Technical Operations Engineer
SpotX is the leading global video advertising platform that enables media owners and publishers to monetize premium content across desktop, mobile and connected TV devices. As a modern ad server with programmatic infrastructure, data enablement, and monetization solutions for OTT, outstream, and addressable TV, SpotX gives media owners and publishers the control, transparency, and actionable insights needed to understand buyer behavior, manage access and pricing, and maximize revenue. SpotX also provides advertisers with a direct pipeline to premium supply and innovative solutions for optimizing media efficiency, reach, and audience targeting. With best-in-class technology purpose-built for video, SpotX’s holistic, brand-safe solution is employed by some of the largest media owners and publishers in the world including fuboTV, Microsoft Casual Games, Newsy, Samba TV, Sling TV, Vudu and partners with a variety of different companies within the digital video ecosystem including comScore, DoubleVerify, Integral Ad Science, JW Player, MediaMath, MOAT, Nielsen, Oracle, and more.
Headquartered in Denver, SpotX has nearly 600 employees in 24 offices worldwide including Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, and Tokyo. In October 2017, RTL Group completed its 100% acquisition of SpotX which is currently combining its business with smartclip, a sister company. Learn more at www.spotx.tv and follow @SpotX on Twitter and LinkedIn.
SpotX is the most transparent programmatic video advertising platform with more than 7 billion ad decisions per day reaching 600 million unique visitors in more than 190 countries
We are seeking a talented Technical Operations Engineer who can contribute their technical and communication skills to our team located in Broomfield, CO. You’ll be technical support for Publishers and DSPs where you will work in a fast-paced but casual tech environment with highly talented peers. For this position we are looking for a motivated, detail-oriented individual who isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty troubleshooting and providing technical expertise. You will get to work closely with almost all departments in the company, including (but not limited to) our Supply Operations, Demand Operations, Engineering, and Business Development teams. This is a constantly growing team that adapts to what is needed in the company and in the industry, so you will need to be versatile and enjoy taking on new challenges.
Making an immediate impact:
- Provide technical guidance for the majority of publishers and DSPs
- Recommend new initiatives to improve client success
- Assist internal Operations teams with technical inquiries
- Maintain deep knowledge of SpotX technologies for both publishers and DSPs
- Triage, prioritize, categorize and resolve production impacting incidents
- Developing and organizing support documentation
- Handling issues in tickets via a ticketing system
- The direct line between Operations and Engineering
Needed SpotX’er talents:
- 1-2 years Adtech experience/knowledge
- 1-2 years technical support / troubleshooting experience
- Knowledge of VAST, VPAID, ad servers, DSPs, ad exchanges, and SSPs
- Programming experience in HTML, CSS, XML, Python, SQL
- Ability to translate technical details to any audience
- Experience in analyzing issues, distilling and communicating their relevant aspects
- Strong problem-solving/analytical skills, initiative, eagerness to learn, and ability to work independently within a team structure
- Experience using various web debugging tools, such as Charles, Firebug, Fiddler, Chrome tools, etc.
- Comfortable at a shell prompt (Unix/linux experience)
- Understanding of JavaScript, PHP, JSON, HTTP, cookies, REST, scripting languages, etc.
- Flexible personality - must be willing to handle additional responsibilities as assigned or required
Bonus SpotX’er talents:
- Experience working with online video, CTV apps, mobile apps
- Understanding of source control (i.e. GIT)
- Docker or other container platforms
SpotX Perks:
- Work-life balance
- Unlimited PTO (work it out with your team first!), company closed from Christmas to New Years
- Work in a fun, casual team environment
- Benefits such as medical, dental, 401(k)
SpotX is the leading global video advertising platform that enables media owners and publishers to monetize premium content across desktop, mobile and connected TV devices. As a modern ad server with programmatic infrastructure, data enablement, and monetization solutions for OTT, outstream, and addressable TV, SpotX gives media owners and publishers the control, transparency, and actionable insights needed to understand buyer behavior, manage access and pricing, and maximize revenue. SpotX also provides advertisers with a direct pipeline to premium supply and innovative solutions for optimizing media efficiency, reach, and audience targeting. With best-in-class technology purpose-built for video, SpotX’s holistic, brand-safe solution is employed by some of the largest media owners and publishers in the world including fuboTV, Microsoft Casual Games, Newsy, Samba TV, Sling TV, Vudu and partners with a variety of different companies within the digital video ecosystem including comScore, DoubleVerify, Integral Ad Science, JW Player, MediaMath, MOAT, Nielsen, Oracle, and more.
Headquartered in Denver, SpotX has nearly 600 employees in 24 offices worldwide including Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, and Tokyo. In October 2017, RTL Group completed its 100% acquisition of SpotX which is currently combining its business with smartclip, a sister company. Learn more at www.spotx.tv and follow @SpotX on Twitter and LinkedIn.
SpotX is the most transparent programmatic video advertising platform with more than 7 billion ad decisions per day reaching 600 million unique visitors in more than 190 countries
We are seeking a talented Technical Operations Engineer who can contribute their technical and communication skills to our team located in Broomfield, CO. You’ll be technical support for Publishers and DSPs where you will work in a fast-paced but casual tech environment with highly talented peers. For this position we are looking for a motivated, detail-oriented individual who isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty troubleshooting and providing technical expertise. You will get to work closely with almost all departments in the company, including (but not limited to) our Supply Operations, Demand Operations, Engineering, and Business Development teams. This is a constantly growing team that adapts to what is needed in the company and in the industry, so you will need to be versatile and enjoy taking on new challenges.
Making an immediate impact:
- Provide technical guidance for the majority of publishers and DSPs
- Recommend new initiatives to improve client success
- Assist internal Operations teams with technical inquiries
- Maintain deep knowledge of SpotX technologies for both publishers and DSPs
- Triage, prioritize, categorize and resolve production impacting incidents
- Developing and organizing support documentation
- Handling issues in tickets via a ticketing system
- The direct line between Operations and Engineering
Needed SpotX’er talents:
- 1-2 years Adtech experience/knowledge
- 1-2 years technical support / troubleshooting experience
- Knowledge of VAST, VPAID, ad servers, DSPs, ad exchanges, and SSPs
- Programming experience in HTML, CSS, XML, Python, SQL
- Ability to translate technical details to any audience
- Experience in analyzing issues, distilling and communicating their relevant aspects
- Strong problem-solving/analytical skills, initiative, eagerness to learn, and ability to work independently within a team structure
- Experience using various web debugging tools, such as Charles, Firebug, Fiddler, Chrome tools, etc.
- Comfortable at a shell prompt (Unix/linux experience)
- Understanding of JavaScript, PHP, JSON, HTTP, cookies, REST, scripting languages, etc.
- Flexible personality - must be willing to handle additional responsibilities as assigned or required
Bonus SpotX’er talents:
- Experience working with online video, CTV apps, mobile apps
- Understanding of source control (i.e. GIT)
- Docker or other container platforms
SpotX Perks:
- Work-life balance
- Unlimited PTO (work it out with your team first!), company closed from Christmas to New Years
- Work in a fun, casual team environment
- Benefits such as medical, dental, 401(k)