Senior Loyalty Engineer - Detroit, MI, United States

Company Description

Merkle is a data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading non-profit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency's heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that influence people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology improve marketing results and competitive advantage. With 9,600+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkleinc.com.

Job Description

We are looking for a senior-level full-stack, Rails engineer to help us build and support our platforms and services. This engineer plays a critical role in all aspects of Merkle's Promotion and Loyalty Services software projects. They contribute to requirements gathering, use case development, technical specification analysis, system design, and software architecture. They write code, test, review peer code, and provide support for large development projects.

Responsibilities

• You will manage the careful application of technology and process
• You will write high quality, tested, high-capacity and maintainable software
• You will design modern, reliable and reusable systems
• You will decompose complex problems into manageable tasks
• You will write technical specifications, run-time instructions, training materials and architecture documentation for Merkle P&LS systems
• You will help develop best practices, technology efficiencies, and streamline workflow
• You will design data models and write efficient queries in MySQL
• You will collaborate in design and code reviews
• You will maintain loyalty platforms and contribute to new features and custom client specifications
• You will collaborate with wider Merkle Promotions and Loyalty teams to arrive at sound technical solutions to business problems
• You will interact with internal and external clients to develop business and technical specification materials
• You will report into the Delivery Director Loyalty Engineering

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing scalable solutions in Ruby, Rails, and SQL (MySQL)
• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience
• 8+ years of Technology Industry experience
• Competent with Version Control tools
• Enterprise class web application experience
• Experience and comfort working within an iterative Agile project management process
• Experience in automated software testing, real-time system integration, database programming, web programming, and cloud technologies (AWS)
• Java/Spring Boot, Redis, AWS experience
• Front End skills to including CSS, JavaScript, UGS

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $68,000k-110,400k. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. Our company's incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com.

This job is fully remote.

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About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

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