Software Engineer 3

Hybrid

3 days a week in our Chicago office.

From helping to invent the affiliate industry, to performance marketing and what comes next, we’ve earned a reputation for maintaining the largest, most reliable partnership-based platform and sterling service with a personal touch.

With over 25 years of experience and 1,000+ associates across 7 different countries, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) is the most trusted and established name in performance marketing.

We specialize in cultivating partnerships between top brands and trusted publishers to help them drive revenue and grow their businesses. CJ’s industry-leading solutions and services are what makes our innovative marketing technology (“martech”) the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across all industries including retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services. As part of Publicis Groupe, our data capabilities, future-focused tech, and strategic expertise power meaningful connections so brands can reach consumers wherever they are.

We take just as much pride in our innovative technology and comprehensive data as we do in the expertise and dedication of our people. Our collaborative teams are equipped with advanced tools, training, and career development opportunities in order to provide our clients with cutting-edge solutions, strategies, and support that drive meaningful results. In an industry with much uncharted territory, our people are a trusted steady hand.

Job Description

As a Software Engineer 3 at CJ, you’ll have the benefit of working in a supportive, highly collaborative, and entrepreneurial environment. A culture of passion and respect and technical excellence and the ownership and accountability of working on a fully self-contained, cross-functional engineering team gives you the ability to grow, make an impact, and get things done. It’s innovation, done sustainably and intelligently, at scale.

What you’ll be doing:

1. Execute complex projects to add new functionality and improve the existing functionality of the core platform & 3rd party components.
2. As part of a fully self-contained teams at CJ you will be developing full stack end to end solutions using languages and technologies like Java, Kotlin, Scala, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node, AWS, Serverless, SQL, NoSQL, Kafka, Infrastructure-as-code and more.
3. Become part of highly collaborative engineering culture that is based in continuous learning while solving problems effectively by understanding the customer needs.
4. As part of CJs Agile software development processes, you will be practicing Test driven design (TDD), Pair programming, Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD).
5. You will be working on application domains that are part of CJs Affiliate Marketing solutions that includes real-time high volume web events tracking, click and actions streaming, attribution, multi-currency financial clearinghouse, partnership recommendation engine, advertising and media delivery, data lake and data science analytics and reporting.
6. As part of broader CJ company culture, you will have the opportunity to interact with stakeholders, business, and customers to understand product requirements, propose appropriate solutions and design and develop them as well.

Qualifications

What we look for:

1. We are looking for an accomplished software engineer with 3+ years in software design and implementation, with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
2. Solid understanding of some of the foundational programming methodologies and practices like Object Oriented design and programming, Functional programming, Clean code, Agile software development.
3. Ability to collaborate, effectively communicate and present point of view and pros and cons of multiple approaches and opinions on table, to solve a problem in a highly collaborative and cooperative team culture.
4. Willing to learn and adopt agile practices like TDD, Pair programming, improving processes by retrospectives.
5. Ability to continuously learn and apply technology to solve business requirements at hand.
6. Willing to work on creating new applications and services and extending existing functionality that your team is responsible for.

Additional Information

CJ leads the way in Affiliate Marketing. We're all about innovative tech, solid data solutions, and our awesome team. We give our folks top-notch tools, training, and chances to grow so they can provide top-tier solutions, strategies, and support for our clients. We work in an energetic, results-oriented, collaborative, team environment that recognizes exceptional performance. As we evolve and grow as a business, so do you.

We're a community of creative and passionate problem solvers who go the distance to tackle the tough questions, think outside the box, and drive intelligent growth, for our clients—and ourselves. We foster and embody an inclusive and collaborative culture where diverse perspectives are sought, relationships are valued, and people feel accepted with a sense of belonging in expressing themselves authentically. We pride ourselves in having a workplace environment that values both work and play. With Business Resource Groups, fun team outings, office shindigs, and flexible time off, you get a work-life balance and coworkers who become lifelong friends.

Conditions of Employment

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of certain background checks which unless prohibited by applicable law may include criminal history checks, employment verification, education verification, drug screens, credit checks, DMV checks (for driving positions only) and fingerprinting.

Great People Deserve Great Benefits

We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the world, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, expect competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to advance your career.

The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 04/13/2024.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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