Software Engineer

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Software Engineer Summary:

We are seeking a Software Engineer who will join our Engineering team. Our team is a small, very talented group of people who strive to produce high quality code. Our team values include collaboration, innovation, transparency, and customer success. This unique position exposes you to a wide array of interesting technical challenges and enables us to develop new or improve our file-based media workflows across TelevisaUnivision.

Responsibilities:

Python developer familiar with open-source technologies, responsible for building software solutions and integration tools. Develop back-end/front-end (80%/20%) applications including development against 3rd party APIs, formalizing a design pattern for integrating with external systems and leading integration opportunities. Identify automation opportunities within the media management space and develop maintainable software-based solutions, including client-side and server-based scripts. Responsible for creating and maintaining documentation related to all software development projects and continuously improve our coding best practice and agile development process. Create documentation regarding code deployment and support, training operational staff on software functionality and perform troubleshooting. Serve as an escalation point to internal teams helping to identify and resolve complex, software-based issues involving media management technologies. Collaborate with other professionals in the business to determine needs and develop project requirements: designing and implementing new metadata and video file-based workflows that address media management pain-points and core system issues. Familiarity with cloud technologies (Google preferred), containers, front-end web development, CI/CD practices, Unit testing, Automated testing. Active participant in scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective. Use Elasticsearch stack to collect, process and visualize data.

Experience and Qualifications:

Minimum Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience. Minimum two (2) years of experience working as a developer. Solid experience in developing back-end applications including RESTful APIs using scripting language such as Python. Working knowledge of Django framework and UI development utilizing React, Html 5, JavaScript and CSS. Experience in architecting, designing, and developing solutions using the Elasticsearch (Beats, Logstash and Kibana) stack. In-depth knowledge and hands-on development experience in design patterns, XML, JSON, web services, and microservice architecture. Working knowledge of collaboration and project management tools like Atlassian Confluence, Jira, etc. Knowledge of versioning tools like Git, SVN, etc. Basic knowledge of relational database structures and SQL. Familiarity with Linux and UNIX-based operating systems, including RedHat variants, with the ability to perform extensive administrative tasks including environment configuration and troubleshooting using key system tools. Macintosh OS X experience a plus. Self-organized with significant attention to detail and procedures. Ability to prioritize and address multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic work environment. Ability to work independently and with other members of a team. Demonstrated significant and strong interpersonal and written communications skills. Ability to work regular hours and flexible schedules including weekends.

Additional Desired Skills:

Experience working with MAM automation, preferably in Interplay MAM and SWoDL, highly desired. Some experience with video production and post-production technologies preferred. Basic knowledge of key components involved in storage systems including SAN, NAS and archive systems (LTO). Basic knowledge of networking and protocols along with basics of router and firewall configurations. Basic knowledge of business process modeling conventions and tools. TelevisaUnivision is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law. About TelevisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision is the world's leading Spanish-language media company. Powered by the largest library of owned Spanish-language content and a prolific production capability, TelevisaUnivision is the top producer of original content in Spanish across news, sports and entertainment verticals. This original content powers all of TelevisaUnivision's platforms, which include market-leading broadcast networks Univision, Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and UniMás, and a portfolio of 38 cable networks, which include TUDN, Galavisión, Distrito Comedia and TL Novelas. The company also operates the leading Mexican movie studio, Videocine, and owns and operates the largest Spanish-language audio platform in the U.S. across 35 terrestrial stations and the Uforia digital platform. TelevisaUnivision is also the owner of ViX, the largest Spanish-language streaming platform in the world. For more information, please visit televisaunivision.com. Sobre TelevisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision es la compañía líder de medios en español en el mundo. Impulsada por la biblioteca propia más grande de contenido en español y una alta capacidad de producción, TelevisaUnivision es el más grande productor de contenido para las verticales de noticias, deportes y entretenimiento. Este contenido original es lo que impulsa las plataformas de TelevisaUnivision, que incluyen las cadenas de transmisión líderes Univision, las estrellas, Canal 5, y UniMás, y un portafolio de 38 canales de televisión de paga, que incluyen TUDN, Galavisión, Distrito Comedia, y TL Novelas. La compañía además opera el estudio de producción cinematográfica líder en México, Videocine, y posee y administra las plataformas más grandes de audio en español en Estados Unidos en 35 estaciones y la plataforma digital Uforia. TelevisaUnivision también es propietaria de ViX, el servicio de streaming en español más grande del mundo. Para más información, por favor visita televisaunivision.com.