Software Engineer I at GumGum in Santa Monica, CA

Summary: GumGum is a contextual-first technology leader transforming digital advertising with AI-powered solutions. They are seeking a Software Engineer I to build and maintain web applications, collaborating with other teams to optimize applications and ensure functionality. Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and maintain new features and improvements for a variety of React web applications - Develop backend functionality with Java/Spring, including extending and maintaining APIs - Owns scoped individual tasks and tasks with project-level impact with minimal guidance - Support more senior engineers with projects with implementation of tasks ranging from inception to production release (and beyond) - Collaborate with other teams such as DevOps, Designers, and Product to optimize our applications and brainstorm creative solutions together - Implement tests and ensure proper functionality and graceful degradation on multiple browsers - Seeks to improve and learn best practices from code reviews and peer feedback - Help troubleshoot user-reported issues from the team’s applications with support - Seeks to understand the advertising industry, as required to be able to make decisions about our technical approach and provide our users with more efficient applications - Create new web applications from the ground up if needed - May share knowledge by contributing to our technical blog and giving presentations/talks with guidance Required Qualifications: - Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is a plus - 1-2+ years Software Engineer experience, including JavaScript - Candidate has shipped code to production - 1+ years experience with React - 1+ years experience with Java - Core understanding of JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 - Use of Git and command-line tools - Comfortable using browser developer tools and build tools such as Webpack or build - Understanding of responsive design concepts and cross-browser compatibility - Understanding of deployment pipeline and processes for releases - Prioritization of tasks in alignment with company goals - Knowledge of SQL - Familiarity with RESTful API concepts Required Skills: React, Java, JavaScript Important Skills: TypeScript, SQL, RESTful API Nice-to-Have Skills: HTML5, CSS3, Git, Webpack, Responsive design, Cross-browser compatibility Benefits: Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan, Participation in a bonus, commission, or stock incentive program