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Software Developer, Withoutabox (Los Angeles, CA)

IMDb.com, an Amazon.com company, is seeking a senior engineering developer to work with our Withoutabox Team in its Burbank, CA offices.

With over 57 million unique visitors a month, IMDb is the world's largest movie database, featuring over 2 million actors and filmmakers as well as over 1 million movies from 1890 through 2009. Our Withoutabox group is focused on developing products and services for filmmakers and festivals as well as helping connect filmmakers with movie lovers around the world.

As a Software developer, you will be responsible for the growth and architecture of our industry-leading film festival submission and festival management software as well as the development of new products and services. You will also mentor and help hire/grow a team of 8-12 software developers, sys administrators, and database administrators. Experience and interest in the film industry is desirable but not required.

Required skills:

  • Conduct meaningful software, data model & architecture reviews and implement best-practice software development & project life-cycle procedures.
  • Work with internal business management in making architectural decisions and formulating the technical vision for the company.
  • General understanding of SOA and services infrastructure technologies and products.
  • Exceptional written, oral and interpersonal skills.
  • Define and create architectural best practices for implementing and deploying internet applications and infrastructure using PHP & Perl, MySQL & Oracle. Our development is primarily using these tools, but we have some .NET & Java as well.

    Minimum Qualifications

  • 2-3 years enterprise software industry experience
  • 2-3 years experience working with Internet applications and business models

    Education

    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent; Masters Degree preferred.

    The position is full-time and accompanied by our standard benefits package, which includes health insurance, paid vacations, etc.

    Applicants only: recruiters must not submit on behalf of other people through this link. Applications not submitted by candidates themselves are rejected.

    Use the words Software Developer, WithoutABox in the subject line of your email, or it will be rejected automatically by our spam filter. Send to careers at imdb.com.

    Software Developer, Advertising Team (Seattle, WA)

    IMDb.com (the Internet Movie Database), the world's most popular movie website, is expanding our advertising team. If you're an experienced software developer whose passion is building robust, scalable and maintainable systems, this is your chance to build the systems that drive the majority of our revenue stream.

    As a member of the advertising team, you'll be responsible for developing everything from back-end systems that help our sales team land contracts, to improving our ad-serving and tracking infrastructure to developing new types of ad placements for the website.

    We have a great work environment and a strongly cohesive group of talented people. Our developers enjoy a lot of creative control over projects and work on challenging and interesting problems. A love of movies is suggested, but not required; be prepared to be surrounded by debates about the best Hitchcock film ever made and discussions about what might happen when Battlestar Galactica returns. We are a telecommute-friendly workplace. As a separately operated subsidiary of Amazon.com, we offer the benefits and stability of a Fortune 500 company, combined with engaging, close-knit, results-focused environment of a small company. It's the best of both worlds.

    Qualifications:

  • We require a minimum of a bachelor's degree in computer science and three plus years of industry programming experience.
  • Many of our systems are built with Linux/Apache/MySql/Perl, so solid skills in these areas are preferred. If specific experience in this environment is lacking, you will be required to demonstrate the ability to adapt and come up to speed quickly.
  • Experience with internet advertising systems is also a plus.
  • Our staff is distributed across the planet so we need employees who can function independently while also interacting efficiently with other team members.
  • This position is in Seattle and cannot be filled remotely.

    Please send your resume to careers at imdb.com. Please use the words "Software Developer, Advertising" in the subject line of your email, or it will be rejected automatically by our spam filter. We look forward to hearing from you.


    Software Developer, Consumer Site (Seattle, WA)

    IMDb is looking for top-notch programmers to join our superstar engineering team, chartered with one of the biggest websites on the planet.

    We build cool features used by millions of site visitors every day, keeping them stuck to the site like glue. We are investing heavily in streaming video and in internationalization.

    We seek enthusiastic, creative problem solvers, because boy does IMDb have problems to solve: deep data sets, increasing scale, and increasing expectations for site visitors who insist that their data be fresh, relevant, accurate, and easily updated in real-time. These challenges and a strong cup of coffee get you up on Monday morning.

    Job Qualifications
    • Bachelors degree in computer science OR at least 5 years industry programming experience.
    • Expert level skills in at least one mainstream programming language (C, C++, Java, Perl).
    • Experience with developing software for Unix/Linux.
    • Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).
    • Ability to move fluidly between different programming paradigms, catering the solution to the problem at hand.
    • Willingness to work on a fantastic team of talented and experienced engineers who are experts in everything from security to meta-programming to distributed computing.
    • Willingness to have your work rigorously reviewed by your colleagues, and to rigorously review their work in return.
    Bonus Qualifications
    • Experience with streaming video, video-on-demand, flash-based video transcoding.
    • Experience with software localization, especially Unicode/UTF-8.
    • Experience developing high-traffic, high-throughput, distributed real-time services.
    • Experience with presentation-layer technologies: web templating (specifically Mason), JavaScript, JSON, Ajax, CSS, DHTML.
    • Experience with OO Perl programming.

    How to apply for this position:

    Email: careers (at) imdb.com
    Subject: Software Developer, Consumer Site

    (Applicants only please. This means no recruiters submitting on behalf of other people.)

    Software Developer, Data Technology (Bristol, UK)

    IMDb, the world's most popular movie website, is growing its Data Technology team in the UK. We're looking for top-notch software developers to join our superstar engineering team, designing and building IMDb's next-generation data management systems. We're looking for someone who's experienced in enterprise systems and SOA and knows how to make things scale, who loves clarity and simplicity but is quick to understand complex systems.

    You'd be joining an Agile team in a growing, cutting-edge company with a proven business model and excellent prospects. Our UK team work from home, but meet frequently for face-to-face meetings, so this position requires relocation to the Bristol area.

    Job Qualifications:
    • Computer Science degree or equivalent (Masters preferred), along with relevant industry programming experience.
    • Expert level skills in at least one mainstream programming language (C, C++, Java, Perl)
    • Proficient developing software in a UNIX/Linux environment
    • Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgresQL, Oracle)
    • Willingness to work on a fantastic team of talented and experienced engineers who are experts in everything from security to meta-programming to distributed computing.
    • Willingness to have your work rigorously reviewed by your colleagues, and to rigorously review their work in return.
    • Fluent English, solid communication skills and the ability to work well in a distributed team are critical.
    Bonus Qualifications:
    • Experience developing Expert Systems
    • Experience developing high-traffic, high-throughput, distributed real-time services.
    • Experience with OO Perl programming.
    • Experience with software localization, especially Unicode/UTF-8.
    • Experience with presentation-layer technologies: web templating (specifically Mason), JavaScript, JSON, Ajax, CSS, DHTML.
    How to apply for this position:

    Email CV/Resume to careers (at) imdb.com, with subject "Software Developer, Data Technology".

    (Applicants only please. This means no recruiters submitting on behalf of other people.)

    IMDb is a telecommute-friendly workplace. Many of our employees are able to work one or more days a week from home and our UK employees work exclusively from home. However, all our open positions require relocation to the specified city. We are not currently hiring remote employees.

    IMDb is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from anyone, irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

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