Sr Software Engineer - Podcast Ingestion Platform at iHeartMedia, Inc

iHeartRadio

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The audio revolution is here – and iHeart is leading it!  iHeartMedia, the number one audio company in America, reaches 90% of Americans every month -- a monthly audience that’s twice the size of any other audio company – almost three times the size of the largest TV network – and almost 4 times the size of the largest ad-supported music streaming service.  In fact, we have:

• More #1 rated markets than the next two largest radio companies combined;

• We’re the largest podcast publisher, with more monthly downloads than the second- and third-largest podcast publishers combined. Podcasting, the fastest-growing new media, today has more monthly users than streaming music services or Netflix;

• iHeart is the home of many of the country’s most popular and trusted on-air personalities and podcast influencers, who build important connections with hundreds of communities across America;

• We create and produce some of the most popular and well-known branded live music events in America, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartCountry Festival, iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina and the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour;

• iHeartRadio is the #1 streaming radio digital service in America;

• Our social media footprint is 7 times larger than the next largest audio service; and

• We have the only complete audio ad technology stack in the industry for all forms of audio, from on demand to broadcast radio, digital streaming radio and podcasting, which bring data, targeting and attribution to all forms of audio at an unparalleled scale.  As a result, we’re able to combine our strong leadership position in audience reach, usage and ad tech with powerful tools and insights for our sales organizations to help them build success for their clients at a more efficient cost than any other option. 

Because we reach almost every community in America, we’re committed to providing a range of programming that reflects the diversity of the many communities we serve – and our company reflects that same kind of diversity.  Our company values stress collaboration, curiosity, welcoming dissent, accepting mistakes in the pursuit of new ideas, and respect for everyone.

Only one company in America has the #1 position in everything audio: iHeartMedia!

If you’re excited about this role but don’t feel your experience aligns perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.  At iHeartMedia we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and are looking for teammates passionate about what we do!

What We Need:

iHeartRadio is looking for a full-stack software engineer to join our Content Platform team, which processes, transcodes, and ultimately publishes millions of songs and podcasts to our iHeartRadio applications. iHeartRadio is available on 200+ different platforms, from web/mobile to all major auto to Amazon Alexa/Google Home/Samsung. We ingest hundreds of thousands of tracks monthly for a catalog of over 40 million music products and hundreds of thousands of podcasts. In this role, you’ll build tools and automation that support various phases of our content lifecycle.

What You'll Do:

You will have the opportunity to interact and collaborate with a variety of partners as we continue to internationalize, partnering with largescale broadcast and consumer electronics companies. If you are interested in joining a team of engineers working in a fast-paced agile environment, building amazing products reaching tens of millions of users, this is a great place to be. We are highly focused on using the right tools for the job, building decoupled flexible architectures, and committed to fostering ownership and responsibility to autonomous teams.

 You like:

• Creating and managing the stack of production tools and APis that allow interaction with content objects and insights into key performance indicators.
• Collaborating and coordinating with various engineering, content, and product teams: providing the glue between consumption and publication systems and users.
• Participating in defining the technology road map and best practices across the engineering organization that support and advocate for transparency within the Content lifecycle.
• Being a key contributor to our next-generation Content platforms.

You have: 

• In depth experience developing applications in Python
• Experience with application frameworks/libraries such as Django or Flask and have experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, or NodeJS
• Ability to extract and translate needs and stories from stakeholders and existing codebases into actionable development.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs needed for effective data visualization and interactions.
• Experience with SQL/NOSQL systems such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Postgres, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and testing methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience with AWS stack is a plus.
• Experience with big data engineering principles and technology stacks (eg., Kafka and distributed data processing) is a plus.

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What You'll Bring:

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VIRTUAL, NY

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Full time

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Benefits:

iHeartMedia’s benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following:

• Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options

• Company provided and supplemental life insurance

• Paid vacation and sick time

• Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing

• A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community

• A 401K plan

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving

• ​A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!

We are accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.

Non-Compete will be required for certain positions and as allowed by law.

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