Senior Frontend Engineer - JavaScript, TypeScript, React

Description

• Ad Product Development: Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and engaging front-end solutions for a suite of innovative ad products.

• Video Experience Enhancement: Lead front-end development efforts to significantly improve the video player experience, optimize video ad delivery (e.g., VAST, VPAID, IMA SDK), and enhance video monetization strategies.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, UI/UX designers, backend engineers, and ad operations teams to conceptualize, build, test, and iterate on new ad features and video functionalities.

• Technical Excellence: Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and thoroughly tested code using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js, Angular) and web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, responsive design).

• Ad Tech Integration: Integrate with various ad tech platforms, third-party services, and APIs related to ad serving, header bidding (e.g., Prebid.js), analytics, and consent management.

• Performance & Optimization: Champion best practices in front-end development, focusing on ad rendering speed, viewability, Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.

• Problem Solving: Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex front-end issues related to ad behavior, video playback, user interaction, and system integrations.

• Innovation & Trends: Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in front-end development, digital advertising (programmatic, video, native), and video streaming technologies.

• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing team environment.

• Agile Practices: Actively participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, code reviews, and retrospectives, to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with a strong emphasis on front-end technologies and complex web applications.

• Proven expertise in modern JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and extensive experience with at least one major front-end framework/library (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).

• Demonstrable experience in building and optimizing user interfaces for ad products and/or advanced video players.

• Solid understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem, including concepts like ad serving, programmatic advertising, video ad standards (VAST, VPAID, SIMID), viewability, and common ad formats.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively in a team setting.

• A genuine passion for creating exceptional user experiences, tackling challenging technical problems, and driving innovation in the ad tech space.

• Fluency in English, with the ability to communicate ideas effectively.

Benefits

• MacBook Pro and all the gear you need for work

• Free access to a multitude of popular online courses and books sponsored by our company

• Company stock options

• Company swag packages

• Cafeteria Benefit Program (including private medical care, gym membership, shopping/wellness bonus, etc.)

• VTO (Voluntary Time Off) - a day off every quarter for volunteering non-profit

• Frequent team bonding events

• Flexible work hours & time-off

• Employee Interest and Hobby Groups supported by our company

• Open, energetic and fan-focused, international work environment

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