Looma Background
Looma is an in-store digital media platform focused on storytelling, education, and recommendations. Their network of in-store screens helps retailers better modernize and monetize their stores, while enabling brands to tell their story directly at the point of decision. All content that airs on Looma’s network is produced or edited by Relay™, their global network of independent filmmakers, editors, and other creators who specialize in point-of-decision content.
Looma’s software development team powers this platform with a suite of shopper-facing and enterprise cloud applications. This software suite enables our team to monitor the device network, distribute video-based and interactive content, and facilitate the buying and managing of advertising inventory.
Position Summary
Looma is expanding its device network 3-5x annually, while rapidly growing the breadth of shopper experiences that we offer. This role supports Looma’s effort to scale the network through a blend of software, hardware, and data savvy. This is a high-impact position with significant autonomy and ownership where you'll build upon a device network that already reaches millions of shoppers each month.
As a Senior Software Engineer at Looma, you’ll be primarily responsible for building and shipping new products and features alongside the design team. You’ll collaborate with a tight-knit product team to build functionality at the device, network, and cloud-software levels. As an early team member, you'll help establish Looma’s engineering culture, processes, and systems, and will have direct access to key stakeholders for first-hand feedback collection and closely understanding the impact of your work.
The ideal candidate for this role has a bent for building elegant and powerful software apps in small teams or as a team of one, and brings a broad set of technical interests that meet the need for hardware, software, and data-driven solutions. We are prioritizing applicants with direct experience building in the Android and Google Cloud environments, but are open to all candidates who have a demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly.
This role will report directly to our VP of Product and is available at our Durham, NC office (preferred) or remote U.S.
Attributes
- Technical Depth: You bring a robust and complete technical background to the team and can be trusted to review, select, and implement technical solutions without close oversight. You bring a diverse technical skill set which will help you to build both consumer-facing and enterprise-facing applications.
- Product Ownership: You aren’t looking for a role where you’re handed specs and asked to deliver without question; you want to engage with end users, deeply understand problem spaces, and collaborate closely with a bright team to design products, features, and solutions.
- Background Overlap: You bring direct experience to the team through one or many of the following backgrounds: remote device management, real-time data systems, media management + distribution, and/or enterprise software for retail or advertising.
- Passionate & Curious: You are passionate about your work and eager to learn new technologies. You’re excited to step into a new problem space and understand challenges that Looma has faced to date and embrace new challenges with a sense of energy and excitement.
Technical
Looma uses the tech stack bulleted below. While we prioritize applicants with experience in these technologies, we also welcome candidates who show strong curiosity and a quick ability to learn new tools. We do require experience working with at least one statically typed language.
- Android Native: Java/Kotlin
- Cloud Resources: Google Cloud/AppEngine/Firebase/BigQuery
- Front End: HTML/CSS/Typescript/Angular
- Back End: GoLang/PostgresQL/GraphQL
Structure & Compensation
Looma will provide a competitive compensation package consisting of base salary and stock options. All Looma compensation packages include some cash / equity flexibility (i.e. you can opt for more equity and less cash or vice-versa).
Benefits
- Employee coverage for health, dental, and vision (gold plan)
- Unlimited PTO (3-week minimum)
- Flexible office setting (office, flex, or WFH, with associated stipends)
- Craftsmanship stipend
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) plan
Our Values
At Looma, we strive to be and/or create work that is:
- For You: generous, generative, trustworthy, in your corner
- Incisive: pragmatic, wise, perceptive, insightful
- Beautiful & Clear: polished, elegant, detailed, conveys a sense of craftsmanship
- Undaunted: tenacious, courageous, indomitable, “impenetrable ray of sun”
- Dependable: trustworthy, reliable, nothing slips through the cracks
Diversity & Nondiscrimination
Looma is committed to promoting diversity both in our workplace and through the stories we tell. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status, class or caste status, or any other protected class. Our global nondiscrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Top Skills
What We Do
Looma exists to connect shoppers to the people and stories behind their products. Our first product, Loop™ At-Shelf Maker Stories, is a network of tablets in grocery stores that play short, human-centric films connecting producer to consumer. The data generated by Loop™ fuels our proprietary storytelling process, forming a flywheel we believe will one day power the world’s most sophisticated platform for human-centric point-of-decision video.
