Associate Systems Engineer @ Basis Technologies

WHO WE ARE

Basis Technologies delivers software and services to automate digital media operations for more than 1,000 leading agencies and brands.

Our comprehensive ad tech platform, Basis, supports the planning, reporting, and financial reconciliation of direct, programmatic, search, and social media, all in one place.

We are deeply committed to building software that will change the ad tech industry for the better and are equally dedicated to building an inclusive culture of highly motivated individuals who create a positive and supportive environment together. We invest in our culture and support our employees so they can do their best work.

Basis Technologies is headquartered in Chicago, and our employees have the flexibility to work in an office location, completely remote, or a hybrid of the two. Please note, we are hiring on a remote working basis only in the U.S. and Canada.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Technology is at the core of what we do. Basis’ innovative Engineering team designs and develops new features and integrations for Basis, our industry-leading, comprehensive software solution. Our platform processes over 300 billion events per day and uses AI and machine learning to automate and simplify the entire digital campaign process.

This team is all about data—and in order to create value from the massive amount of data we collect, engineering leverages their dynamic Data Engineering, Data Science, and Business Intelligence teams to create insights that benefit the industry as a whole.

WAYS YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE

This position is responsible for being involved in various deployment automation tasks and ensuring that data pipelines run as expected in multiple different environments. This role will work closely with data engineers on problems related to discrepancies and data analysis. In addition, this role will be expected to acquire data engineering skills and learn Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Kafka, Hive, Spark, Snowflake, etc.

OTHER WAYS YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM ARE BY:

Working on various deployment-related automation tasks, including validation steps
Supporting code deployment
Helping to maintain environments as an ecosystem and keeping environments up to date in terms of the data model and application versions
Creating dashboards to visualize the environment’s status and metrics, for example, versions deployed, applications schedule, etc.
Working on discrepancy analysis and data quality monitoring using SQL queries and other tools provided by engineers, helping to enhance these tools and queries
Conducting incident management with respect to the ETL pipelines and data flows, including diagnosing and prioritizing incidents, investigating their causes, and working with developers on resolutions
Documenting incidents and steps to resolve them, collaborate with the development team to enhance pipelines and processes
Working on continual service improvement by identifying process optimization opportunities and contributing to the implementation of proposed solutions
Tracking and monitor an application’s status and metrics to ensure SLAs are met in the production environment

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

0-2 years scripting experience
SQL Skills
BASH and Python experience
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)
Knowledge of CI/CD tools and methodologies

Our Tech Stack:

Ruby, Java, Python, and React.js
Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka
PostgreSQL, NoSQL
AWS

BONUS POINTS

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer infrastructure or similar field
Experience with Jenkins and GitHub tools
Experience with source control tools
Spark/Yarn/Hadoop experience
Proficient dashboarding skills
General knowledge of infrastructure operations methodologies
Familiarity with Java development environments

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ANYTHING ELSE?

Don’t think you have all the skills required for this role? That’s okay, we recognize that experience can be built in many ways. If you have relevant skills that are not reflected in your resume, we welcome your candidacy and encourage you to share more in an optional cover letter, even if your experience doesn’t match our exact requirements.

LIFE WITH BASIS TECHNOLOGIES

We take care of our people and believe that our success depends on the growth and well-being of each one of our team members.

We’ve been proudly recognized as:

Ad Age, Best Places to Work 2023, 2022, 2013

Built In, Best Workplaces 2023, 2022, 2021

Crain’s Best Companies to Work for in Chicago 2022, 2021, 2020, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Crain’s Best Companies to Work for in New York 2022, 2021, 2014

Dallas Morning News, Top Workplaces 2021, 2019, 2015

Denver Post, Top Workplaces 2022, 2021, 2020

Denver Business Journal’s Largest Employers 2022, 2021, 2020

Fortune Magazine, Best Workplaces 2022, 2021, 2020, 2015, 2014

We provide a thoughtful perks and benefits package including competitive 401k/RRSP matching, mental health support, a funded health savings account, paid sabbatical, generous parental leave, a flexible work environment and time off policy, and more.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building teams that are diverse in thought, perspective, and culture. We celebrate all team members regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, disability, and age.

Basis is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application processes. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].

Information collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Basis’ privacy policy that you can view here.

Basis Technologies

Associate Systems Engineer

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