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 Technologies' 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 systems monitoring, resolving technical issues in production and other environments, and providing solutions to potential issues within Basis under minimal supervision. In addition, this role will engineer and support the process of Basis systems and infrastructure, support and maintain the application life cycle, perform network traffic and security monitoring, as well as support software teams in software design, deployments, troubleshooting.

OTHER WAYS YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM ARE BY:

- Engineering and supporting all of Basis’ systems and infrastructure
- Supporting and maintaining the application life cycle, change and incident management
- Ensuring high availability and security for all Technology infrastructure assets
- Creating automated tasks/workflows to remove repeat work
- Maintaining system and applications deployments for infrastructure supporting millions of transactions per second
- Engineering, Change and Incident and Management for Applications life cycle
- Performing systems monitoring and performance tuning to optimize systems performance
- Performing network traffic and security monitoring
- Supporting software teams in software design, deployments, troubleshooting and problem-solving
- Being on call 24x7 for emergency and having availability on a rotational basis

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

- Experience with Database Engines, including but not limited to MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB
- Experience with Java Server and Application Software administration (Tomcat, Jetty)
- Knowledge of monitoring/graphing systems
- Knowledge of infrastructure management and automation systems
- Experience managing infrastructure in Cloud Environments (AWS, GCP)
- Knowledge of distributed designs (scaling, sharding, clustering, caching, replication, etc.)
- Experience with entire development cycle of applications
- Advanced Knowledge in Linux Systems Engineering, including but not limited to Debian and Ubuntu
- Knowledge of network protocols
- Experience with Systems Performance
- Experience with Systems and Applications troubleshooting and tuning
- Experience coding skills in Python and Bash)
- Passion for highly distributed and highly available systems

BONUS POINTS

- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- SaltStack knowledge is a big plus
- Passion for highly distributed and highly available systems
- Experience with the entire development cycle of application

Our Tech Stack:

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

$111,000 - $190,000 a year

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual salary is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process. The total compensation package for this position may also include commission or bonus, company equity, and competitive benefits.

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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 talent.acquisition@basis.net.

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.

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