Job Description
Senior Software Engineer – SBM Ads…
Writing Services Team
New York City, Hybrid
Your goal – to improve the education process and better the lives of students — through engineering.
Organization: Writing Tools
The goal of the Writing Tools Team is to provide students with effective writing solutions to better their academic careers. Currently composed of 4 of the largest student citation services in the world – EasyBib.com, citationmachine.net, bibme.org, and citethisforme.com, the team reaches students from all over the world. The sites each have millions of unique visitors a year (almost 30 million combined) and has the potential to make a broad impact on students’ lives throughout the world.
Role: Senior Software Engineer – SBM Ads
The SBM engineering team administers the codebase responsible for generating programmatic revenue for Chegg and the Writing Tools organization. We operate at the cutting edge of advertising technology and are responsible for mediating ad demand sources on our websites.
The team also manages traffic allocation and experimentation. We serve billions of ads yearly and provide critical data and support to the reporting metrics pipeline.
You will work closely with analysts, designers, and website engineers to plan ad tech strategy and create features to maximize user experience and company revenue.
Our Stack
• Custom, high-performance, client-side javascript (TypeScript)
• json, node, webpack, AWS (primarily S3, CloudFront, Lambda, ES cluster), gitlab (CI/CD) pipelines
• DFP (Google Ad Manager), DFP API, Prebid.js, GPT
• kinesis, opensearch data pipeline
• Monitoring/alerting in New Relic and Opensearch
• micro-apps in React
Candidate Requirements
• 4+ years software engineering experience, specifically with:
• client-side javascript and the DOM
• programmatic revenue technologies, Prebid.js, Google Ad Manager
Additional experience with the following may be helpful but not required:
• webpack, node, AWS
• ETL/data pipeline processes and databases
Qualified Candidates Should
• have a strong foundation in JS and web technologies
• be detail oriented and analytical
• have strong teamworking, coding, and time management habits
• bring a passion for learning and contributing
• have excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to contribute to multiple projects, team goals, and deadlines
The pay range for this position is $97,850 to $242,294. The actual pay will vary based on geographic location, job requirements, professional experience, and other factors.
In addition, Chegg offers a comprehensive benefits plan for eligible employees, including medical, dental, vision, life and supplemental life insurance, short-and long-term disability, mental health support, parental leave, paid time off, volunteer time off, paid holidays, 401(k) with matching contributions, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) options, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, an Employee Referral Program, Tuition Reimbursement, and other benefits found at: https://www.chegg.com/about/working-at-chegg/benefits/.
Why do we exist?
Students are working harder than ever before to stabilize their future. Our recent research study called State of the Student shows that nearly 3 out of 4 students are working to support themselves through college and 1 in 3 students feel pressure to spend more than they can afford. We founded our business on provided affordable textbook rental options to address these issues. Since then, we’ve expanded our offerings to supplement many facets of higher educational learning through Chegg Study, Chegg Math, Chegg Writing, Chegg Internships, Thinkful Online Learning, and more to support students beyond their college experience. These offerings lower financial concerns for students by modernizing their learning experience. We exist so students everywhere have a smarter, faster, more affordable way to student.
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