Launch Your Career: As a Launch cohort member, you will skip the “entry-level” “grunt-work,” and start making a real impact on Day 1. As part of the Red Ventures Launch program, you’ll find unparalleled opportunities to make a real impact and advance your career – fast.  

Already know where you want your career to go? Looking to explore some options first? (“All of the above” is a perfectly valid answer.)

Red Ventures offers the unique opportunity to gain valuable experience across a multitude of roles, teams, and even industries. Our business leaders and mentors are hyper-focused on defining personalized career paths for our talent – setting you up to unlock enormous potential within the first few years of your career.

What You’ll Do:

  • Associate Software Engineers at Red Ventures drive the growth and development of customer-facing websites, social API integrations, and proprietary digital marketing technologies.
  • You’ll collaborate with our award-winning teams to implement, test, and improve our products, while ensuring top quality and consistency across various applications within our platform. 
  • Design, build, and maintain tools and systems to be used by millions of customers around the globe.

 What We’re Looking For:

  • Graduating in Winter 2024 or Summer 2025
  • Start date with our August 2025 Cohort
  • Recent, hands-on experience in software design and backend coding (internships, work experience, or side projects highly preferred)
  • Previous experience with automated build and unit-testing platforms 
  • Ability to architect and develop web-based applications and components for high-traffic consumer-facing websites 
  • Experience with top web languages (Python, Java, Golang, React, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, C#)
  • Solid interpersonal communication skills; comfortable translating between “business-speak” and “tech-speak”
  • Strategic mindset, ability to quickly prioritize business needs and conceptualize creative and effective technology solutions 
  • Scrappy, tenacious, and self-motivated team player coupled with a competitive spirit, no ego, and a great sense of humor
  • The passion and push to be a catalyst in a dynamic, ambiguous, fast-paced, and high-pressure environment
  • A strong desire and commitment to get better every day – with a constant thirst to continue learning
  • Did we mention a great sense of humor? (yes, it's worth saying twice)

Who We Are:

Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology – including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges, Platea and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey – from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. 

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact accommodation@redventures.com

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