Mediabrands Data & Technology - Staff Software Engineer (20153606)
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Position Summary

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer as the technical lead of a product team.

Essential Functions

* Work with Product team to execute the roadmap and translate requirements into actionable software engineering tasks.
* Discuss technical solutions with the development team, communicate goals and facilitate execution.
* Manage tech debt and growing codebase so we continuously improve quality and performance.
* Lead functional design reviews and provide feedback to the development team.
* Coordinate with QA team members and work together to achieve automated testing in support of continuous delivery capabilities.
* Manage creation of deployment scripts and instructions to enable technical operations to smoothly deploy solutions across environments.
* Perform code reviews and provide feedback to developers.
* Help team unblock on any impediments.
* Participate in coding and contribute to the codebase.
* Support the Product organization in product demos and pitches.
* Investigate production issues and coordinate with the QA and support teams to deliver any patches required.
* Maintain a high-performance team. Encourage a highly innovative culture.
* Have results driven personality, high enthusiasm, energy, and confidence.

Qualifications

Education:

* BS in Computer Science

Work Experience:

* 7+ years of progressive technology experience

Skills:

* Experience in ad tech a strong plus
* Experience with Agile methodologies highly desirable
* Excellent organizational skills
* Excellent architecture skills and strong technical writing skills
* Must have a working knowledge of a wide range of technologies, including:
* Software development methodologies
* Relational database technologies
* Web development methodologies
* Strong knowledge of Java, Spring, Hibernate
* Strong system knowledge of Linux environments
* Scripting skills (Bash, Perl, PHP, Python etc.)


* Knowledge in Amazon's AWS ecosystem desirable
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills