Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer. We hire smart, focused, passionate self-starters who bring energy, new ideas and practical experience to our fast paced, dynamic team.

We essentially need a strong technically skilled person who can participate in the design and architecture of solutions while ensuring the quality delivery of product. You must be an independent, hands-on developer that also reviews code from rest of the team. In other words, you are a Software Developer with an Architect mentality.

Key Responsibilities

• Discuss technical solutions with the development team, communicate goals and facilitate execution.
• Lead functional and technical design reviews as part of the development team.
• Code and deliver the features requested by the Product Owner.
• Own the product quality by following TDD, PR reviews and providing feedback to others.
• Follow best practices for the software development life cycle
• Manage tech debt and refactoring to continuously improve quality and performance.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s equivalent in Computer Science / Relevant degree in Engineering
• 6+ years of progressive experience in distributed computing using modern tech stacks and not legacy enterprise applications
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Maven, REST APIs, DB schema design, JUnit, Mockito, Git
• Nice to have skills in Big Data, AI/ML, Elastic Search, Docker, Kubernetes
• Good knowledge of the AWS Java SDK, especially S3, SES, SQS.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Should be able to manage stakeholder expectations and work on multiple deliverables.
• Good knowledge of Agile process and methodologies.
• Experience writing code for 3rd party API integrations
• Good understanding of event-oriented architectures

About Us 

Kinesso, the Marketing Engine of IPG, is focused on creating data-driven solutions through enhanced or newly created products and services, maximizing the impact of traditional and addressable media. Kinesso’s core principle is to drive smarter business decisions and better outcomes for clients using our suite of data and technology services. 

Powered by Acxiom, IPG’s foundational data and technology layer, the company will provide comprehensive data-driven marketing capabilities to clients, as well as act as a trusted data management partner to brands. 

Designed for flexibility and speed, Kinesso’ offerings are structured to improve media and marketing performance with an emphasis on accuracy, agility and effectiveness. Our open architecture approach is powered with the right combination of creative and data, activated with flexibility and measured with precision.