Software Engineer

Remote Position

Virtual, NY

Full time

Req38372

iHeartRadio

The audio revolution is here – and iHeart is leading it! iHeartMedia, the number one audio company in America , reaches 90% of Americans every month -- a monthly audience that’s twice the size of any other audio company – almost three times the size of the largest TV network – and almost 4 times the size of the largest ad-supported music streaming service. In fact, we have:

• More #1 rated markets than the next two largest radio companies combined;
• We’re the largest podcast publisher , with more monthly downloads than the second- and third-largest podcast publishers combined. Podcasting, the fastest-growing new media, today has more monthly users than streaming music services or Netflix;
• iHeart is the home of many of the country’s most popular and trusted on-air personalities and podcast influencers , who build important connections with hundreds of communities across America;
• We create and produce some of the most popular and well-known branded live music events in America, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartCountry Festival, iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina and the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour;
• iHeartRadio is the #1 streaming radio digital service in America;
• Our social media footprint is 7 times larger than the next largest audio service; and
• We have the only complete audio ad technology stack in the industry for all forms of audio, from on demand to broadcast radio, digital streaming radio and podcasting, which bring data, targeting and attribution to all forms of audio at an unparalleled scale. As a result, we’re able to combine our strong leadership position in audience reach, usage and ad tech with powerful tools and insights for our sales organizations to help them build success for their clients at a more efficient cost than any other option.

Because we reach almost every community in America, we’re committed to providing a range of programming that reflects the diversity of the many communities we serve – and our company reflects that same kind of diversity. Our company values stress collaboration, curiosity, welcoming dissent, accepting mistakes in the pursuit of new ideas, and respect for everyone.

Only one company in America has the #1 position in everything audio: iHeartMedia!

If you’re excited about this role but don’t feel your experience aligns perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At iHeartMedia we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and are looking for teammates passionate about what we do!

What We Need:

We are looking for a full stack engineer with a demonstrated track record of developing and maintaining production services, innovative thinking, and technical excellence. This role will be a mixture of technical design, individual contribution, and thorough testing. You will be part of our fast paced, innovative team of engineers who engage in full stack development of features involving building delightful front-end experience as per our design specifications to building microservices and designing data stores for the backend.

You are flexible with languages and tools and are willing to learn whatever is necessary to get the job done. Collaborate with our product and design teams to understand pain points and build solutions. Help maintain a high level of engineering quality. You build collective ownership amongst the team by contributing to code reviews, designs and whiteboarding.

What You’ll Do:

• 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

What You’ll Need:

Need to have:

• 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

Bonus experience:

• 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

What You’ll Bring:

• Respect for others and a strong belief that others should do this in return
• Experience with various technical disciplines and applications
• Close attention to detail, following up until issues are resolved
• Ability to multitask on a variety of critical projects
• Ability to work independently, while also collaborating with others
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate moderately complex technical information within the team
• Skills to recognize and solve frequently occurring problems
• Analytical thinking
• Resourcefulness and independent judgement

Compensation:

Salary to be determined by multiple factors including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and alignment with market data.

$105,800 - $132,250

Location:

VIRTUAL, NY

Position Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Type:

Salaried

Benefits:

iHeartMedia’s benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following:

• 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!

We are accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.

Non-Compete will be required for certain positions and as allowed by law.

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