Sr Software Engineer, Applications

Basis

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Basis, we empower agencies and brands with cutting-edge software that automates digital media operations. Our all-in-one platform supports seamless planning, reporting, and financial reconciliation across direct, programmatic, search, and social media. We're not just building advanced technology; we're also building a culture where passionate, motivated individuals come together to drive meaningful change. Our commitment to inclusivity and growth ensures our employees thrive both professionally and personally. With our headquarters in Chicago, we offer flexible work options across the U.S. and Canada, including remote, hybrid, or on-site at headquarters. Technology is at the core of what we do. Basis Technologies' innovative Engineering team designs and develops new features and integrations for Basis, our industry-leading, comprehensive software solution. Our platform processes over 300 billion events per day and uses AI and machine learning to automate and simplify the entire digital campaign process. This team is all about data—and in order to create value from the massive amount of data we collect, engineering leverages their dynamic Data Engineering, Data Science, and Business Intelligence teams to create insights that benefit the industry as a whole.

Requirements

5 years or more of professional software experience.
Experience planning and building production-level web applications using React and Ruby on Rails.
Experience leveraging modern development practices, including AI-assisted and agentic workflows
Strong grasp of data modeling, SQL, query optimization, tuning for read/write performance and scalability.
Experience or willingness to learn Java.
Experience with entire development cycle of projects
Knowledge and fluency in the tools used to build and maintain software: Git, Unix/Linux environments, and automated testing tools.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or related field
Enthusiastic growth-oriented mindset
Excited by a fast-paced product development environment
Passion for Ad-Tech

Responsibilities

Building out new products while updating and expanding our existing offerings.
Leading projects spanning our entire tech stack while demonstrating and mentoring others on our best practices and high-quality standards.
Demonstrating strong collaboration through pull requests, demos, and working relationships.
Give and receive feedback positively, identify risks and blockers as they arise.
Taking ownership over deliverables, quality, and support across your team's systems and components.
Being accountable for driving projects from ideation through production.
Demonstrating a deep understanding of your team's business domain.
Use your knowledge to identify risks and blockers during planning discussions.
Ensure feasibility and alignment between business goals and technical implementation.
Bringing a positive attitude to work and embody Basis' core principles.