Senior Programmer Job Posting



Job Title: Senior Programmer, Affiliate Advertising
Job ID: LAMPAFF070
Company: Adknowledge
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: Depends on experience
Skills: linux, apache, mysql, php, perl
Date Posted: Jul-27-09

The Adknowledge Affiliate channel provides technology and services to online publishers that enable them to monetize their digital assets through the use of high-quality email campaigns, search listings, and display advertisements. Adknowledge differentiates itself in the marketplace by supplying publishers with a library of 2500+ campaigns, CPC payouts, and quick payments.

Position Overview
The SR Programmer will be responsible for implementing new reporting suites, product enhancements, and new technology development of the following Adstation Express products:

1. Adstation Express - Email: Maintenance and development for our self-service affiliate creative library of full graphical email ads. (www.adstation.com)
2. Adstation Express - Search: Maintenance and development for our self-service campaign management for search listings.
3. Adstation Express - Display: Maintenance and development for our self-service creative library of co-registration, intersticial, and pop campaigns.

Additional duties include:

· Optimizing system code and building of analytical reporting tools.
· Automating technical operation processes.
· Assisting Account Managers and other developers with daily tasks.
· Participating in 24-hour and weekend on-call rotations.

Candidate Overview
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

4 years experience programming
Solid work experience with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP development (Ruby, Python, Perl, HTML/CSS a plus).
Previous experience within the online advertising industry
Experience with large databases of over 10 million records.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following abilities:

Proven Track Record: Have a successful career history in meeting deadlines, commitments, and code deployment.

Passion for Technology: Excitement for new technology, bleeding edge applications, and a positive attitude towards solving real world challenges.

Adaptability: Capable of adjusting to changing priorities; along with handling multiple projects simultaneously.

Resourceful: Looks for ways to achieve goals with available resources.

Team Player: Demonstrates a strong ability to support department staff members, managers, and establish collaborative relationships with peers.


Adknowledge is a performance-based advertising network that utilizes powerful predictive technology to connect advertisers with consumers across multiple channels, including email, search, messaging, domain, and social networks. Over 50,000 advertisers use the Adknowledge ad network to promote their offers and Adknowledge generates more than 80M clicks per month across hundreds of categories.

Founded in 2004, Adknowledge is a privately-held company with more than 180 employees throughout the world. Headquartered in Kansas City, Adknowledge has domestic offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Ft. Myers, and international offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the last 18 months, Adknowledge has completed five company acquisitions. Last month, the company acquired the Media division of Miva, Inc. Adknowledge also acquired social media companies Cubics and Lookery; social analytics company Adonomics.com; and Mediarun, a display ad network based in the United Kingdom and Australia. Adknowledge has been a Red Herring winner and an AlwaysOn Media Top 100 winner.

Location: US-MO-Kansas City
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: John
Contact Phone: 816-423-8756
Contact Email: jwesterhaus@adknowledge.com
URL: http://www.adknowledge.com/usa/careers.php




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