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We are looking to hire a talented, enthusiastic and experienced Backend Developer. If you have proven experience in the development of web applications backend, writing scalable and distributed components - this job is for you.

Outbrain runs pretty complex processing tasks on very big amount of data and that needs to run fast and efficient. – are you up for this challenge?

As a developer in Outbrain you will be handling our core data processing and serving systems. You will part of our backend team, and expected to find new, efficient and exciting ways to solve complicated problems. You are also expected to deal with performance and processing issues caused by crunching very large amounts of data on a distributed environment.

We have very big challenges for server developers. We encourage creativity and open minded thinking but not expect you to "invent the wheel" that someone already invented. You will work with the most updated tools of the open source community.

As with any Outbrain employee, we're looking for someone who is resourceful, bright, proactive, a go-getter, works well independently and as part of a team, and who will be passionate about what she or he does. And most of all... fun to work with ;-)

• 2+ years of experience as a Java developer
• Proven experience in data access layers (hibernate, spring, etc...)
• Very Good knowledge of SQL
• Experience in Linux/Unix development - advantage

Outbrain is looking to hire a talented and enthusiastic Internet Applications Developer. If you have proven experience in web development and a passion for blogs and the web 2.0 environment - this job is for you.

If you are following our product design – you can see some very interesting and unusual concepts like “Less is More!” and “a well behaving widget” that are our core principals. If you are up for unleashing your creativity and are focused on your user’s happiness with simplifying your product use and support them whenever they need – you are in the right place!

As a developer in outbrain you will be handling the product look and feel. You will work in very close relations with our product management team, and expected to influence the product behaviors with ideas and creativity.

Our challenges for web developer are very big and involve high availability to learn new systems and APIs very quick and implement things within them. Your code will be running as 3rd party code hosting in other websites and need to integrate smoothly following high standard of web behaviors.

As with any Outbrain employee, we're looking for someone who is resourceful, bright, proactive, a go-getter, works well independently and as part of a team, and who will be passionate about what she or he does. And most of all... fun to work with ;-)

• 1+ years of experience in web development
• Excellent knowledge in Javascript
• Very good knowledge in HTML
• Good knowledge in one of the server-side web development languages (Java, ASP.NET, C#, PHP,etc...)
• Good knowledge of SQL
• Java/Struts/Ext are very good advantages

Outbrain is seeking a motivated, business development director to assist in expanding the distribution of its content recommendation technology to key publisher, blog and partner accounts. If you are interested to join a group of accomplished, passionate people pushing the edge on personalization, blogging, widgets and online publishing - and think the concept of discovery is as important as we do for the future of the internet- then we want to talk with you. As with any Outbrain employee, we're looking for someone who is resourceful, bright, proactive, a go-getter, works well independently and as part of a team, and who will be passionate about what she or he does. For this position we are looking for a strong deal professional with the ability to identify, source and structure partnerships in the interest of furthering key company strategic initiatives. Experience working with the digital departments of large publishers such as newspapers, magazines, media companies and/or large blogs and blog networks a plus. We provide a casual, fun corporate culture. Candidates should be energetic, self-starters, who are proactive in driving revenue and committed to creating new business opportunities in a dynamic environment.

1. Deal focused individual who seeks to identify, pursue and close deals that are in-line with the company’s goals and capabilities.
2. Analyze, identify the most suitable new business opportunities, focusing on highly trafficked publisher and blog sites.
3. Initiate business discussions with new prospects, develop custom presentations, coordinate and manage new business meetings, conduct online and in-person demos, and handle contract negotiations.
4. Maintain a robust and full pipeline of prospects.
5. Accurately forecast new business closure rate and revenue.
6. Identify and develop a strong understanding of a prospect's core objectives and challenges and conduct detailed needs assessments.
7. Work closely with the VP of Business Development to consistently achieve and exceed goals.
8. Liaise with Client Services/Account Managers to effectively manage client expectations and ensure successful implementation of our widgets or technology.
9. Regularly meet or exceed individual sales goals, and demonstrate target-focused sales efforts, leadership and relationship building.
10. Travel as needed to attend trade shows and meet prospects and clients.
11. Provide key requirements to our technical and product management teams to continually increase the value to partners.

• BA/BS degree, MBA preferred.
• Proven communication, presentation and sales skills.
• Contacts with interactive publishing (media, newspaper, magazine) decision makers a plus.
• Former experience in structuring and negotiating deals for an Internet company or deals where an online component was central.

Competitive salary, bonus plan, equity in a well-funded start-up, full benefits, whatever computer you want to work on (we are equal opportunity Mac and PC lovers).

Outbrain is looking for an Account Executive in our New York office responsible for driving advertising and sponsorship revenue through direct and agency sales (prospecting, closing business and managing renewals). AEs are responsible for quarterly quotas and are asked to continually prospect for new business opportunities, build strategic relationships and secure incremental/growth revenue. The candidate must be extremely knowledgeable and passionate about online media and the web as a marketing platform -- especially conversational/social media. Candidates should be familiar with, and use regularly, blogs, social networks, widgets and other emerging forms of digital publishing and communication. All AEs must be detail-oriented and have a proven track record of profitable sales, relationship building, and customer retention. Past experience selling to interactive agencies, brand managers, PR firms or word-of-mouth departments is highly desired.

If you are interested in joining a group of accomplished, passionate people pushing the edge in new media—and if you think, like us, that most existing forms of online advertising could use a ton of improvement—then we want to talk to you. As with any Outbrain employee, we're looking for someone who is resourceful, bright, proactive, a go-getter, works well independently and as part of a team, and who will be passionate about what she or he does.

• Meet or exceed quarterly sales and revenue goals
• Review RFPs and make solid recommendations
• Participate in the development of account strategies for long term revenue growth
• Produce regular forecast reports and call reports to keep sales and executive management aware of account activity
• Secure strategic level relationships with client/agency contacts
• Coordinate with Business Development teams to ensure inventory growth in key content verticals important to your clients

Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of social media online. They will understand the new dynamics of today's online media landscape and the new ways people are using the Internet to interact with each other and self-publish. They will think creatively, sell strategically, and communicate efficiently internally and externally. They will have a strong desire to win and a competitive drive while still checking their ego at the door and working with a team.

• 2-3 years of advertising sales experience
• Demonstrates understanding of Internet technologies, especially blogs, social networking, advertising formats and web analytics
• Not afraid of the phone and sounds good on it.

Competitive salary, bonus plan, equity in a well-funded start-up, full benefits, whatever computer you want to work on (we are equal opportunity Mac and PC lovers).

outbrain is seeking a killer web designer/developer. Someone that has creative design chops and can code beautiful HTML and Javascript. If you are a pixel perfectionist, passionate about blogs and want to make a difference in a growing company - this job is for you!

As our web designer/developer you will be working with product management and the business team to create designs and layouts for web applications, producing HTML and CSS to implement these designs and working with our developers to integrate the HTML with the functional application.

As with any Outbrain employee, we're looking for someone who is resourceful, bright, proactive, a go-getter, works well independently and as part of a team, and who will be passionate about what she or he does.

• DHTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX
• Expert in W3C compliant, cross browser compatible, CSS/HTML development
• Ability to produce mockups in Photoshop/Fireworks (or even GIMP) and turn them into standards-compliant XHTML/CSS
• Strong knowledge of design basics and principles

• Formal education in art or design
• Regular reader of A List Apart
• Keeping a blog
• Having an online portfolio of work

Competitive salary, equity in a well-funded start-up, full benefits, whatever computer you want to work on (we are equal opportunity Mac and PC lovers).