Operations Engineer JiWire

About JiWire:

We are the dominate leader in everything location In fact, we just raised 20 million for location advertising. We have built the worlds largest location-based media company though mobile app partnerships and the top Public Wi-Fi providers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Boingo, British Telecom) to deliver advertising to on-the-go, affluent audiences with outstanding results. Today we are serving over 40M unique users per month at 40K high-traffic, premium Public Wi-Fi locations and across 200 mobile apps.

Department Overview



The Ad Operations department is responsible for all aspects of revenue delivery at JiWire, from inventory and revenue forecasting, creative QA and trafficking, technical trouble-shooting, reporting on delivery and performance metrics, and day-to-day management of all our WiFi and Mobile partners.



Position Summary



The Operations Engineer will ensure the timely launch and effective delivery of our most unique and innovative digital advertising campaigns. The Production Engineer will be an integral part of the JiWire Operations team, with a dotted line into both the Product and Engineering teams.



Responsibilities



Provide technical resources required to prepare ad campaigns for successful and timely delivery
Manage and troubleshoot integration issues on an on-going basis with our Publisher network
Develop tools to resolve technical issues, e.g. ad delivery systems problems
Automate common ad ops, production and QA tasks
Work with internal teams and customers to help identify and resolve production issues
Respond to client-side technical issues and concerns
Prepare new partners for launch on the JiWire ad network including ad tag production, testing and implementation
Write technical documentation for external and internal parties





Qualifications

Required:



Ability to multitask and balance priorities with extreme attention to detail.
Ability to work across departments in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.
Solid customer skills from a previous customer-facing role
A strong sense of commitment to Quality Assurance in your work
BSCS or equivalent
2 years experience as a web developer with HTML, PHP and Javascript
OO skills with PHP5 skills preferred
Strong Web Development debugging skills
Ability to understand the HTTP protocol
Solid MySQL skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
A genuine interest in mobile technology.



Desired:



Previous work experience with mobile / internet / digital advertising
Experience with, and understanding of ad serving systems such DART, Atlas, etc.





JiWire Culture:

JiWire, a name as interesting as its people. We are passionate about everything we do, whether its working, telling the JiWire story at industry events, playing our Xbox Kinect, or participating in Beer Fridays. We come from a background of companies like, TiVo, CNET, AOL, Walmart, Coca Cola and many we just picked up out of college. Together we have created a company that is awesome, inspiring, innovative, fast-passed, nimble, and forward thinking.

Location:	San Francsico United States