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Software Developer, Mobile (Seattle, WA, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA)

If you live and breathe mobile software development, join the team which puts IMDb in your pocket. We've got a successful iPhone app and a growing mobile customer base. We are looking for experienced software engineers to help us expand our offering into many more device platforms.Daily responsibilities include:

  • Developing new features in various mobile client platforms.
  • Active participation in product brainstorming sessions, architecture/design reviews, code reviews.
  • Exposing existing IMDb features via web services.
  • Creating new features, based on a RESTful service architecture, for all IMDb properties.

    The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

  • Palpable passion for building innovative mobile apps which millions of people use on a daily basis.
  • 5+ years hands-on experience in software development on top of a B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Strong coding skills in at least one mainstream object-oriented language, e.g. C++, Java, Ruby, Python.
  • Demonstrable experience with iPhone SDK or Android SDK.
  • Opinions about good UI/UX design.
  • Love movies and TV.

Membership on the IMDb Mobile team is a big opportunity for your work to be used by millions of passionate movie and TV enthusiasts. If you're up for the challenge, we'd love to speak with you. Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer, Mobile #110150
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Software Developer, IMDb Content Technology (Bristol, UK or Seattle, WA)

IMDb, the world's most popular movie website, is looking for Software Developers to join its Content Technology team.

The Content Technology team creates the applications, automated processes and web-services at the heart of IMDb's massive user-generated content. We're designing and building state-of-the-art systems for ingesting, managing, manipulating and publishing data. Our dataset is used extensively for casting by film industries worldwide, it's the primary reference source for movie journalists, and our site consistently attracts more unique visitors than any other movie web-site. Our challenge is to maximise our acquisition of content while maintaining our reputation as the most accurate source of movie and celebrity data in the world.

The qualified candidate: will have experience reading existing code; will be able to comprehend many different co-operating services; will be comfortable working in a mixed environment of gnarly legacy code and shiny new web-services; would relish the chance to build lean SOA systems and learn to scale them to IMDb proportions; will be able to rapidly prototype solutions; will work well as a peer in a small team of talented engineers; will be able to communicate clearly and succinctly; and above all will have a passion for learning and improvement.

We develop primarily in Perl, but we're happy to accept candidates with experience in other languages.Responsibilities include:

  • Rapidly developing high-quality database-driven applications, web-services and web-based admin tools
  • Participating in team meetings, stand-ups and architecture/design discussions.
  • Participating in generating ideas for product and process improvements.
  • Contributing to the team's drive for operational excellence - reducing the support burden for applications through careful use of metrics and monitoring.
We're a highly-motivated, co-operative, agile team who thrive on solving challenging problems with innovation. The team is mainly located in Bristol UK, but US applicants are welcome to apply to work from our Seattle office. Our UK staff work from home but meet frequently for face-to-face meetings in the Bristol area.

Qualifications:

  • Results-oriented person with a delivery focus
  • Strong coding skills in a mainstream programming launching (e.g. C, Java, Perl, etc), coupled with a strong base in object-oriented design and development.
  • Fluent English, solid communication skills and the ability to work well in a distributed team.
  • Several years experience in Software Development, on top of a B.S. Computer Science degree (or equivalent)
Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer, IMDb Content Technology #113661
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Web Development Engineer (Seattle, WA)

IMDb, The Internet Movie Database, is the number one movie site on the Internet, we are seeking a passionate web developer to be instrumental in the redesign of our site. Working closely with design teams and back end engineers the role will require fluency in both software engineering and user experience principles. The right candidate will have the leadership and motivation to deliver best in class user interfaces on tight time-frames. Serving over 57 million users a month is not a small task and you will have the chance to work with challenging scaling problems on a whole new level.

You will be working with cross organization teams and need a broad understanding of software development and language best practices with the ability to lead discussions on front end and interface decisions. You should be an expert on topics such as client side performance, JavaScript best practices, accessibility, future web technologies, and building rich internet applications. You should be comfortable working with an agile team in a heterogeneous technology environment. Apply today if you're excited about building and improving user interfaces on top tier websites.

  • 5+ years of front-end web development experience
  • Expert knowledge and experience with core web technologies: HTML, Javascript, CSS
  • Experience developing efficient AJAX/AJAJ interfaces with in-depth knowledge of available JS libraries and frameworks (e.g. JQuery, YUI, etc.)
  • Experience developing with Perl, Python or Ruby
  • Understanding of web services technologies such as REST, JSON-RPC, SOAP, HTTP, WSDL
  • Experience in a Linux environment and/or LAMP stack
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Passion for creating beautiful, usable, efficient, scalable web interfaces
  • Strong sense of ownership and drive and comfortable with an Agile development process
  • Experience developing with Java, C/C++ or C# is a plus
Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Web Development Engineer Applicants or personal referrals only: recruiters/agencies must not submit on behalf of other people through this link.

Software Developer, Infrastructure (Seattle, WA)

IMDb is one of the largest and most ubiquitous sites on the web, used by millions of people every day. We have a deep, authoritative data set, millions of passionate users and a growing collection of exciting new features that bring the two together.

We are looking for a talented software engineer to help us build the next generation of the core systems that power IMDb. The infrastructure team has been tasked with re-imagining IMDb's entire infrastructure, from the way we render web pages to the way we store and access data. We want to make it faster and easier than ever to build features using IMDb's rich data set, and we're specifically working on the following systems:

  • An internal service oriented architecture that allows us to isolate systems and scale them independently.
  • A guaranteed messaging system that makes it possible for systems to communicate changes to each other in near real-time.
  • A component-based web templating engine that makes it easy to build and schedule widgets across all our pages.
  • A data service that can store and query our richly interconnected data in near real-time.

We are looking for engineers with a passion for architecting, building, testing and maintaining robust, scalable, mission-critical backend systems.

Job Qualifications

  • You have expert level skills in at least one mainstream programming language.
  • You have experience developing software on a Unix platform.
  • You know the difference between RESTful web services and RPC, and you can articulate it.
  • You know what partial failure is, and why it's a problem in distributed systems.
  • You know the difference between a distributed transaction and a local transaction.
  • You have a passion for automated testing of your code and monitoring of your systems.
  • You have a passion for reviewing the designs and code of your peers.
  • You know what idempotent means, and why (and when) it is important for messaging systems.
Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer, Infrastructure #112982
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Senior Business Analyst (Seattle, WA)

The IMDb team is looking for an analytical and technically skilled Business Analyst to join our team. This role is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring traffic patterns and usage data of visitors to our sites.  This position will be also responsible for identifying and exploiting opportunities and to increase overall engagement with our sites.  This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities as well as outstanding business acumen. The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, and a desire to help shape the overall business strategy.  The ideal candidate will have expertise in manipulating, interpreting and reporting on large data sets, in addition to experience in forecasting traffic trends.  He or she will demonstrate a combination of business and technical skills with proven written, verbal and analytical communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify core metrics, build reporting and analysis to identify yield trends and opportunities.
  • Architect and continuously improve traffic forecasting models.
  • Develop capacity prediction models that account for seasonal traffic fluctuations, internal traffic management initiatives and event-specific fluctuations.
  • Identify new traffic opportunities and strategies.
  • Manage and execute entire projects or components of large projects from start to finish including project management, data gathering and manipulation, synthesis and modeling, problem solving, and communication of insights and recommendations.
Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Senior Business Analyst #114206
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Software Developer (Seattle, WA, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA)

The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com), an Amazon.com company, is seeking exceptional software engineers in its Los Angeles office. 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 2010.

Our mission in Los Angeles is to engage with our industry clients and build the next generation of IMDb's Professional Service products. Along with integrating with our recent acquisitions of Without A Box (www.withoutabox.com < http://www.withoutabox.com >) and Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com < http://www.boxofficemojo.com >), you will use state of the art technologies to build scalable, reliable services and applications that are used by millions of customers a day.

Qualified candidates will have experience working in a variety of codebases, will be able to build and operate large, scalable cooperating services, are able to work in an agile development life-cycle and above all will have a passion for innovation, learning and improvement.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

  • A degree in Computer Science with 2-5 years of software development experience.
  • Strong desire to build high-performing, highly-available and scalable distributed systems.
  • Proven experience with Perl, Java or C/C++ with a solid understanding of web technologies and SQL.
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Be highly innovative, flexible and self-directed.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer #94213
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Senior Product Manager, Advertising (Seattle, WA)

Who we are looking for:

  • You are a creative, analytical, results-oriented Product Manager.
  • You are a leader and communicate effectively with senior management.
  • You are passionate about the advertising business
  • You are a strategic thinker who is also able to work closely with technical teams.
  • You have experience with creating business plans, product requirements and functional specs.
  • You sink your teeth into large scale projects that have a major impact on the business.
  • You are passionate about movies, TV and celebrities.
  • You use data to make the best decisions for your customer.
  • You build the right product for your customers, and deliver on-time against tight deadlines.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Managing and contributing to building great advertising strategy and products for IMDb.
  • Directly manage and are accountable for revenue goals.

Qualifications

  • Must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically
  • Must possess strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong experience problem-solving, scoping technical requirements and prioritizing
  • Track record of sound business judgment, ability to influence others, and strong analytical thinking skills
  • At least 5 years background in product management and experience with advertising and working with a direct sales team
  • A bachelor's degree is required, an MBA is preferred
  • Experience in the entertainment industry, online ad sales, and online marketing are highly desired but not necessary


Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Senior Product Manager, Advertising #113976
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Software Developer: IMDb Personalization, Community and Social Networks (Seattle, WA)

Help movie-lovers around the world discover relevant content and people by joining the Internet Movie Database.s new Audience Engagement team! Apply personalization, community, and recommender systems to help connect IMDb.s users with the films, shows, actors, and news relevant to their unique interests, and share these interests with their friends. Our mission is to increase session lengths on IMDb by any means necessary; you.ll be expected to contribute ideas, execute them from front to back, measure their impact, and refine them alongside IMDb.s longtime veterans in these fields.

IMDb offers a small-company environment with all of Amazon.s big-company benefits. We.re a top-20 website in terms of traffic and the #1 movie website on the planet, meaning your work will have immediate impact on hundreds of millions of people worldwide. This position has no oncall responsibilities.Qualified candidates will have experience working in a variety of codebases, a proven ability to develop across both the front-end and back-end, a strong bias for action and self-motivation, and above all a passion for innovation, learning and improvement.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

  • A degree in Computer Science with 2-5 years of software development experience.
  • Experience in recommender systems, personalization, community, or social networks
  • Strong coding skills in at least one mainstream object-oriented language, e.g. C++, Java, Python, Ruby.
  • No fear of Perl.
  • Opinions about good UI/UX design.
  • Be highly innovative, flexible and self-directed.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Apply by email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer: IMDb Personalization, Community and Social Networks #109589
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