollout activities
• Conduct internal communication of planned QA activities; reporting status of the activities to internal teams
• Identify gaps in the quality assurance and testing processes, generate solutions, and drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate to ensure high quality, timely product releases
• Reproduce client issues and work with developers to resolve
• Recommend and implement process improvement
• Manage any direct reports, helping them juggle multiple projects and manage their time on short- and long-term projects
• Support the long-term career development of any direct reports; helping them build their skills in software testing
• Define quality assurance requirements and performance benchmarks for multiple sets of major product components as necessary
• Work closely with Product & Engineering to ensure that all deadlines and goals are met, as well as quality software is released on schedule

 
Experience & Attributes Required​

• 5+ Hands on experience working on test planning, coordination and status reporting of projects from initiation to implementation 
• Expertise in developing and execution of project test plans with milestones and ensures that the scope and approach are fully understood by all stakeholders 
• Knowledge to provide guidance and subject matter expertise to engineers on Automation, Testing and QA processes, assists in preparation of test strategies including test data and test environment 
• Expertise in the review process of user story backlog and requirements specifications and provides recommendations Plans and defines testing approach 
• Hands on experience managing the definition, implementation, and integration of quality principles into the design and development of software and IT processes for the team
• Extensive experience in design, monitoring, and analysis of testing quality metrics such as defect, defect counts, test results, and test status 
• Good knowledge on automation tools like Selenium/UFT and should be able to determine the need, selection and implementation of automation tools
• Must have good knowledge on SDLC and QA process and should we well-versed with agile testing reporting tools like Jenkins, Rally, JIRA, ALM, Clarity, Sharepoint, Confluence etc. 
• Must have active CSM and Safe agilest certification
• A 1st or 2:1 degree from a good university in a computing-related discipline

​Salary & Benefits

• Attractive salary and benefits
• Stock options and equity participation for all staff
• Permanent work from home, with occasional visits to London and other UK locations for company meetings and team-building
• A great working environment, pioneering the next generation of audio advertising solutions 
• A rewarding, inclusive corporate culture based on hiring the very best and giving them freedom to excel

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IT Project Manager

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IT Project Manager
We are looking for an IT Project Manager, living in or around London who will be responsible for running strategic IT/media projects both internally and for our growing customer base across London and the EU. These projects will invariably consist of the deployment of new technology to support structural changes in business processes as our clients transition from manual advertising processes to a more automated solution for media advertising.  The IT Project Manager will be responsible for the complete end-to-end delivery, from the ‘blue sky thinking’ workshops as client requirements are captured, through to project design, planning, milestones and deliverables.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To own the end-to-end delivery of major adtech projects for some of the UK’s leading media organisations. This is a customer-facing role and will involve frequent customer engagement onsite in London, occasionally internationally and frequently online.
• To lead customer workshops and brainstorming sessions to determine project scope, definition, deliverables and milestones.
• To work alongside or lead project management teams comprising users, customers, partners, suppliers and other stakeholders in the successful delivery of these projects.
• To program manage our internal software development projects, ensuring our software development activities are delivered within a formal project management framework.
• To manage potential outsourced software development teams.

 
Experience & Attributes Required​

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in IT project management, with experience of both internal and customer-facing IT projects.
• A 1st or 2:1 degree from a good UK university in a computer-related discipline.
• Exceptionally well organised, disciplined with adoption of clear processes to ensure projects are always delivered on time, budget and which exceed the stake-holder’s expectations.
• Prince 2 Practitioner of at least 5 years.
• MSP Practitioner.
• A hands-on, experienced agilest, with minimum accreditation of SAFe Agile Practitioner.
• An individual with demonstrable commitment to professional growth, striving to get to the top of their game, and so membership of MAPM or similar professional standards body is expected.
• Experience within the media or adtech sector (DSP or SSP side) ideal but not required.
• Enthusiasm and desire to learn with the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• The ability to address problem-solving in the broadest context and coming at problems with innovative and thinking outside-the-box.
• A proven leader who can lead and motivate a team but highly proficient as an individual.

​Salary & Benefits

• Attractive salary and benefits
• Stock options and equity participation for all staff
• Permanent work from home, with occasional visits to London and other UK locations for company meetings and team-building
• A great working environment, pioneering the next generation of audio advertising solutions 
• A rewarding, inclusive corporate culture based on hiring the very best and giving them freedom to excel