Senior Software Engineer - (Java/Python)

Sr. Software Engineer - Long Term Project - Remote/PST Job Summary: The Content Management Platform team is seeking a talented Software Developer with the drive to advance the technology backbone of Media Engineering. Our team is responsible for acquisition, management and distribution of content from over 1500 partners. We deliver the highest quality video to over a hundred million viewers, and we need your help to expand our systems and create new experiences. As part of this team, you will use AWS, containerized deployment with Docker and Kubernetes, frameworks such as Springboot, Django and React, and best practices in software engineering. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: - Contribute to the design and implementation of video content management applications and services. - Write well-constructed and easy to maintain code and robust tests utilizing best engineering practices - Improve performance, scalability, and availability of systems - Take a rotating on-call shift to provide active and passive on call support Services consisting of such tasks as, but not limited to, the following: (a) "Passive Support: Monitor systems during non-working hours and days (i.e. 16 hours per day Monday through Friday and 24 hours per day on weekends) ( "Non-Working Hours) for issues that affect normal operation of the platform. (b) "Active Support: Engage and resolve issues that arise during Non-Working Hours by implementing bug fixes, workarounds, patches or other temporary or permanent solutions. Escalate issues in accordance with DSS policies and procedures. - Communicate status with peers and/or managers and present views and opinions respectfully. Collaborate to tackle problems in innovative and efficient new ways Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years of software development experience and proficiency in Java, Python, or similar
• Expertise with core Computer Science fundamentals, including Object-Oriented programming, data structures and algorithms
• Fundamental understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases including ACID and CAP, horizontally distributed computing, eventual consistency, messaging queues, and search indexes.
• An enjoyment for going deep on performance tuning and a love of owning a problem end-to-end
• A desire to relentlessly dive into problems and improve systems
• Experience building systems in the Cloud (AWS)