Job Description
50-62/hr
Insight Global is hiring for a Software Engineer to sit hybrid in New York, NY for our large, media & entertainment client. This Software Developer will be joining the Direct-to-Consumer Organization within their Engineering team. This Software Developer will be working across the team and responsible for contributing to the design, development, and scalability of their media workflow systems. In this role, the developer will guide junior engineers, help design microservices, and support improvements in how metadata is processed. Furthermore, this developer will be responsible for the following:
Design and build scalable microservices
Develop backend systems for media and metadata workflows
Mentor a team of junior engineers
Work closely with principal engineers on the encoding platform
Improve internal tools for automation and monitoring
Create cloud-based solutions using AWS
Manage media ingestion, encoding, and data flow
Detect and respond to workflow issues
Support Peacock’s shift toward a data-driven VOD platform
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Skills and Requirements
4-7 years of software engineering/development experience
Prior experience architecting micro service based applications
software system as a collection of small, independent services that work together to form a larger application
Background within AWS for cloud technologies
Database Systems Experience: PostgresSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch
Coding: Python or Golang (GO is preferred)
Automation Tools: Kubernetes and/or Docker
Prior experience with mentoring junior level developers
Empathy & interpersonal skills for mentorship and collaboration
Degree within Computer Science or a related field Background within front-end development (using JavaScript)
Experience with media workflows or encoding platforms
Designing data lakes or large-scale data systems