Software Engineer
The Company
CPM Advisors (CPMa) is a technology company that manages, optimizes and enhances advertising campaigns for online advertisers. We help advertisers buy media efficiently - we simplify and streamline the process of running campaigns online and provide easy access for advertisers to thousands of ad inventory sources. Our proprietary optimization algorithms and statistical models along with our in-depth knowledge of publisher inventory sources and pricing ensure that our advertisers achieve the best performance possible.
The Job
This is a great opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies, build out industry leading advertising applications and learn a lot about emerging real-time media infrastructure. Best of all, is the opportunity to be rewarded for your hard work and ingenuity!
Responsibilities:
• Take on multiple roles in development and help maintain applications.
• Build out dynamic, high-volume web sites/applications using Java and an Agile development methodology.
• Be able to wear many hats. This is a startup and you will have broad exposure and many opportunities.
The Qualifications
• Highly self-motivated, innovative, and proactive.
• Desire to succeed and extremely hard working.
• Solid understanding of Java and J2EE foundations, and related experience.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, and eager to learn new technologies as the need arises.
• Good communicator and able to work well with a team.
• BS/MS in computer science or other technical skills.
Good to Have
• Experience with open source technologies and a track record of using these skills on past projects.
• Experience in building out high traffic and high volume applications
• Work with extremely large datasets.
• Experience with or knowledge of technologies from all application layers, such as JSTL, Site Mesh, AJAX, CSS, HTML, Hibernate, Spring Framework (Core, Security), or anything similar.
• Good database modeling and SQL skills.
• Knowledge or hands on experiences with web service technologies, such as Axis, SOAP, XFire/CXF, or anything similar.
• Experience with Linux, Apache, Tomcat.
• Analytical: good with numbers.
The Perks
• Good salary/stock and bonus compensation.
• Medical and other benefits
• Work with some of the smartest engineers around
About Us:
CPM Advisors is an advertising technology company that manages and optimizes advertising campaigns for online advertisers across hundreds of ad networks, publisher partners and technology providers. Our optimization algorithms and statistical models along with our in-depth knowledge of various inventory sources and pricing ensure that our advertisers achieve the best performance possible. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco. We are a team of smart people who love making a difference for advertisers, enjoy what we do and are looking for talented and motivated people to work with us!
Responsibilities:
We’re looking for a smart hardworking person with a degree from a leading university who has a strong work ethic, great attention to detail and deep analytical skills. Previous experience in online advertising operations is strongly preferred.
Your role will encompass the optimization and management of online advertising campaigns for CPM Advisors’ clients and partners. The main focus of this position is to make sure our in-house systems are making good decisions in managing advertising campaigns for clients by monitoring traffic flow, applying additional statistical analysis, and interfacing with clients on performance and data management issues.
• Monitor and improve on campaigns submitted by our clients
• Help teach clients how to use our self-service resources, and assist in communicating performance and creative-level data to clients
• Find new profitable sources of media and new ways to enhance the value of existing media
• Provide strategic analysis and insight on campaign delivery and management
• Give feedback to the software development team about needed features and functionality in our software products
Requirements:
• Previous experience in online advertising operations is strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from a leading university, math, statistics, engineering, computer science or other analytical degree preferred, with strong academic performance
• Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask and great attention to detail
• Comfortable in a startup environment, willing to go the extra mile
• Good interpersonal communications skills, comfortable in person and on phone
• Skilled at Word, Excel, Powerpoint; SAS or statistical software experience a plus
• Good knowledge and understanding of advertising networks, ad exchanges and CPM/CPC/CPA pricing a plus
Perks:
• Great downtown San Francisco location near BART, fun work environment
• Competitive base + bonus + stock option package
• Medical benefits
• Great growing team, advisors and investors
About Us:
CPM Advisors is an advertising technology company that manages and optimizes advertising campaigns for online advertisers across hundreds of ad networks, publisher partners and technology providers. Our optimization algorithms and statistical models along with our in-depth knowledge of various inventory sources and pricing ensure that our advertisers achieve the best performance possible. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco. We are a team of smart people who love making a difference for advertisers, enjoy what we do and are looking for talented and motivated people to work with us!
Responsibilities:
We are looking for an Advertising Operations Manager with previous experience in online campaign management and analytics. The primary focus of the role will be to monitor and analyze all performance data coming into our platform and to work with our operations and engineering teams to enhance our campaign management workflow and processes.
• Daily oversight of ad campaigns and systems to ensure success metrics are achieved.
• Partner with account managers daily to monitor and track campaign performance, analyzing all relevant metrics
• Work closely with engineering team to tune campaign setup in external systems and increase automation, and build additional tools and scripts to increase efficiency.
• Analyze network-wide performance to understand value provided by publishers and data providers.
• Write ad hoc SQL queries as necessary to evaluate both campaign and network-wide performance along multiple dimensions.
Requirements:
• Excellent analytical skills - very comfortable manipulating Excel & pivot tables, writing and troubleshooting SQL queries
• Excellent diagnostic skills, for example, to diagnose count or cost discrepancies with third parties or performance problems
• Technical acumen to understand how to design campaigns that optimize the use of our technology
• Quick to learn and embrace up new tools for reporting & analysis
• Good communications skills with operations/account managers and analysts
• Eagerness to work in a dynamic and fun start-up team environment and do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Perks:
• Great downtown San Francisco location near BART, fun work environment
• Competitive base + bonus + stock option package
• Medical benefits
• Great growing team, advisors and investors
We’re looking for a smart, hardworking person with a degree from a leading university who has a strong work ethic, great attention to detail and deep analytical skills. Candidates with prior experience in online advertising operations are strongly preferred.
The three month internship period will encompass supporting our team of Advertising Associates in the optimization and management of online advertising campaigns for CPM Advisors’ clients and partners. The team is responsible for making sure our in-house systems are making good decisions in managing advertising campaigns for clients by monitoring traffic flow, applying additional statistical analysis, and interfacing with clients on performance and data management issues. Specific responsibilities include:
• Monitor daily data coming into our system from external partners and perform analysis to ensure accuracy
• Provide strategic analysis and insight on campaign delivery and management
• Assist in prospecting for new advertisers and publishing partners
• Perform other ad hoc data analysis as requested by team members
Requirements:
• Prior experience in online advertising operations a strong plus
• Bachelor’s degree from a leading university, math, statistics, engineering, computer science or other analytical degree preferred, with strong academic performance
• Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask and great attention to detail
• Comfortable in a startup environment, willing to go the extra mile
• Skilled at MS Office; significant Excel, SAS or statistical software experience a plus
• Good knowledge and understanding of advertising networks, ad exchanges and CPM/CPC/CPA pricing a plus
Other Info:
• $2,000 per month salary for Jan-March 2010
• Great downtown San Francisco location near BART, fun work environment
• Strong potential for longer-term employment after internship period ends in March/April 2010