Machines that Move Us.
People who Inspire Us.
Stories that Drive Us.

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About Us

We are MotorTrend.
With a monthly reach of more than 131 million, MTG is the largest automotive media company in the world. With franchises including MotorTrend, Hot Rod, Automobile, Wheeler Dealers, Roadkill, Best Driver’s Car, and dozens of other world-class brands, we are reimagining storytelling around mobility. Our portfolio brings together Discovery’s #1 TV network for automotive super fans, with our vast automotive digital platform that includes direct-to-consumer products, websites, apps, connected TVs, social, and live events.

Our People

The people who work at MotorTrend embody the passion of our content, and wake up every day intent on embracing, entertaining, and empowering the motoring world.

The Role

Job Summary & Responsibilities:

The Software Engineer (full-time, salaried, regular) help develop the next generation of our VOD/OTT platform. This position will be responsible for developing modern API/Microservice solutions for TV Platforms. Sr. Software Engineer will provide input, oversight, and direction for the integration of third party libraries and API’s. This position will consult on overall service architecture and strategy, and enforce standards, best practices, and modern development conventions. This position will work closely with Software Engineers for TV platform teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions. Essential duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Develop, Design and Architect modern TV and Mobile Apps for Video Streaming solutions.
• Prototype and pilot new implementations for multi-platform apps.
• Contribute to software project and planning efforts and architectural design sessions.
• Provide input, oversight, and direction for integration of third party libraries.
• Consult on overall platform service architecture and strategy.
• Enforce standards, best practices, and modern development conventions.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• This position will not include supervising one or more employees where applicable.

Education/Experience:

• BA/BS in a Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 2-6 years’ experience developing RESTful services/API’s using NodeJS, React or similar languages.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Strong experience writing clean, organized, and maintainable Front end code using front end frameworks, Vanilla JavaScript Node JS, React or React JS or Angular or any other modern front end programming languages
• Strong experience writing decoupled applications using Pub/Sub, Web Pack, or Microservice architectures.
• Working knowledge with modern development tools like ES6/Babel, NodeJS, NPM.
• Strong experience designing and developing for high availability platforms in AWS.
• Working knowledge leveraging AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, and RDS.
• Working knowledge integrating 3rd party API’s, libraries, and frameworks.
• Working knowledge with TDD/BDD, unit, functional, and scalability testing.
• Working knowledge integrating MySql or Postgres, including custom schema development and query optimization.
• Working knowledge integrating NoSQL and Key/Value databases like MongoDB or Redis.
• Strong experience with and solid understanding of Object Oriented Programming and popular design patterns.
• Working knowledge with application performance optimization using web or object caching solutions.
• Working knowledge with source code management using GIT, various workflows, and popular branching models.
• Working knowledge of platform service development with Java, Spring, and ElasticSearch a big plus.
• Proven history of thriving in a fast-paced environment while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment (Scrum) is a must.

Physical Requirements:

• The ability to sit for prolonged period of time and view computer screen.

Equipment/Software Used:

• Slack, Atlassian, GitHub, CI/CD, IDE, Linux, MacOS, Windows,

Work Environment:

• Work is performed in an office environment that is well lit and ventilated.

NOTE: This position description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict any other tasks that may be assigned.