Platform Engineer (Remote / Contract)

Who We Are

Verve has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize

advertising. Verve is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing

data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both

advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who,

what, or where a customer is. With 30 offices across the globe and with an eye

on servicing forward-thinking advertising customers, Verve’s solutions are

trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000

publishers globally, and the world’s top demand-side platforms. Learn more

at verve.com [https://verve.com/].

Verve For Advertisers is a technology company that empowers brands and agencies

to connect moments of discovery and drive measurable outcomes across screens.

As part of Verve, we've unified the company's demand-side offering, bringing

together the largest on-site search intent dataset outside of walled gardens,

direct SDK integrations with top apps, alongside data partnerships with 3M+

websites and LLMs. Our technology captures both what consumers do and why they

do it, delivering high-fidelity audiences, insights, and activation across

premium omnichannel inventory.

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to join our dev ops team to help us

manage our diverse and growing set of initiatives. This position is a contract

role and can work remotely anywhere in the US or outside of the US. They should

be willing and open to collaborate with our US based engineering team during

their business hours.

Responsibilities

• include
• * Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• * Develop, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
• * Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE)
• * Create and maintain Helm charts for applications and services
• * Ensure platform scalability, reliability, and availability (load balancing,
• auto-scaling, disaster recovery)
• * Set up and manage observability and monitoring solutions (Grafana, New Relic,
• OpenTelemetry)
• * Provide operational support for primary revenue-generating applications,
• participating proactively in incident resolution
• * Guide development teams on infrastructure best practices, security standards,
• and platform usage
• * Contribute to the team's on-call rotation
• Technologies we use
• * Programming Languages
• * Ruby/Rails
• * Elixir
• * Python
• * JavaScript (JQuery, AngularJS, Vue.js)
• * Cloud Platforms
• * AWS - EKS, ECS, RDS (MySQL, PostgresSQL, Redis, Elasticache, CodePipeline)
• * GCP - GKE, BiqQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Functions, Cloud Build)
• Preferred skills and experience
• * 2+ years of relevant work experience
• We’re open to allowing the right person to learn our industry on the job. We
• welcome diversity and non-traditional paths into all of our roles. We believe in
• hiring the right person as opposed to the right combination of keywords.
• Communications regarding your application will only come from @jungroup.com or
• @verve.com email addresses.
• Hourly Rate
• $30—$40 USD
• Verve 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.
• If you are a California resident subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act,
• click here [https://verve.com/california-applicant-privacy-notice/] to
• understand how Verve processes your personal information and how you can
• exercise your rights.
• If you are located in the EU or UK visit our privacy policy
• [https://verve.com/applicant-privacy-policy/] to understand how Verve processes
• your personal information and how you can exercise your rights.