Technology Lead
Location: New York, NY
Experience: 7+ years
Track: Consulting
Practice: Solutions Lead
About Us:
Job Description:
The Next team (Brand strategy team) is looking for an outstanding technologist.
Who You Are
- You're a highly driven creative thinker who has a history of uniting creativity with technical expertise and full stack development experience to consistently deliver innovative digital programs.
- You have a track record of delivering scalable technology strategy and architecture recommendations for brand client engagements.
- You've managed the implementation of technical projects, including setting client expectations and assessing project risks.
- You're comfortable tracking project issues and developing mitigation and contingency plans.
- You have a passion for emerging technologies, current with industry trends and their application.
- You are exceptionally clear and precise in communication to a wide range of internal and external audiences, both technical and non-technical; from DBAs to CMOs.
- You possess a strong quantitative background to support data-informed decision making.
Requirements
- 3+ years engineering or development experience at a creative agency delivering innovative technology for major brands, agencies, or media partners
- 2+ years’ experience managing complex projects, leading teams and managing client interactions for large multinational brands
- Excellent understanding of best practices across technologies (client/server-side, big data, mobile, QA, deployment, project management, etc.)
- Strong grasp of architectural principles necessary for designing scalable, extensible and maintainable systems
- Experience in working with APIs and webhooks and a strong understanding of their implementation
- Experience assessing and developing relationships with external vendors and solutions providers
- Hands-on experience working with Twitter's public APIs
Desired
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
- Experience with agile software development methodologies and productivity tools
- Hands-on development experience with highly-available, scalable software and services
- Knowledge about our platform, functionality and ad products
- Experience working with our premium and enterprise APIs
Our Benefits: