Software Engineer

iHeartMedia•Virtual, NY, NY

16d•$105,800 - $132,250•Remote

About The Position

iHeartRadio is seeking a full stack engineer with a demonstrated track record of developing and maintaining production services, innovative thinking, and technical excellence. This role will involve technical design, individual contribution, and thorough testing. The engineer will be part of a fast-paced, innovative team engaged in full stack development, building delightful front-end experiences, microservices, and designing data stores for the backend. The role requires flexibility with languages and tools, a willingness to learn, and collaboration with product and design teams to build solutions. Maintaining a high level of engineering quality and contributing to code reviews, designs, and whiteboarding are also key aspects of this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
2.5+ years experience of designing and building successful customer facing web applications
Proficient in at least one, preferably statically typed, programming language i.e. (Java, C++, Golang)
Strong understanding of Javascript and at least one frontend framework i.e. React, Vue, AngularJS
Experience building Javascript based web applications with HTML5, CSS, Node.js
Experience contributing to and integrating with REST APIs
Hands-on experience in writing complex, highly-optimized SQL queries in at least one of the common database platforms such as MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
Experience running shell commands, e.g. OS X or Linux terminal
Experience writing unit and integration tests
Good architectural level understanding, the ability to see the big picture, and the ability to evaluate different approaches and tools and use instincts to make timely judgements
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
A cooperative, understanding, open, and friendly demeanor
A mindset of continuous improvement
Experience with Git and Github, including Github Pull Request workflows

Nice To Haves

Experience working with GraphQL for querying APIs and serving relevant data
Global UI state management with Apollo and React Apollo
NPM and JavaScript build tools, e.g. Babel, Webpack, Browserify
Python, TypeScript
MVVM framework Vue.js
Amazon Web Services
Microservice architecture design principles
Graph databases, e.g. Neo4j
Columnar data stores, e.g. Amazon Redshift, BigQuery
CI/CD systems, e.g. Jenkins
Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
Agile methodologies
Social networks APIs, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
Data pipeline and streaming tech, e.g. Hive, Spark, Kafka, Kafka Streams

Responsibilities

Gain valuable experience at a rapidly growing big data company
Collaborate with independent technology teams using the agile methodology
Build interactive and intuitive UIs that solve complex problems and are a delight to use
Building new, efficient, and scalable front-end applications
Contribute to robust APIs that pull from both graph and relational databases
Collaborate closely with a product team to plan, execute, and ship business critical projects
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
Participate regularly in code reviews with your peers
Test your creativity at Unified hack-a-thons
Ship work you're proud of

Benefits

Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
Company provided and supplemental life insurance
Paid vacation and sick time
Paid company holidays
A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
A 401K plan
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!

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