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About the project

It is a leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. The service is available on all mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices.

Summary

At the project, we approach testing differently — we are testing, and breaking, code constantly, but we help rebuild it better. Data Test Engineers (SDET) test and verify the streaming service’s applications developed under data pipelines using Java programming language & Apache Kafka and work closely with the data development teams to validate events and analytics.This role is a DTE with a focus on data application validation. In this role you will apply your SDET and SQL experience to verify multiple data applications and tools. This DTE will work with Business Intelligence analysts and developers to make sure data and application quality and integrity is maintained. The position requires strong SDET experience with a focus on data, knowledge of data pipelines from raw data to reporting, and demonstrable SQL skills. The DTE will also act as a representative of the Software Test Engineering Team in scrum meetings, and work alongside product management and development teams to address how to provide better quality coverage for the applications supported.

Responsibilities:

• Work with project development teams implementing analytics features into client applications;
• Design, develop manual and automated test cases in order to validate new or existing data integration solutions using Java to meet data pipeline business requirements;
• Verify applications and tools developed on data, data warehousing & AWS Redshift, Snowflake or columnar databases;
• Develop best practices for data integration/streaming;
• Design and develop data integration/engineering workflows on Big Data technologies and platforms;
• Verify capturing of analytics events in related file systems or databases through SQL, or a scripting language (Python, Java, shell scripting, etc.);
• Work with Business Intelligence and Product Management to create test strategies, plans and cases that provide acceptable coverage for a given data pipeline, from event creation to reporting;
• Work in an Agile Software Delivery methodology, highly focused in creating data validation tests based on requirements;
• Provide a risk assessment on the defects identified and set the correct priority and severity.

Qualities / Experience We’re Seeking:

• 5+ years of Quality Assurance/Testing experience;
• 3+ years of Data Quality experience, or SDET experience with a focus on data, data warehousing, reporting, etc.;
• 3+ years of testing experience working within an Agile environment, and with Agile Management tools such as JIRA;
• Experience with Automation Framework development using Java;
• Experience with Performance Test Design, Development and load testing execution;
• Design, create and maintain assets used to execute performance tests and contribute to the execution and monitoring of performance test executions using ApacheJMeter, LoadRunner or similar tools;
• Working knowledge of JAVA, JVM, Spring Boot, data warehouse, data integration, sql server, apache kafka, data streaming, Big Data, mongoDB, SQL, Web Services, microservices, ETL, change data capture (CDC), DevOps;
• Strong SQL experience, with knowledge of AWS Redshift, Snowflake, or columnar databases;
• Experience with reporting or analytics tools like Tableau or Mode;
• Experience working with Amazon Web Services, querying and working with data in various AWS services;
• Programming experience in a language such as Python, Java, etc. for the purposes of parsing files and running queries;
• Experience with analytics implementations (network events, ad beacons, user action events, etc.) in a web or mobile application;
• Speaking English B1+.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

It is a leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. The service is available on all mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Work jointly with Product, Design, Business Intelligence, QA, Backend teams and 3rd Party Partners to deliver a best-in-class user experience to entertain millions of users;
• Design solutions that anticipate failure and corner cases;
• Maintain detailed documentation on features, flows and processes;
• Effectively communicate and document progress via Jira, Slack and Confluence;
• Take ownership and responsibility for your work.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• 5+ years of HTML5/CSS/JavaScript development experience;
• 3+ years of React/Redux development experience;
• 3+ years of Node.js development experience;
• Responsive Web (Mobile first + Desktop) development experience;
• SPA development experience;
• REST API integration experience, ability to quickly pick up new APIs/SDKs;
• Docker/Kubernetes experience;
• Strong ability to troubleshoot/debug issues;
• Capable of working in a fast-paced agile environment;
• Consumer-Oriented, pays attention to details, regards user-experience a top priority;
• English B1+.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of Typescript development experience;
• Experience with AWS;
• Experience with Redux-Saga.

About the project

The client is a leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 200+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. The service is available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices for millions of viewers. They keep on tuning in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series.

Responsibilities:

As a Data Engineer, you have a solid understanding of both the business and technical aspects of BI concerning the digital media business. You will drive the projects’ completion within the established scope, while simultaneously planning and leading unknown future BI requirements in a dynamic environment.

• Design, model, and develop data sets to support reporting and analytics in a cloud environment;
• Develop and maintain a technical metadata framework and repository of data events and ETL operations;
• Help plan and maintain the technical infrastructure, its configuration, performance, and storage requirements, with consideration of tiered data and data archiving, cost optimization (AWS), retention policies, etc;
• Generate ad-hoc queries and reports based on business requirements;
• Write ETL jobs (read from different sources, transform/enrich, write to different destinations);
• Write stream processing (real-time) applications;
• Write stored procedures (SQL);
• Deploy in different environments (local, dev, stage, prod), enable continuous integration and delivery.

Qualifications:

• Experience in batch processing: Spark (AWS EMR, Databricks), Hive, MapReduce, Flink, etc., a good understanding of Hadoop;
• Experience with Apache Airflow or similar tools for building workflows;
• Experience with stream/real-time processing: Kafka, Kafka Streams, AWS Kinesis, Flink, etc;
• Ability to write testable code (unit tests + integration tests);
• Experience with Data Lakes on S3, Hdfs, etc;
• Experience in working with cloud services, preferably AWS; understanding of roles, policies, and security standards for cloud services;
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases;
• Understanding of Data Warehouses, star and snowflake schemas, experience with Snowflake data storage, AWS Redshift, etc
• Experience with Databricks notebooks, Apache Zeppelin, Jupyter notebooks, etc;
• Programming skills in Java, Python, Scala and experience in writing shell scripts.

Will be a plus:

• Experience with Delta Lake;
• Experience with Databricks or Confluent platforms; 
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or similar microservice architecture; 
• Experience with IaC (infrastructure-as-a-code) tools like Terraform.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

It is a leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. The service is available on all mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work jointly with Product, Design, Business Intelligence, QA and Backend teams to delivery a best-in-class user experience to entertain millions of users;
• Design/implement solutions that anticipate failure and corner cases;
• Maintain detailed documentation on features, flows and processes;
• Effectively communicate and document progress via Jira, Slack and Confluence;
• Take ownership and responsibility for your work.

QUALITIES / EXPERIENCE WE’RE SEEKING:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field required;
• 3+ years of HTML5/CSS/JavaScript development experience;
• 3+ years of React/Redux development experience;
• Strong ability to troubleshoot/debug issues;
• Experience integrating REST APIs, ability to quickly pick up new APIs/SDKs;
• Capable of working in a fast-paced agile environment;
• English – intermediate level (Speaking);
• Consumer-Oriented, pays attention to details, regards user-experience a top priority.

EXTRA SKILLS YOU MAY HAVE:

• Full-stack development experience;
• Typescript development experience;
• Connected TV / Smart TV / Embedded Devices app development experience;
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

ABOUT THE PROJECT

It is a leading free streaming television service in America. It delivers 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. The service is available on all mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices.

 What you’ll be up to:

• Implement different engaging and challenging tasks on Node.js backend part in Video on Demand, Video Streaming, and Video AdTech spheres;
• Lead by example and help the team with technical decisions;
• Work with server-side processes, which support different platforms and high-load services (over 35’000 RPS load);
• Collaborate with product managers and team members to develop solutions within an agile environment;
• Participate in code reviews and help maintain high standards of code quality;
• Stay up-to-date with relevant technologies to create an exceptional product.

What You’ll Need To Have:

• At least 3 years of previous experience with Node.js;
• Experience with REST API, Git, GitHub, AWS, MongoDB, Redis;
• Experience with Linux or macOS environment for development;
• Experience with Agile practices;
• Deep debugging and profiling skills for Node.js applications;
• Good verbal and written communications skills;
• Excellent problem-solving skills;
• Intermediate speaking English is a must.

Would be a plus:

• VAST, VMAP, OpenRTB;
• Data Engineering;
• Kubernetes, Prometheus, Linux;
• Previous experience with AdTech industry will be a big plus.

About Elemental TV

Elemental TV is a media technology company that enables new interactive experiences in Connected TV. Founded in 2020, it leverages the advertising technology stack built by one of its founding members, Adoppler, and is rapidly growing in the US CTV niche.
Elemental TV is a part of a larger family of companies that includes an advertising technology company Adoppler and a custom software development services company Geomotiv.
Elemental TV is looking for a creative design director with an analytical mindset to join its distributed team. This is an opportunity for a specialist with a background in both creative production as well as iterative creative testing and improvement.

Prerequisites:

• 5+ years of experience in the advertising industry; TV advertising experience strongly preferred, but not required;
• Solid background in digital video production;
• Experienced in managing remote creative teams;
• Analytical mindset, must be familiar with the adtech metrics, A/B testing, and other creative performance analysis methods and tools;
• Upper-intermediate or advanced English;
• Experience with CTV/OTT advertising will be a solid advantage.

Responsibilities:

Creative Direction

• Leverage background and knowledge in broadcast television and entertainment,
• Develop creatives that are similar to broadcast television experiences,
• Understand the CTV/OTT programmatic technology and its applications,
• Develop creative templates and design studies that fit within parameters of acceptable broadcast elements and leverages Elemental TV technology,
• Develop and manage design studies for new creative elements.

Developing New Creatives & Use Cases

• Understanding of digital marketing is critical in coming up with creatives that can interact with various devices (tracking, attribution, targeting),
• Leverage traditional TV design elements and translating them to OTT/TV and adding specific features to OTT/CTV to enhance value of the creative,
• Understanding the marketing funnel for both direct response and brand,
• Develop methods to create opportunities to measure these KPIs,
• Understanding potential use cases for advertisers and publishers, create ad units to fit various use cases for various stakeholders.

Manage Design Team

• Provide creative direction and examples for the design team to execute,
• Work closely with design team to develop creatives and use cases,
• QA design team work and manage output of design team.

Testing & Analysis

• Work with Adops team to develop comprehensive testing of creatives,
• Design tests to measure specific advertiser/publisher KPIs,
• Have understanding of the Ad Unit use cases and creating the proper testing and data interpretation.

About the client

A leading independent programmatic company for enterprise marketers, which provides an open platform for real-time media buying. Powered by machine learning algorithms, the platform features scaled, privileged inventory, exclusive data, and industry-leading training and support. With 750 employees working in 16 offices across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific region, the company serves customers worldwide. It is trusted by two-thirds of the Fortune 500 list and partners with thousands of agencies to improve their business outcomes.
We are currently seeking a highly qualified QA Engineer with 3+ years of experience developing test plans and test strategies.
The candidate should have a strong technical background, possess solid knowledge and experience with Python and RESTful APIs to develop comprehensive test scripts.

Responsibilities:

• Review current documentation and individual development stories in Jira to fully understand the scope to be developed and tested;
• Work with the team during planning sessions to break up stories into smaller chunks to make test planning and execution more efficient;
•  Create detailed and well-structured test plans for stories in project sprints;
• Validate and approve test plans created by other team members for stories in project sprints;
• Mentor team members on how to create test plans for individual stories;
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and strategies for multiple mid to large-sized projects running concurrently (typically 2-3 projects);
• Ensure that test plans & strategies align with individual Agile stories/components or with the whole released product;
• Create test plans and strategies for both manual and automated testing;
•  Execute manual tests when necessary – in cases where automated testing is not possible.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in enterprise software implementation, advanced system integrations, or custom software development;
• Ability to grasp domain and technological concepts (architecture, etc.) quickly;
• Awareness of software architecture, coding, or scripting languages (Python skills are a must-have);
• Ability to spike and recommend test tools depending on various project requirements;
• A rich breadth of experience in testing Web and API applications;
• Experience with performance and user security testing is preferable;
• Experience with client-side web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc.) and RESTful APIs;
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.);
• Experience with server-side development using a scripting language (Python, PHP, Perl, etc.);
• A strong command of English is a must, both written and verbal.

Methodologies & Tools

• Experience with an Agile environment;
• Understanding of such principles as pair programming & Test Driven Development (TDD);
• Experience in using or developing open-source test tools and test frameworks;
• Experience in testing complex applications, service-oriented architectures, and microservices;
• Experience with Jira.

About the company

Geomotiv was founded in 2013 in Minsk, Belarus. The company provides custom development services to clients in the USA and Europe and employs 120+ employees and contractors across Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Our executive team philosophy is ideal for cross-functional specialists. 
Geomotiv is a part of a larger family of companies that includes an advertising technology company Adoppler, and its sister Elemental TV.
Geomotiv is looking for an experienced director of operations to spearhead the expansion of our Ukrainian presence. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with a relevant background who is ready to take the next step in their career.

Prerequisites:

• 10+ years of total experience in software development outsourcing;
• Dev/QA > Dev/QA Lead > Dev/QA Manager > Sales/Resource Management. Operations heritage preferred, but not required;
• Recent experience in a resource management role preferred;
• Should have experience in supporting sales and account management activities;
• Previous director-level experience not required, but should be ready to take the next step in your career;
• Fluent in Ukrainian IT market;
• Upper-intermediate or advanced English;
• Complete understanding of the software development life cycle is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

As a director of operations you will report directly to the Minsk-based COO, and work closely with the CEO, CFO and other executive team members. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participating in the development and implementation of the Ukrainian and international company’s growth strategy;
• Development and implementation of the local sourcing and recruiting strategy together with the Minsk-based head of recruitment as well as local recruiters;
• Sourcing, hiring, and on-going operational management of the local team (accounting, HR, recruitment and, potentially, sales);
• Assisting the sales team with pre-sales support when required;
• Representation of the Ukrainian entity with the officials as the local director;
• Close work with all engineering and local staff levels, supporting a friendly ecosystem, resolving conflicts, issue resolution;
• Improving soft skills across your local hub and allocating people over all projects and departments.

About Elemental TV

Elemental TV is a media technology company that enables new interactive experiences in Connected TV. Founded in 2020, it leverages the advertising technology stack built by one of its founding members, Adoppler, and is rapidly growing in the US CTV niche.
Elemental TV is a part of a larger family of companies that includes an advertising technology company Adoppler and a custom software development services company Geomotiv.
Elemental TV is looking for a technical individual with experience in online advertising to work closely with its tech, product, and business teams. It is a progressive hybrid role in both ad operations and client support that will dive into many facets of advertising and technology. Leveraging our proprietary CTV ad exchange and unique CTV ad formats, you will work directly with clients to integrate systems and work through technical problems. You will coordinate account management and  act as a support manager. You will be working with tech & product teams to provide feedback on customer interaction.

Prerequisites:

• 2+ years of experience in a technical support role such as an integrations engineer, a technical product manager, technical account or AdOps specialist;
• AdTech industry experience is a must;
• Knowledge of programmatic advertising for display and video (DSPs, SSPs, DMPs, Exchanges);
• Solid understanding of OpenRTB and VAST specifications is extremely helpful;
• Capacity to break down complex technical topics into clear, digestible information;
• Previous experience using Jira or a similar tool;
• Ability to learn to create granular reports from data using internal tools;
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills;
• Experience interacting with clients and partners.

Responsibilities:

• On-board new clients and partners;
• Work on end-to-end technical integrations of DSPs, SSPs, and data partners into Elemental TV;
• Ensure that the integrations are performing as expected, both pre & post activation;
• Investigate data problems related to exchange integrations or discrepancies;
• Answer ad hoc business questions related to the exchange which could be limiting client or internal performance;
• Be the last line of support before escalating any technical issue to the product and/or engineering team;
• Communicate specifications between the client and internal teams;
• Conduct demos for prospective clients and provide support for onboarding them.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

It is a leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. The service is available on all mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices.

WHAT YOU’LL BE UP TO

We approach testing differently – we are testing, and breaking, code constantly, but we help rebuild it better. Software Test Engineers (STE) design the product testing infrastructure and perform tests to examine and validate large-scale content operations and releases. As an STE, you partner with content editors and streaming operations to ensure the product’s content is operational for new channel launches. Troubleshooting is an understatement; it’s more like trouble forecasting. The STE will also act as a representative of the Software Test Engineering Team in scrum meetings and provide input on how to provide better quality coverage for the applications supported. 

• Work in an Agile Software Delivery methodology highly focused on developing automated tests within an iteration;
• Ensure that content streams are working as well as all ancillary metadata that goes along with the content;
• Provide a risk assessment on the defects identified and set the correct priority and severity;
• As an STE, you are expected to perform ad-hoc/exploratory tests from a feature as well  as regression testing;
• Ability to execute rigorous testing cycles against product/platform releases (OTT, Native  Apps, Web, Connected TVs).

QUALITIES / EXPERIENCE WE’RE SEEKING:

• Experience with React Native testing;  
• Native applications / OTT Platforms functional testing experience; 
• Formal testing experience from planning to execution; 
• Automation experience using Java frameworks;  
• 3+ years of testing experience on OTT platforms (preferably Android/Apple); 
• 2+ years experience leading testing activities;
• 3+ years of experience as a test engineer within an Agile environment;
• 3+ years of experience in a functional testing role.

WOULD BE A PLUS:

• 3+ years hands-on experience with developing automated functional tests;
• Experience in Video Content Delivery Experience, a big plus;
• Exposure to Agile Management tools such as Jira, a plus;
• Working experience with common automation frameworks (in Java), a big plus.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Video advertising service to analyse millions of YouTube videos every day with the help of ML. The service allows to map the precise moments to bring people and brands together for maximum engagement. Service delivers 100% transparent, brand safe advertising that significantly increases engagement, product interest and sales.
We are looking for a Frontend Engineer to join the team which is focused on delivering innovative solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with the team, project management and other engineers;
• Participate in creation of new features;
• Understand the phases of the complete software development cycle using industry standard methodologies.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree;
• 3+ years of HTML5/CSS/JavaScript development experience;
• Minimum 3+ years of ReactJS Web Application development experience;
• Experience in REACT API calls would be a plus;
• Experience developing and supporting enterprise-grade applications;
• Strong ability to troubleshoot/debug issues.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

It is a leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. The service is available on all mobile, web, and connected TV streaming devices.

SUMMARY

We approach testing differently – we are testing, and breaking, code constantly, but we help rebuild it better. Software Test Engineers (STE) design the streaming service’s testing infrastructure and perform tests to examine and validate large-scale content operations and releases. As an STE, you partner with content editors and streaming operations to ensure product content is operational for new channel launches. Troubleshooting is an understatement; it’s more like trouble forecasting. The STE will also act as a representative of the Software Test Engineering Team in scrum meetings and provide input on how to provide better quality coverage for the applications supported.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work in an Agile Software Delivery methodology highly focused on developing automated tests within an iteration;
• Ensure that content streams are working as well as all ancillary metadata that goes along with the content;
• Provide a risk assessment on the defects identified and set the correct priority and severity;
• As an STE, you are expected to perform ad-hoc/exploratory tests from a feature as well as regression testing;
• Ability to execute rigorous testing cycles against product/platform releases (OTT, Native Apps, Web, Connected TVs).

QUALITIES / EXPERIENCE WE’RE SEEKING:

• 3+ years of testing experience on OTT platforms (preferably embedded applications on CTVs); 
• 2+ years experience leading testing activities; 
• 3+ years of experience as a test engineer within an Agile environment;
• 3+ years of experience in a functional testing role; 
• 3+ years Hands-on experience with developing automated functional tests;
• Experience in Video Content Delivery Experience, a big plus; 
• Exposure to Agile Management tools such as Jira, a plus; 
• Working experience with common automation frameworks (in Java), a big plus.

MUST HAVES:

• Native applications / OTT / CTV Platforms functional testing experience;
• Formal testing experience from planning to execution;
• Automation experience using Java frameworks.