Principal Solutions Engineer Spine

  • Full-time

Company Description

Publicis Spine

Part of Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris Exchange: FR0000130577; CAC 40 index), Publicis Spine was established in 2017 to serve the data and analytics and technology needs of Publicis Groupe agencies and their clients. Its mission is to grow clients’ businesses through the transformative application of data and is the home to Publicis Groupe’s proprietary technology platform, Publicis PeopleCloud.  It includes a consistent, transparent, best-in-class approach to data, analytics solutions, partnerships and technology via a closely joined network of engineers, technology experts, product designers, analysts and data scientists all empowering marketing and digital business transformation.

Publicis PeopleCloud

Our global platform is Publicis PeopleCloud. It starts with a simple principle: the more we know about people, the more we can drive brand growth by converting people at scale. Publicis PeopleCloud is an end-to-end platform that organizes data into Publicis IDs, integrating 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data and using machine learning to match cookies, devices, and offline behaviors to actual people, in a privacy-compliant manner. Aggregating these IDs provides a basis for growth planning, building audiences, creating content, managing and measuring consumer campaigns. The platform sits within the Publicis Spine and supports the full spectrum of marketing transformation and digital business transformation for our clients.

We are built on the foundation of Trust, Talent, Transformation:

TRUST
Trust is the cornerstone upon which we build our relationships. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of how a partner should behave.
We treat our people and our clients with respect, transparency and honesty.

TALENT
This is first and foremost a people business. We are committed to ensuring Publicis Media a destination for the best talent in our industry. We value people as individuals, growing ourselves as we grow our client’s business.

TRANSFORMATION
True transformation comes when we stop managing change, and instead initiate change. We believe in our purpose to be the admired force for business transformation. We believe that focusing on performance and results has the power to transform client business.

Job Description

What you will do:

You will apply your technical knowledge and expertise as member of the Solutions Squad team, working closely with Product, Partnerships, Client Services and Market leads to provide solutions that wow our clients, both internal and external. You will be responsible for developing and delivering customized solutions, ecosystem integrations, and being a subject matter expert on Publicis PeopleCloud. You will design and build highly dynamic, data-driven solutions and keep current on the latest developments and trends in technology.

The ideal candidate will have current, hands-on engineering experience developing at-scale, service-oriented software using the best cloud offerings from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. You will also have a working knowledge of the Ad Tech and Marketing Tech landscapes. Finally, you will be a passionate team player with an affinity for innovative thinking and air-tight execution.

Day to day, your responsibilities will include:

  • Working on team responsible for architecting and developing customized solutions that solve business problems through technology stacks.  
  • Leading technical design and implementation of practical, maintainable project solutions utilizing cloud services
  • Identifying appropriate cloud service solutions to support client or product needs
  • Keeping a pulse on evolving cloud services across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
  • Encouraging team awareness and adoption of relevant emerging technologies
  • Openly and clearly communicating project status, risks and challenges
  • Mentoring more junior team members and leading peer-level code reviews
  • Flexible to be pulled into project deliveries requiring either coding or configuration tasks

Qualifications

We are looking for a talented team member who is also a delight to work with, which usually includes:

  • A four-year degree and 5 to 7 years of development experience
  • Experience with deploying cloud-based solutions and utilizing cloud services, e.g. Amazon. Multi-cloud experience is preferred.
  • Must have experience in either Python or Java programming languages.  C# would be consider depending on depth of knowledge on open source projects.
  • Experience with code repositories and Docker registries (e.g. GitHub, DockerHub, etc.)
  • Awareness of security concerns and approaches for both web applications and/or data
  • Willingness to learn new things, technology stacks but balancing that with delivery expectations
  • Experience or willingness to be involved with cloud based DevOps, data integration, or API development tasks.
  • Experience preferred with working with large data sets or data driven applications
  • A proven track record of working effectively as technical team member in small teams
  • Understanding of software engineering methodologies such as object-oriented design and design patterns
  • Proficiency in Linux/MacOS environment as development and deployment platform
  • Good team skills – you’re diplomatic in negotiating and resolving conflicts
  • Candidate must have a senior level background in at least 2 of the following skill set needs:
    • Experience architecting and developing micro services designs, API Management Layers, etc.
    • Experience building and deploying API services and system integration platforms.  
    • Experience working on cloud functions and serverless designs (e.g. Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, etc.)
    • Experience working with DevOps frameworks and CI (e.g. Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, etc.).  
    • Experience with infrastructure services, network security, and ability to build private cloud environments (e.g. AWS VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, etc.)
    • Experience working with a range of database and data integration technologies (e.g. MySQL, Hadoop Distros, BigQuery, DataFlow, Redshift, etc.)
    • Experience building Machine Learning pipelines and automation (e.g. Spark, Cloud ML, Amazon ML, etc.)

Got the goods? We would love to hear from you.

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