Senior Software Engineer
New York, NY

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OVERALL SUMMARY:

The Media Software Architecture group designs, builds, deploys and supports software solutions that implement digital media workflows and pipelines in support of HBO's acquisition, evaluation and management of mezzanine-level digital media assets received from theatrical studios and HBO Original Programming post-production facilities for HBO's broadcast and non-linear distribution channels.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The person filling this position will be a primary software engineer developing digital media workflow and automation solutions supporting Warner Media's content ingestion and media supply chain fulfillment pipeline along with the development of a unified request portal across multiple Warner Media Entertainment brands.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Design and develop software solutions for digital media workflow and automation solutions
* Create software automation solutions that analyze and qualify digital media assets received from outside studios and post-production facilities against industry standards and Warner Media specifications
* Integrate third-party media asset management solutions with other systems in digital media production workflows
* Integrate HBO business systems with media production workflows and pipelines
* Assist the group's Technical Manager in developing level-of-effort estimates
* Create and maintain project technical documentation
* Interface with the technical staff of third-party software and systems vendors
* Provide mentoring of junior technical staff
* Provide support to post-production and editorial staff, with occasional 24/7 availability rotating among other group members

PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS:

* BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other equivalent technical degree
* 5+ years of software development experience in a corporate environment
* 3+ years of Java language development experience
* 3+ years of scripting languages such as Ruby or Python
* Experience working in an Agile development environment
* Experience implementing SOA-based architectures with REST and SOAP web services
* Experience implementing solutions using JMS
* Experience with JDBC/ORM, Oracle RDBMS and NoSQL

SECONDARY REQUIREMENTS:

* Knowledge of digital media production pipelines and workflows
* Experience with web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Angular JS
* Experience with cloud based technologies
* Experience with BPM and workflow frameworks such jBPM or similar
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with all levels of technical and non‑technical staff