Software Engineer II, Web
Position Summary
We are a small, but mighty team, working at the cross roads of technology and entertainment to bring content from iconic television brands to our audiences over the Internet in the most entertaining ways we can imagine and build. As television changes, our mission remains true to the principles that founded Discovery – every day we seek to ignite people’s curiosity to engage, entertain and enlighten the world around them through amazing viewing experiences.
Discovery Digital Media is looking for a Senior Client Engineer to build ReactJS applications with best-of-breed UX across Web, Xbox and future platforms.
We deploy applications for each of our network brands: Discovery, TLC, Velocity, Science Chanel, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, American Heroes Channel, Destination America, Discovery Life, Discovery Familia and Discovery en Español.
Our client technology stack includes ReactJS, Redux, Node.js, ReactNative, Swift, Android and BrightScript. We love working with modern tools and sharing our experiences with the community.
This is a fantastic opportunity to help solve complex but interesting scalability, performance and availability problems for products consumed by millions of users each day! You will have the opportunity to work with a suite of great technologies and in a highly collaborative environment where the engineers get together on a quarterly basis in NY to problem solve major business challenges.
Responsibilities
1. Write clean, concise, readable code that follows common design patterns and principles.
2. Complete work with a conscientious attitude and good follow-through.
3. Collaborate with coworkers from design, engineering, product, project, QA and content teams.
4. Translate functional requirements into solutions that work well with current architecture.
5. Preform peer code reviews.
6. Own business critical features specific development verticals - e.g. authentication, video, profile
7. Profile applications for performance and recommend necessary changes
8. Utilize multi-tasking and context shifting skills.
9. Identify inefficiencies and make recommendations.
10. Stay informed with changes in technology.
11. Produce comprehensive, usable software documentation.
12. Develop prototypes and proof of concept projects to test the waters with new technologies or ideas.
Requirements
What You Need
* 6+ years of professional experience architecting, developing, and launching software products and/or services.
* High proficiency in JavaScript and in particular SPA development.
* Strong oral and written communication skills.
* You are comfortable with collaborating using Git.
* Ability to provide code samples either privately or through a Github repo.
* Commanding knowledge of JavaScript development, debugging and profiling.
* Must have legal right to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
* Design interest or background with a heightened attention to visual detail
* ReactJS or ReactNative application development
* HTML5 Video, ExoPlayer, Brightcove or other video players
* Client-side or Server-side ad stitching technology
* Ad Tech (VPAID, VAST) or Freewheel integration
* Connected device development like Roku, Xbox, FireTV or Smart TVs