Lead Engineer - Analytics Platform

This position has been filled - Job#: 453353515

  iHeartMedia
  Central Region
  Sports Technology
  Posted/Updated: 12/04/17

Job Summary

Job Summary:

Job Description:
As the leading media company in America, iHeartMedia delivers music, news, talk, sports and other content to diverse audiences across multiple platforms, including: broadcast stations; online via iHeartRadio and on its stations’ hundreds of websites; HD digital radio channels; satellite; smartphones; iPads and other tablets; in-vehicle entertainment and navigation systems; and via live events. With over a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S., iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any radio and television outlet in America.
The Principal Engineer– Analytical Platform will be exposed to an industry leading data-driven analytics platform while working on emerging technologies. This is an early stage initiative with the nimbleness of a startup and the stability of a large organization. Members of this team will be challenged with building highly resilient, fault tolerant real time and batch integrations as well as applications that will provide analytics to the corporation.

                                                                                                    

As a Principal Engineer, you will:

  • Enjoy researching emerging technologies and willing to explore new programming languages.
  • The Principal Engineer defines architecture and creates cost effective, high quality solutions to operate the business.
  • Provides analysis, design consultation and evaluation for technical or infrastructure projects.
  • Manages deliverables creating detailed architecture for technical solutions and providing accurate estimates for building components.
  • Defines technical solutions against business requirements. Understands and implements business requirements and detailed designs.
  • Participates in the evaluation of new technologies, and new feature sets of existing technologies.
  • Develop high performing, scaling and innovative applications in a fast paced and agile development environment.
  • Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Scrum/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques.
  • Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project.
  • Passionate about using data assets to optimize systems and products – BI/DW experience preferred.
  • knowledgeable with open source tools and technologies and can use and extend them where appropriate to develop solutions.

 

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related technical field.
  • 8+ years of technical experience developing scalable enterprise application using Java, Python, Go or other similar languages. JavaScript a plus but not required. Experience working with unstructured data a plus.
  • Demonstrated experience with SQL and NoSQL technologies and experience building RESTful web services.
  • Solid understanding and working knowledge of distributed systems, modern operating systems and networking.
  • Demonstrated experience using Docker, CI/CD pipelines and build automation tools like Gradle, Ant or Maven
  • Experience with cloud-based big data platforms such as Big Query, RedShift, EMR, Hadoop and Bitable a plus.
  • Experience with machine learning tools like TensorFlow and R.
  • Must be able to work in an agile development environment and comfortable managing shifting priorities.
  • Exceptional communication and Presentation skills are a must in this role.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Proficiency in Java or Python.
  • Proficiency in Cloud and Distributed Computing.
  • Experience with AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
  • 10+ years software design and development experience in Java, ETL, and analytic applications.


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