Buddy Media: Senior Engineer

Buddy Media

In today?s social world, every brand needs a Buddy.

The Buddy Media Platform powers the social marketing efforts of some of the world?s largest brands and agencies ? from Anheuser Busch, Southwest Airlines, Disney and NHL to TBWA\Chiat\Day, WPP?s M80, Universal Music/Geffin Records, Digitas and Razorfish among many.

Brands and agencies use the Buddy Media Platform to publish and manage social content, listen and act on consumer conversations, and analyze and track results. Agencies also use the Buddy Media Platform to immediately grow social media revenues, while defending their existing business from competitors. From publishing an offer to sharing product news, the Buddy Media Platform gives brands and agencies total control over their social marketing efforts to make social work.

Buddy Media is a privately held company, based in New York City, founded by Mike and Kass Lazerow in September of 2007. Buddy Media is backed by Softbank Capital, European Founders Fund, GreyCroft Partners, Peter Thiel, Mark Pincus, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon and additional investors.

The Role

A Sr. Engineer is the workhorse of the engineering team. Sr. Engineers are pure coders and take their direction from their team lead, a Systems Architect. Each Sr. Engineer will be assigned to a specific team working on a focused product or technology. As projects come in, Sr. Engineers will execute and meet deadlines. As projects are finished, Sr. Engineers will actively work to correct bugs and prepare for release.

 

A Sr. Engineer will work closely with Jr. Engineers to delegate off tasks and keep things moving at a comfortable pace. Sr. Engineers will meet weekly with their team lead to discuss ongoing projects and issues.

·      Adheres to coding standards defined by technical management.

·      Accurately employs our development tools.

·      Demonstrates expert knowledge of object and component methodology and technology.

·      Possesses expert knowledge of classes, components, objects, and interfaces.

·      Demonstrates flexibility in day-to-day work.

 

·      Expert knowledge of the full LAMP stack.

·      PHP5 with OOP background.

·      Source Code Version Control (Git, SVN)

·      Working knowledge of Design Patterns including MVC.

·      Working knowledge of PHP5 web frameworks including Kohana, Cake, Zend

·      Working knowledge of RDBMS

·      3+ years professional development experience.

·      Attention to detail, specifically from a code standard perspective.

 

A Senior Engineer will work as a member of the Technology team, and report to the Systems Architect..

Buddy Media Inc. offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including: health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off and participation in the company equity plan. All benefits listed are subject to change. Buddy Media Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.