Engineering Manager of SEM (OAK) | Ask.com | Oakland, CA
Engineering Manager of SEM (OAK)
(Location: Oakland, CA)
Us
As a top ten US internet site, Ask.com’s mission is to get our millions of users across the globe the answers they need. We’ve been in the Q&A business for more than 15 years, and although Jeeves has since retired, we carry on his passion for serving our 100 million users with answers they can trust. We are serious about creating and maintaining a company culture that is both innovative and fun, and we’re looking for great people to come join our team. When you work here, you know your contributions will have a direct and immediate impact on the company.
The Role
The Ask Marketing Technology SEM (search engine marketing) team is looking for a smart, talented manager. SEM operates at very large scale and on mission-critical workloads, so a passion and discipline around operational excellence is vital. This position reports to the Marketing Technology Department’s Director.
You
The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of leadership experience and 5+ years of developer experience for mission-critical, revenue generating applications. This role will own our reporting and analytics platform, and a sophisticated automated bidding system, as well as other back-end projects that generate much of Ask.com’s revenue.
Your Task
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated good technology instinct, great people management skills, strong project management skills and an excellent ability to negotiate priorities and resources on multiple, parallel, initiatives. They will collaborate closely with the SEM business team on requirements, and must have a strong customer service ethic, ensuring no surprises for the business. Our team uses Scrum, and this manager must have experience with Agile methodologies.
Your Skill
The successful candidate will have fluency with engineering best practices, and know SDLC (software development life cycle) deeply. We are looking for someone who can help the team build complex, scalable, reliable systems. Responsibilities include leading specification, design and code reviews, project management of development team activities, staffing, quality assurance and delivery.
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Us
As a top ten US internet site, Ask.com’s mission is to get our millions of users across the globe the answers they need. We’ve been in the Q&A business for more than 15 years, and although Jeeves has since retired, we carry on his passion for serving our 100 million users with answers they can trust. We are serious about creating and maintaining a company culture that is both innovative and fun, and we’re looking for great people to come join our team. When you work here, you know your contributions will have a direct and immediate impact on the company.
The Role
The Ask Marketing Technology SEM (search engine marketing) team is looking for a smart, talented manager. SEM operates at very large scale and on mission-critical workloads, so a passion and discipline around operational excellence is vital. This position reports to the Marketing Technology Department’s Director.
You
The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of leadership experience and 5+ years of developer experience for mission-critical, revenue generating applications. This role will own our reporting and analytics platform, and a sophisticated automated bidding system, as well as other back-end projects that generate much of Ask.com’s revenue.
Your Task
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated good technology instinct, great people management skills, strong project management skills and an excellent ability to negotiate priorities and resources on multiple, parallel, initiatives. They will collaborate closely with the SEM business team on requirements, and must have a strong customer service ethic, ensuring no surprises for the business. Our team uses Scrum, and this manager must have experience with Agile methodologies.
Your Skill
The successful candidate will have fluency with engineering best practices, and know SDLC (software development life cycle) deeply. We are looking for someone who can help the team build complex, scalable, reliable systems. Responsibilities include leading specification, design and code reviews, project management of development team activities, staffing, quality assurance and delivery.
- Passionate about building great technology
- Experience with Scrum and Agile techniques
- Excellent working knowledge of Java and Python and its use in mission-critical systems
- Strong experience with MySQL or other relational database technology is required
- Hadoop experience is a very big plus
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
powered by Jobvite Want to email your resume directly to us? Send it to jobs@ask.com.
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