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AdMeld has created a technology platform for publishers to manage and optimize ad networks and exchanges. Utilizing a combination of optimized ad tags, real-time bidding, and third party data integration, the service has shown substantial returns for large web publishers. Working at AdMeld is a unique opportunity to solve large scale problems (10B requests/month to 275M unique users) in a small, startup environment.

At AdMeld, we are committed to our employees whose problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity and creativity ensure our success. We are committed to winning with integrity. We know leadership is cultivated and should never be taken for granted. We aspire to flawless execution and do not take shortcuts on quality. We share a personal responsibility to maintain employee loyalty and trust. We listen and respond to the people's needs. And, we succeed when we exceed their expectations.

If you are passionate about software engineering or advertising operations and would like to join a winning team that strives to make a difference please contact us at jobs@admeld.com. Principals only please.

Current Openings:

Sales
Publisher Sales Executive - NYC

Product
Senior Visual Interface Designer - NYC

Administrative
Executive Assistant / Office Manager- NYC

Engineering
UI Engineer - NYC
Senior Software Engineer, Core Engineering - NYC
Java Engineer - NYC
Senior QA Engineer - NYC

Account Management
Demand Services Account Manager - NYC & London
Client Services Account Manager - NYC & London
Account Management Intern - NYC & London

Publisher Sales Executive - NYC

AdMeld is looking for a Senior Publisher Development Executive to drive the acquisition of strategic publishers.

Responsibilities:

Prospect, close and grow relationships with large strategic publishers
Manage all facets of the sales cycle including prospecting, closing, renewing and cross selling
Work closely with the AdMeld Client Services team to ensure a successful implementation of client's solution

Qualifications:

A minimum of 5 years prior sales experience calling on Publishers for an Ad Network or Ad technology company
Strong relationships with key Publisher decision makers
Strong understanding of industry trends, technologies and Publisher monetization options
Deep understanding of Publisher ad operations and Ad Networks and exchanges
Start-up experience a plus

Skills:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
"Hands On" solution-oriented personality
Team player with strong drive
Enjoys a fun, fast-paced environment

AdMeld offers highly competitive pay, great benefits, equity, a very talented team, a great startup environment and a lot more. If you're interested, please forward your portfolio, resume, and motivation to jobs@admeld.com
LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY

Senior Visual Interface Designer - NYC

AdMeld is seeking an exceptional visual interface designer to own the look and feel of the web applications used by our customers, partners and internal teams. The candidate should be an imaginative visual thinker who's excited by complex design problems. They should bring a strong portfolio of elegant, intuitive interfaces, a solid understanding of universal design principles, and a passion for transforming data into useful, beautiful information. Experience creating dashboards and data-intensive applications is a major plus, and agency experience is preferred.

AdMeld is a fast-growing, venture-backed technology company with about 50 employees in New York, San Francisco, London and Toronto. Our platform leverages real-time optimization algorithms to help large websites such as Pandora, Discovery and + 200 others make more money from their advertising inventory.

This is new role at our company, and one that will play a critical role in the evolution of our product. We're looking for a natural collaborator who is comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously and meeting aggressive deadlines. AdMeld is one of a new breed of startups reinventing digital advertising through optimization and transparency - so this is a unique opportunity to make an impact on the evolution of online publishing.

Responsibilities:

Defining and executing a simple, clean and consistent visual design across all AdMeld's web interfaces
Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and marketing to execute effective UI designs in a timely manner
Driving the interface design process from communicating the look and feel to creating high-fidelity mocks to supporting engineers as they bring it to life
Creating all the assets (buttons, icons, etc) required to implement the designs
Creating and maintaining internal design standards to ensure a consistent, high-quality user experience

Qualifications:

3+ years experience designing web interfaces
A portfolio that displays strong visual design skills and sensibilities (typography, grid and color theory, etc.) and meticulous, pixel-perfect detail
Strong communication, organization and writing abilities
Mastery of the Adobe Design Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) is required, proficiency with one common wireframing tool (OmniGraffle, Axure, Fireworks, etc.) is preferred
Rapid prototyping skills (Flash, HTML, CSS) are a major plus
A knowledge of Information Architecture, Interaction Design, and Usability Principles is a plus
A degree in design-related or human factors studies is preferred (but we're aware a degree doesn't imply talent)

Executive Assistant / Office Manager - NYC

As Executive Assistant / Office Manager you will be the logistical right hand of AdMeld's CEO and CRO, as well as the person handling some basic office management responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have prior experience supporting Executives, be extremely organized, and have an upbeat personality and a proactive approach. This is a unique opportunity to be apart of a dynamic and seasoned team with a great company culture.

Responsibilities - Executive Assistant:

Coordinate travel arrangements (international and domestic) with strong detail orientation, anticipate transportation, accommodations, meeting and communication needs while traveling
Schedule on and offsite meeting facilities as needed
Schedule, confirm and redirect several meeting requests. Calendar requests include weekly meetings, Board of Directors meetings, and client meetings
Provide calendar management for CEO and CRO, which involves managing multiple and competing requests
Light personal assistant work
Compile expense reports
Coordinate logistics for dinner parties/luncheons, special events, etc.
Develop and maintain knowledge of extensive industry terminology, resources, and key players

Responsibilities - Office Manager:

Liaise with vendors, building management and security
Manage all office supplies, food deliveries and conference rooms
Act as gatekeeper for all calls to the main phone line
Maintain adequate food and drink stock levels in pantries at all times

Qualifications:

A top candidate should have earned a college degree, be able to work independently, and have excellent communication skills
Outstanding organizational, prioritization and time management skills
Flexible, results/action-oriented, ability to adapt to changing priorities
Key to success in this job is good common sense, interpersonal skills, accuracy, and initiative
Previous EA experience preferred
Strong technical skills and proficiency on Microsoft Office
A "No job is too big or too small" attitude and team player mentality

Hours: 9:00am-6:30pm
Stock options
Great benefits
3 weeks vacation

UI Engineer - NYC

Position
When you serve billions real time bidding requests a day, you can imagine how complicated some of the business rules governing those transactions can be. Throw in the massive amounts of data that are collected for reporting and analysis, and you've got data display and usability issues on your hands.

We're looking for an experienced, creative, passionate engineer to help us build out the next generation of our platform UI - the place where our publishers go not only to see how well we have been optimizing for them, but to manage their accounts. New dashboards, graphical reporting, and an overhaul of our existing toolset are all on the menu.

Responsibilities:

Work with Product Management and Usability to design top-notch tools, creating wire frames and/or mockups as needed
Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and develop scalable technical solutions for new features
Coordinate with QA for functional testing

Requirements:

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
Self-motivation
Strong programming background in Java, using GWT
Strong design aesthetic

Pluses:

Experience working in data visualization
Experience in either online advertising or the financial industry
Background in human-computer interaction

Senior Software Engineer, Core Engineering - NYC

Job Description
Every day, AdMeld's real-time bidding platform optimizes billions of requests and generates massive amounts of data to collect, crunch, and display in useful ways to our clients.

We are looking for an experienced, versatile, and resourceful engineer with a proven track record of building highly-scalable Java applications to join our core engineering team. We create and maintain the system that manages all of our publisher account business rules and have an ever-growing suite of tools for reporting and data analysis.

Responsibilities:

Based on requirements from business stakeholders, design scalable solutions
Maintain and refactor existing codebase as well as new development. If you've never thrown away your own code, this is the wrong place for you!
Build out external APIs as needed
Identify interfaces with other internal systems and existing technologies
Group design with other members of the team
Coordinate with QA for functional testing of new features

Requirements:

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field
Expert programming skills - Java preferred
Experience with RESTful development and web services
Self-motivation
Strong background in database design, preferably in MySQL
Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Pluses:

Experience with MapReduce/Hadoop
Experience with Cassandra
Online advertising experience

Java Engineer- NYC

Job Description
AdMeld seeks a creative and versatile Java engineer who enjoys working with the latest open source technologies and building large-scale systems.

Required:

3+ years Java
Open source Java tools - Maven, Spring, Tomcat
Web services, RESTful development, SOA
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
A creative approach to solving complex problems

Desired:

GWT/GXT
Hadoop/Map Reduce

Senior QA Engineer- NYC

Job Description
With a suite of over 20 tools to generate the business rules for the billions of bid requests that we optimize daily, we have a serious need for quality software...and solid QA team to back us up. We're looking for a rockstar QA engineer to help design and develop manual and automated test methodologies across the AdMeld stack - everything from our UI, to backing web services, to ad serving.

Responsibilities:

Work with business stakeholders, product management, and engineering to determine test planning and requirements
Design and build out an automated test suite for existing and new business logic
Coordinate directly with engineers on functional and regression testing and bug fixes

Requirements:

5+ years QA experience
Strong background in test planning and requirements
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Deep familiarity with Linux/Unix systems
Strong knowledge of Perl
Extensive experience in automated testing (Selenium and HP Mercury's QuickTest Pro preferred)
Experience with regression, load, security, and functional testing
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Pluses:

Experience in online advertising, preferably with some exposure to ad server testing
Experience working with a distributed development and/or QA team
Familiarity with Web services, RESTful development, and SOA
Any experience working with MySQL databases is a bonus!

Demand Services Account Manager - NYC

Job Description
The Network Relations Account Manager will help nurture new and existing relationships with AdMeld's Ad Network partners.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop directory of ad providers, which include prospecting, sourcing, and integration of Ad Networks
Identify and analyze new opportunities with existing ad providers.
Explore and build revenue opportunities for clients.
Contribute to product development strategy.

Skills:

Strong understanding of online advertising network and exchanges.
Experience with and understanding of the Internet media business and associated business models
Familiar with a variety of ad servers.
Proficient in Excel
Prior Quantitative Analysis experience preferred
Prior Search Marketing experience a plus

Qualifications:

2+ years in Internet/online advertising industry
1+ years in business development or sales
4 + year college degree

Attributes:

Adaptable
Self-starter
Creative
Hard working
Trustworthy

Client Services Account Manager - NYC and London

AdMeld is looking for Client Services Account Managers to manage our relationships with the world's leading web publishers. The positions are full time, mid-level and based in the company's NYC and London offices, respectively. This is a great opportunity to join a company defining a new space in the online advertising industry.

The Account Management team is responsible for servicing all aspects of clients' accounts from implementation to optimization and all ongoing concerns. The Account Manager will play a critical role in driving overall client satisfaction and therefore the general success of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Enable our publisher customers to maximize their revenue achieved using the AdMeld product
Oversee the AdMeld implementation process, from kick-off through launch
Train clients on the AdMeld product and client facing tools
Responsible for sourcing and negotiating deals with ad networks for the web's leading brands.
Proactively manage assigned client's ad network portfolio, making recommendations for changes and seeking out new opportunities for improvement
Compile performance evaluations for each client, highlighting the value AdMeld adds
Serve as clients' primary contact, providing them with insight and advice regarding every aspect of their account
Ensure the satisfactory resolution of all support requests, including network ad display and data issues
Provide ideas and feedback about how to improve the AdMeld products and services for our customers

Required Skills and Experience:

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, being capable of conveying an issue clearly, making points concisely and ensuring all sides understand each other
Publisher / ad network negotiations.
Prior client management experience, especially with web publishers

Project management or account management skills, specifically, being able to lay out deliverables and follow-through on hitting them
Strong troubleshooting skills with ability to analyze the components of an ad related problem and get to its root, as well as providing necessary suggestions for resolution
Passion and desire to play a key role in driving this new business to success in the online advertising technology space
High level of initiative to get resolution and drive improvements to the business

Deep understanding of the online advertising industry, preferably from the perspective of a publisher or ad network
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
A Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years work experience

The following are all plusses:

Familiarity with HTML, jscript and ad tag structures
Experience working with ad servers

Statistical modeling skills
Understanding of SQL
An MBA

Account Management Intern - NYC

AdMeld is looking for a Intern to work within our Operations/Client Services department. The position entails helping to manage our relationships with the world's leading web publishers, and is based in our company's NYC office. This is a great opportunity to join a company defining a new space in the online advertising industry. We are looking for interns who want to join a dynamic group and can work in a fast paced environment. Since we are a start up there is plenty of opportunity for growth and each role plays a pivotal part in our company.

The Account Management team is responsible for servicing all aspects of clients' accounts so we need someone who can problem solve and think on their feet. We provide a fun environment and want individuals who enjoy working on a team.

Key Responsibilities:

Aid the management of our US and international accounts
Talk to several ad networks and publishers on a daily basis, acting as the primary contact, providing them with insight and advice regarding every aspect of their account
Enable our publisher customers to maximize their revenue achieved using the AdMeld product
Train clients on the AdMeld product and client facing tools
Provide ideas and feedback about how to improve the AdMeld products and services for our customers

Required Skills and Experience:

Interest in digital advertising industry
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, being capable of conveying an issue clearly, making points concisely and ensuring all sides understand each other
Experience with Excel and PowerPoint
Enrolled in accredited 4 year school

The following are all plusses:

Familiarity with HTML, jscript and ad tag structures
Experience working with ad servers
Statistical modeling skills
Understanding of SQL