Kargo operates a performance-focused ad platform connecting advertisers and publishers across mobile, social, CTV, and open-web channels. The stack—Kafka, Apache Flink, Spark, Snowflake, ClickHouse—reveals heavy real-time data processing, matched by active projects in auction architecture redesign and real-time bidding optimization. Hiring is sales-led (9 roles) with significant intern and senior hiring, suggesting both customer acquisition momentum and foundational platform work.
Kargo is a privately held advertising services company headquartered in New York with global offices. The platform helps advertisers measure incremental brand lift and return on ad spend, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue per impression through proprietary creative and targeting solutions. The business spans mobile advertising, CTV, contextual targeting, and online video. Active projects indicate ongoing modernization of core auction and bidding systems, alongside expansion into emerging ad formats and campaign intelligence tooling.
Kargo's stack includes Kafka, Apache Flink, Spark, Snowflake, ClickHouse, Aerospike, and Kubernetes on AWS. They're adopting ArgoCD and use Prebid for header bidding integration.
Kargo is actively hiring in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia.
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