The Company: One of Boston's local leaders in media broadcasting is looking for a hands-on technical leader to help grow their digital footprint and establish best practices in software development with attention to scalable and robust architecture.
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional software development teams across various media platforms
- Establish and oversee a SDLC to drive high quality, efficient, rapid software delivery.
- Oversee direct and 3rd party billing infrastructure and development.
- Review code, test plans, and oversee the bug tracking lifecycle, metrics development and tracking, test automation and performance testing
- Evolve QA processes to ensure that products meet required specifications for quality, function, and reliability prior to delivery
- Ensure maximum uptime and reliability of web services, billing, ad serving, and streaming infrastructure
Qualifications:
- 8 YOE in software engineering in web, mobile, and connected TV platform environments
- 2 YOE in people management between engineers or external vendors
- Experience with React, JavaScript, serverless.js, SWIFT, Kotlin, BrightScript/RSG, PHP, Wordpress, and ephemeral environments
- Experience in cloud computing or large-scale distributed systems
Value Added (but not required):
- Experience scaling software applications or building SaaS platforms
- Experience with streaming technologies including 4K, HD, HLS, DASH, Cloud DVR, Token Authentication, DRM, Chromecast, and Trickplay
- Start-up experience
