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Based near South Park in the SOMA district of San Francisco, we’re surrounded by our customers and partners at the center of the hyper-growth, global mobile app market.  Apsalar has earned a reputation as the leading provider of Mobile Engagement Management (MEM) solutions, offering advanced mobile app discovery-based analytics and behavioral targeting solutions that turn our customers’ data into revenue.  We work with leading mobile app publishers across a variety of industries, including gaming, m-commerce/retail, travel/hospitality, financial services, communications and publishing. These publishers often use our free analytics service and then become customers of our paid targeted advertising solutions, leveraging the data from the analytics service. This is the chance to get in early and help define the company’s identity and destiny. Go ahead and set your career trajectory with the mobile app industry - one of the fastest growing markets ever known.

Apsalar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The following jobs are currently open at Apsalar:

User Experience Designer

Apsalar is looking for a User Experience Designer to manage the overall design process for our analytics and marketing platform.  As a leader in mobile application analytics, Apsalar is looking for a candidate to manage all aspects of the user experience.  Working in the Product Management team, you will be responsible for working closely with PMs, engineers and our customers to ensure fantastic user experiences.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years user experience design and have a solid understanding of the application design lifecycle - user analysis, design, implementation and deployment.

Job responsibilities will include:

  • Work closely with product managers to scope and implement projects
  • Development of high and low fidelity prototypes
  • User group testing of designs and concepts
  • Creation of an extensible UI architecture for all Apsalar products
  • Implementation of designs and concepts working closely with the engineering team

Requirements:

  • 3+ years experience in user experience design
  • Fluency in prototyping tools like omingraffle, visio and axure
  • Understanding in user centered design principles
  • Demonstrable history of working with engineering teams to deliver projects

This is a full time position with benefits. Competitive compensation based on experience.

If interested, please send resume and motivation letter to ux.jobs@apsalar.com

Technical Support Engineer

We are looking for a talented Technical Support Engineer to join our growing team of highly talented individuals. This position will make use of your software development and other skills to help Apsalar achieve a high level of success with our customers. This position will report into Apsalar's engineering organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as primary technical support contact for Apsalar's customers, including complex technical trouble shooting and problem solving.
  • Work closely with engineering and QA to resolve support issues.
  • Provide Apsalar SDK integration support to clients as required
  • Provide technical support to sales and marketing teams as required
  • Write clear, precise bug reports as required and submit to our bug tracking system
  • Develop demonstration software/apps as required

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Experience with a programming language such as Java, Objective-C.  Not looking for a J2EE programmer.
  • Experience with iOS and/or Android application development is a plus
  • Basic query experience with SQL is required
  • Working knowledge of Unix shell is required
  • Experience with Python or similar scripting language is a plus
  • Conceptual knowledge of mobile behavioral data analytics is a plus
  • Conceptual knowledge of mobile behavioral targeting is a plus
  • Experience in mobile advertising and OpenRTB is a plus.

About yourself:

  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent discipline.
  • 1 year minimum related work experience
  • Excellent customer-oriented skills
  • Self-motivated, organized, and results-oriented
  • Ability to work well in a small team
  • Superb analytical skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to quickly ramp-up with respect to customer's applications and related needs
  • Ability and desire to gain in-depth knowledge of Apsalar products

This is a full time position with benefits. Competitive compensation based on experience. If interested, please send resume and motivation letter to devjobs@apsalar.com

QA Automation Engineer

Apsalar is looking for a talented QA Automation Engineer to join our growing team of highly talented individuals. If you have the skills as well as the motivation to work in our fast-paced startup environment, then you might be the right person for us.

Reporting into our engineering organization, you will be challenged by the complexity of developing Python, iOS, and Android applications that exercise the front-end, back-end, analytics, campaign management, and mobile components of Apsalar’s products. You will be required to work closely with the rest of the engineering and product team. Be prepared to become an expert on Apsalar’s products.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain test automation scripts and tools
  • Functional, performance, and scalability testing for all aspects of the Apsalar platform and SDKs, both on our web platform and from within mobile applications
  • Develop, maintain, and execute test plans and test cases
  • Develop and maintain test applications on Android and iOS platforms
  • Provide clear and detailed reports on test execution status
  • Write clear, precise bug reports and submit to our bug tracking system

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Understanding of and experience with SQA methodologies, techniques and approaches
  • Experience with Python or a similar language
  • Experience developing ‘test’ applications for Android and iOS is a plus
  • Experience testing web applications, mobile applications, and database applications
  • Experience using Selenium or similar tool
  • Experience with Python unittest and HTMLTestRunner is a plus
  • Experience writing PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS queries
  • Experience with GIT or a similar tool
  • Working knowledge of Unix shell

About Yourself:

  • Self-motivated, organized, and results-oriented
  • Ability to work well in a small team – a real team player
  • Superb analytical skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work in an environment that requires a strong understanding of pragmatic approaches to tasks

This is a full time position with benefits. Competitive compensation and equity based on experience. If interested, please send resume and motivation letter to qajobs@apsalar.com

Senior Sales Executive - Mobile App Targeted Advertising Solutions

Apsalar is looking for a dynamic Senior Sales Executive to join our rapidly growing, top tier team.   As our Senior Sales Executive, you will report to our CRO and be responsible for building a pipeline, responding to incoming leads and selling targeted mobile app advertising solutions to major mobile app advertisers. You will also oversee the day-to-day up-sell and management of app targeted advertising campaigns.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for directly signing key clients for Apsalar’s unique suite of mobile app targeting solutions: (in-app targeting through in house ads) and (3rd party app retargeting through inventory partners). You will have proven experience in targeted advertising solutions selling within the online advertising market. Strong knowledge of market dynamics and strong industry contacts, as well as knowledge of the online ad tech landscape and its key players will be a distinct advantage.

You will be responsible for all elements of the sale from initial call through to contract signing, including in depth, technical product demonstrations as well as the ongoing strategic support of key clients through campaign delivery. The role will involve meeting and signing mobile advertisers and agencies as well as acting as an ambassador for Apsalar in the mobile app community to ensure Apsalar is front of mind with all key prospects and new clients.

As a part of a well knit, cohesive Sales and Client Success team, you will work closely and collaboratively with Apsalar’s Client Success, Business Development, and Product teams to close new accounts and deliver on excellent customer service, ad conversion volume and industry leading mobile app advertiser CTRs, CPAs and CPIs. You will play a key role in driving revenue and implementing strategies for driving ongoing client product needs. You will also be responsible for educating mobile app advertisers and agencies about all aspects of our next generation tools and how they can be leveraged to solve their goals and objectives.

Required Skills:

  • Strong consultative and strategic sales skills as well as relationship building skills at C-level and with top spending online marketers and advertisers
  • Self-starter, independent and capable of thriving in a startup environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to develop a pipeline of clients from scratch and be highly organized
  • Strong influencing and negotiation skills and a proven record of closing contracts within a certain timeframe
  • Ability to partner with Client Success team and other internal groups to provide the best customer experience for our clients through campaign delivery
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills (both verbal and written)
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Passion for mobile app industry and performance based advertising

Required Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years experience with top performing track record in selling online advertising solutions directly to advertisers, including at least 1 year selling retargeting solutions or online audience targeting solutions
  • Strong understanding of the online ad tech landscape and players
  • Good understanding of current mobile advertising technologies and landscape

Desired Education:

  • BA/BS degree preferred with a strong academic record or relevant combination of education and experience

This is a full time position offering a competitive base salary, commission, stock options, and other comprehensive benefits.

If interested, please send resume and cover letter to sales_jobs@apsalar.com

Director of Business Development

Apsalar is looking for a dynamic Director of Business Development to join our rapidly growing, top tier team. As our Director of Business Development, you will report to our CRO and be responsible for directly signing and building strategic partnerships.

Responsibilities:

You will have proven experience in building strategic relationships in the online or mobile app advertising market and/or mobile app development environment. Strong knowledge of market dynamics and executive level industry contacts will be a distinct advantage.

You will be responsible for all elements of the partnership from initial call through to contract signing, including in depth technical product discussions and demos, as well as the ongoing account management of key partnerships through milestone delivery. The role will also involve acting as an ambassador for Apsalar in the mobile app community to ensure Apsalar is integral to increasing customer LTV with all key prospects and partners.

As part of a well knit and cohesive sales and marketing team, you will work closely and collaboratively with that team to drive revenues from Apsalar’s partners and to co-market our partnerships. You will also work closely with Apsalar’s Product team to help contribute to the definition of partnership product requirements.

Required Skills:

  • Strong consultative and strategic business development skills as well as relationship building skills at C-level
  • Self-starter, independent and capable of thriving in a startup environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to develop a pipeline of partners from scratch and be highly organized
  • Strong influencing and negotiation skills and a proven record of closing contracts within a certain timeframe
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills (both verbal and written)
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Passion for mobile app industry and performance based advertising

Required Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years experience with top performing track record in closing strategic partnerships in the ad tech and/or mobile app industry
  • Strong understanding of the online/mobile ad tech landscape and mobile app development ecosystem, its players and technologies

Desired Education:

  • MBA and/or engineering degree preferred with a strong academic record

This position offers a competitive compensation package that includes stock options and other comprehensive benefits. To apply, email your resume and cover letter to bizdev_jobs@apsalar.com

Site Reliability Engineer

Apsalar is looking for a dynamic engineer to join our rapidly growing, top tier operations team.   Apsalar processes billions of events and is the leading mobile engagement management company.  As our first SRE, you will report to our Director of Operations and be responsible for operating an extremely high performance and scalable platform built on cutting edge technologies. Some of the technologies we employ include OpenIndiana, ZFS, RAM based PCIe hard drives backed by battery and flash, SSDs for secondary cache, SAS, Zones, all in a private cloud environment. Come and check us out.  You’ll be impressed with the size and scope of the challenges and how smoothly we operate.

Responsibilities:

  • Operate both front and back-end systems consisting of nginx, Postgres, HA Proxy, and in-house software all running on OpenIndiana
  • Participate in on-call rotation (on-call, not scheduled torture)
  • Develop, maintain, and expand the following architectures
    • Zabbix based monitoring system
    • Graphite based systems analytics
    • Chef based configuration management system
  • Develop tools as needed to streamline operations
  • Support other Apsalar teams as required
  • Document all of the above as needed to build institutional knowledge

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Intermediate knowledge of OpenIndiana/OpenSolaris/Solaris or intermediate knowledge of at least two other Unix (like) operating systems such as FreeBSD and Linux
  • Working knowledge of at least two high level languages such as, but not limited to, PERL, Ruby, Python, and BASH
  • Experience with graphing tools such as RRD, Graphite, or Cacti
  • Knowledge of Apache, Nginx, HTTP, HTTPS, OpenSSL, SSH, x86 Hardware, basic storage concepts,  and COW based file systems
  • Working knowledge of a well known configuration management system such as CfEngine, Chef, or Puppet
  • Experience operating network gear from a major vendor such as Juniper, Arista, Force10, or Cisco
  • Basic system troubleshooting skills and methodology for both hardware and software

Top candidates will have one or more of the following:

  • Practical knowledge of ZFS, DTRACE, Zabbix, Graphite, Chef,  and OpenIndiana or Solaris
  • Strong understanding storage fundamentals
  • Experience with Graphite
  • Detail oriented
  • Experience with build automation systems such as JumpStart, Solaris AI, or Kickstart in combination with a configuration management engine

About yourself:

  • Minimum two years of related work experience
  • Open-minded and quick to learn new skills
  • Self starter and results oriented

This is a full time position with benefits. Competitive compensation based on experience. If interested, please send resume and motivation letter to opsjobs@apsalar.com

Note to Third-Party Recruiters / Recruitment Agencies / Executive Search Firms: Apsalar does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or recruiting agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to jobs@apsalar.com or any employees of Apsalar. Apsalar is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.