Software Engineer, Web

Who We Are

Headquartered in sunny Austin, TX, with a growing office in the heart of NYC, award-winning KERV is on a mission to redefine how people connect and interact with media anywhere and everywhere. 

As the leader in AI-powered video analysis, performance, and monetization solutions, our patented technology captures metadata across every frame in any video, making objects instantly explorable or shoppable. These dynamic ad solutions empower consumers to learn, explore, and transact seamlessly within the creative experience, creating deeper relationships and tangible business outcomes for the world's leading brands and publishers. 

The Challenge Ahead 

As a Software Engineer at KERV Interactive, you are a full stack developer who will be building features to innovate our web platform and interactive distributables.  This engineer will develop our full stack, including Node.js applications that are used to manage and distribute video creatives, a richly interactive video ad unit that loads dynamic product data, a data collection system and reporting pipeline, along with a heavy involvement in the AWS infrastructure that supports it all.  Successful candidates are engineers who are not only excellent code writers, but also self managing team players who operate well on remote, agile teams.  Previous experience working on SaaS products, interactive, video, or rich-media advertising technologies are a huge plus.  This position requires excellent communication skills to effectively work with management and team members.

This position is primarily remote/work from home, with occasional team meetings in Austin, TX.

What You’ll Do 

• Technologies you will use: JavaScript (Node/Koa, React, Svelte), HTML/CSS, MySQL, Redshift, Git, Ansible, AWS, Serverless Framework (Lambdas)
• Write excellent code that is simple to test, understand and maintain
• Solve real problems through software and provide stable solutions consistently
• Participate in team code reviews, sharing knowledge and learning from others
• Develop a culture of quality within the engineering team
• Participate in sprint planning, ensuring that realistic plans are set forth and delivered
• Effective communication within engineering team and with other non-technical teams
• Have the discipline to shift between establishing new features and maintaining legacy features based on the needs of the business
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including product managers, designers, and data analysts, to define requirements, align on technical solutions, and deliver high-quality software that meets business and user needs
• Recommend adoption of tools and process to improve our culture and results
• DevOps/CI-CD implementation

What You’ll Bring 

• 2+ years of professional experience developing web-based applications
• Strong experience with both front-end and backend development
• Professional experience with at least 1 modern Javascript front end framework, such as Angular, Ember, Svelte or React OR  similar JavaScript framework experience.
• Previous experience with at least one Node.js application
• Strong academic background in software engineering, or equivalent experience
• Strong asynchronous communication skills, ensuring efficient and effective ways of working with team members
• Experience working with video, such as transcoding or video playback preferred
• Background in math and 2D or 3D graphics programming preferred
• Digital advertising experience, specifically with video advertising technologies preferred
• Experience developing an enterprise or SaaS product preferred
• Previous experience in a startup environment preferred
• Experience with data processing, ETLs and data warehousing preferred
• AI-driven prompt engineering experience strongly preferred, or a passion to learn and adopt the skillset

Who You Are

• Passionate: Driven by desire to create beautiful, stable software products
• Collaborative:  Works well with others, values teamwork, and actively contributes to group success.
• Adaptable: Ability to work on multiple projects and be flexible to adapt to changing requirements.
• Proactive Communicator: Shares ideas, updates, and feedback clearly, both synchronously and asynchronously.
• Self Motivated: Takes ownership of tasks, follows through on commitments, needs little oversight to drive day to day work.
• Growth Mindset: Curious, consistent drive to learn, open to feedback, continuously improving, and embracing challenges.
• Empathetic & Respectful: Listens to others, values diverse perspectives, and fosters an inclusive environment.
• Problem-Solving Mentality: Ability to research and solve complex problems. Approaches challenges with a solution-oriented mindset.

Why You’ll Love Working at KERV

• We are a team of talented, kind people, driven by innovation.
• We put the human first. Whether our employee, client, partner, or community; we genuinely care about your well-being and will do whatever we can to support it.
• We are relentless in our pursuit of innovation, remaining flexible and open to change, remaining scrappy and collaborative in pursuit of common goals.
• We balance our dedication to success with the accountability to deliver, trusting our expertise, while verifying our thinking at every step.
• We advocate for the growth and success of our people and the communities in which they belong to through transparent & clear communication, championing a culture in which everyone has a voice and contributes to our success, and a socially aware approach to everything we touch.
• We aim to cultivate a work environment where each person, no matter the identities they hold, not only feels safe, seen, and heard, but also celebrated.
• We offer…
  • Unlimited PTO with a healthy culture of taking time off to recharge so you can bring your best self to work
  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including modern support services via Bennie, such as a custom app and  healthcare concierge to support a simplified benefits experience for our staff
  • Mental Health Support via Samata Health paid 100% by KERV
  • 401K with company match and  100% vesting on day 1
  • Unlimited referral bonuses
  • Flexible working schedules with remote and hybrid opportunities 

KERV provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

KERV participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires.