The Multiplatform Engineering team, responsible for building and supporting Viacom's public facing, award winning mobile apps and Web sites around the world for leading brands in popular culture such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and BET, is looking for smart, creative people in the beginning of their careers as software engineers.
If you love to solve problems creatively, can work well in a team environment, are interested in building the best software, and want to always be learning, then we want to hear from you. You also understand data structures and algorithms, can explain the code you write, are open to feedback from others, and know how to give constructive feedback to team members.
As an entry level engineer, we will work with you to kickstart your career by helping you understand the technologies we work with and the business challenges we face every day. Whether it is mobile app development in iOS or Android, Web development on our sites or internal tools with AngularJS or native Javascript, back-end and data analytics development with Java and Python, full-stack Web development using PHP, or other technologies, we probably have it here.
Do we have a problem that could be solved in some other way? Pitch it. We will listen.
This is a staff position reporting into one of the Multiplatform Engineering Guilds depending on career direction:
Mobile App Engineering, Back-end Engineering, or Web Front-end Engineering.
Create solutions with a team of engineers developing fast, stable, and reliable apps, web sites, and/or services
Write well tested, readable code
Work with technical and non-technical staff to translate business requirements into technical requirements
Participate in design and code reviews with other developers, giving and taking feedback
Act as part of the third level support team, working with first and second level support to resolve problems and perform root cause analysis
Be flexible and willing to learn both independently and with other team members
Learn a large existing code base and add new features to it
Basic Qualifications
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related technical field
Experience required in at least two of the following languages: Java, Javascript/Node.js, Python, Objective-C,Swift, C, C++, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Scala
Additional Qualifications
You participate and have had success in hackathons
Passion for solving business problems with automation
You contribute to open source
Some experience with video/image processing
Some experience developing games and game frameworks
Demonstrated interest in machine learning and natural language processing
Demonstrated interest in exploring data and creating visualizations
Experience required with at least one database system such as MySQL, Postgres,SQLite, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis
Experience desired developing with social apis (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and OAuth
Experience desired with full stack web development (HTML5, Mobile First, Responsive, REST)
Working knowledge of network protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, and HTTPS
Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development
Understanding of source control systems like Git and SVN
Viacom is one of the world’s leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect with diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, and virtual worlds. Viacom owns and operates fan favorites including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Spike, BET, VH1, Logo and TV Land, among others.