Gumball Digital

About Gumball DigitalGumball Digital is a performance marketing company that builds and operates consumer-focused digital brands connecting millions of people each year with products, services, and offers that matter to them. Through brands like Benefinds, ActiveTrials, and Homebase, we combine proprietary technology, data, and marketing expertise to create high-performing customer acquisition platforms.
We’re intentionally small, profitable, and highly technical. We don’t have layers of management or long approval chains. We move quickly, solve real problems, and give talented people the autonomy to make meaningful decisions that directly impact the business.
Our team values ownership, curiosity, and continuous improvement. We care about building systems that are fast, reliable, and scalable, while creating an environment where great ideas can come from anyone. If you enjoy wearing multiple hats, taking responsibility for important systems, and seeing your work make an immediate difference, you’ll fit right in.
The RoleOwn the entire technology platform of a lean, profitable, high-traffic performance marketing business. You’ll be responsible for the applications, data platform, and infrastructure that generate revenue every day, with the autonomy to make it faster, more reliable, and easier to scale
What You’ll OwnYou’ll be the technical owner of our production platform from end to end.
ApplicationsOur consumer survey and offer web applications running on AWS EC2.You’ll build new features while keeping the platform fast under real production traffic, including:Real-time offer servingLead captureEvent trackingCustomer-facing web experiences
Data PlatformOwn our high-traffic PostgreSQL database (Supabase, currently ~50GB and growing).Responsibilities include:Schema designQuery optimizationIndex strategyPerformance tuningDatabase reliabilityPerformance matters. A single missing database index recently cost us thousands of dollars per day. We want someone who proactively owns performance before it becomes a business problem.
InfrastructureOwn the production environment.This includes:AWS EC2Linux serversDeploymentsMonitoringLoggingObservabilityPerformanceUptimeYour mindset should be:Is it up?Is it fast?Will we know about problems before our customers do?
IntegrationsMaintain and improve integrations with systems including:EverflowTrustedFormIPQSGoogle APIsTracking pixels and postbacksInternal AI tooling (our OpenClaw-based AI agent, Zelda
Your First 90 DaysYou’ll be expected to quickly become the technical owner of the platform.Success looks like:Learning the complete survey → offer → revenue pipelineBecoming the go-to technical owner of the production platformImplementing meaningful monitoring and alerting for database and application healthShipping at least one customer-facing featureDelivering measurable improvements in reliability or performance
What We’re Looking For...
Required7+ years building and owning production web applicationsExtensive PostgreSQL experience including indexing, query optimization, schema design, and troubleshooting under load (required)Strong AWS, EC2, Linux, and production operations experienceExperience with Node.js, TypeScript, Python, and modern JavaScript front-end frameworksStrong API and systems integration experienceExperience building observable, reliable production systemsComfortable owning systems independently in a small remote companyExcellent communication skills and a high level of accountability
Bonus PointsExperience with any of the following is a plus:Performance marketingAffiliate marketingAdTechLead generationOffer servingAttribution systemsTrustedForm or consent platformsHigh-volume web applicationsAI-assisted software developmentModern CI/CDObservability and production monitoringTaking legacy codebases from “working” to “well engineered”
Why This Role Is DifferentThis isn’t a ticket-taking engineering job. You’ll own a real production platform that generates revenue every day. You’ll have the freedom to make architectural decisions, improve reliability, and build new capabilities without navigating layers of management.
The scope is similar to what many engineers only experience as a technical founder, but with the stability of an established, profitable business.
If you’re looking for ownership, autonomy, and the opportunity to build systems that have an immediate business impact, we’d love to talk.

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