Trade publication and marketplace platform for heavy equipment, agriculture, and trucking
Sandhills Global operates a network of vertical marketplaces and trade publications serving trucking, agriculture, construction, and aviation sectors. The tech stack is mature and platform-oriented—Python, R, Spark for analytics; .NET, C# for backend services; SQL Server and Cassandra for data; Azure DevOps for CI/CD—reflecting a legacy business in managed transition. Hiring skews heavily toward intern and mid-level roles (54 of 73 active positions) with sales and marketing leading volume, while engineering and data remain constrained; the project backlog emphasizes geographic expansion (Mexico), lead generation, and publication distribution rather than platform innovation.
Sandhills Global is a privately held media and technology company founded in 1978 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a portfolio of vertical marketplaces and trade publications—including TractorHouse, Machinery Trader, Truck Paper, AuctionTime.com, and RentalYard—serving professional buyers and sellers in trucking, agriculture, construction, heavy machinery, and aviation. The company maintains on-site printing, bindery, and data-center infrastructure in Nebraska with a redundant facility in Arizona, plus four international offices. Revenue flows from advertising, marketplace transaction fees, and hosted technology services. Current operational focus centers on increasing publication circulation, expanding geographic reach (particularly Mexico), and boosting hosted-website adoption among customers.
Primary languages: Python, R, C#, .NET Framework, Visual Basic. Databases: SQL Server, Apache Cassandra. Infrastructure: Docker, Jenkins, Azure DevOps Server, Windows, Linux, IIS. Analytics: Google Analytics, Google Ads, SEMrush, Ahrefs.
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Additional data centers in Scottsdale, Arizona; international offices in four countries. Actively hiring in United States, Australia, and United Kingdom.
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