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Lead Engineer
AMC Networks
New York, NY, United States
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OVERVIEW
AMC Networks is looking for a senior developer to help power products for highly visible consumer facing mobile, connected TV device, and web applications associated with the brands such as AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and IFC Films.
The engineer will develop and maintain features on the foundational services and infrastructure that support our multiple TV networks and other business entities. Developer’s work includes development and maintenance of proprietary back-end services and its integration to public services. Developmental responsibilities include but not limited to API development and design, system optimization, performance, scalability and security.
The candidate will also be asked to join forays into new and emerging platforms for the company. The engineer will have an opportunity to grow with exposure to computing at scale and digital media, as well as learning full-stack and cloud technologies such as Docker and AWS.
The engineer will participate in key tech decisions and explore newer technologies such as serverless computing and event-driven design.
Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain features on new and existing foundational systems, developed on, but not limited to, PHP 5.6 and PHP 7
• Be a key contributor to the entire developmental lifecycle of the application from project initiation to launch and beyond
• Contribute to the product and technical solutions collaborating with business and product stakeholders
• Analyze the business objective to propose pragmatic solutions based on data and other concrete evidences.
• Help offer best-in-class API services that powers our video products
• Help the team continuously improve both individually and as a unit
• Be aware of latest trends in the industry to introduce new technology and products to key stakeholders.
• Explore new technology solutions to be able to provide solutions out of the box
• Help foster a positive team-centric work environment that is conducive to the individual as well as team growth
• Proactively help outside of your specialization to ensure projects as well as other team members are successful
• Work in agile / scrum methodology
• Contribute to an agile sprint planning by helping to scope and estimate tasks
• Help communicate to collaborate with various business stakeholders
• Help create QA and Test definitions and execute on them
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity based on dynamic technological and business landscape
Qualifications
• 5-7 years demonstrable development experience on object oriented PHP 5.6 and PHP 7
• 3-5 years demonstrable development experience on MySQL
• 2+ years demonstrable development experience on Python
• 2+ years demonstrable development experience working with AWS SQS, RabbitMQ or similar
• 2+ years demonstrable development experience working with AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar NoSQL database
• 1+ years demonstrable development experience working on AWS and/or equivalent
• 2+ Experience with agile software development
• Deep knowledge and experience in Object Oriented and MVC programming
• Deep understanding of integrating with Rest API and other data services
• Experience with unit testing and unit test frameworks such as PHPUnit
• Experience authoring technical documentation
• Ability to analyze user stories and develop technical solutions
• Experience with Git
• Hunger to learn new and upcoming technology as required
• Knowledge of testing automation is preferred
• Knowledge of debugging with Xdebug
Required Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in the software development field.
The Company is committed to policy of nondiscrimination in its employment and personnel practices. Applicants are considered for all employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, religion, alienage, citizenship, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, genetic predisposition or carrier status, age, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault, sexual orientation, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.