Database Administrator

Job Purpose

• Develop and enhance our flagship Video metadata software solution.
• Design applications with a Platform-first mentality where scale, consistency and reliability are at the core of every decision.

Job Description

• Design software with a Product-owner mentality: your software is the product and as such you own the product as much as any business person does.
• Work within small, highly configurable teams to deliver software in rapid increments using an iterative approach.
• Develop applications to catalog and power the world’s largest entertainment metadata repository across the Video vertical.
• Immediate focus on building our next generation ingestion pipeline leveraging automation at the core requiring minimal human intervention.
• Interact with Product, Editorial and Client Experience teams to constantly refine the Gracenote offering. 

Role Requirements / Desired Skills

• 2-4 years of experience working in Software Development 
• At least 2+ years of experience in Java / Spark
• Experience in AWS
• Experience with Unix/Linux based platforms.
• Experience in Terraform, Ansible and ORM technologies
• Experience with databases like Postgre, Cassandra SQL etc. 
• Experience in writing unit test code
• A solid grasp of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management and distributed systems
• Proficiency in software engineering tools
• Have experience with API’s, JSON(P) and XML
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• Energetic team player
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Good communication skills and able to share knowledge with the team.
• Good knowledge of the English language, both spoken and written.
• B.E / B.Tech in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.

Additional skill set (Good to have)

• Experience in automated testing platforms like Selenium
• Experience with containers (docker, containers) and kubernetes.
• Experience with Presto, Trino, Spark, Airflow, Prometheus, ELK, or similar technologies.
• Have an affinity with Video, Music & Sports domain
• Like to understand and brainstorm about architecture
• Have knowledge of other technologies like orchestration tools, database optimization, server/application optimization
• History of open source contributions
• Experience with DevOps practices and software
• A passion for exploring new programming languages