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Software Developer (Quality Assurance) (Seattle, WA)

The IMDb operations team, chartered with operating one of the biggest websites on the planet, is looking for an exceptional software engineer. This person will write software to automatically test the quality and performance of the software that runs the IMDb.com website. The operations team is the end of the line for ensuring the quality, performance, scaling and deployment of the site. The right person will integrate with the software teams to define and implement crisp software test and development cycles and catch errors before they reach the customer.

The qualified candidate will have experience reading existing code and will be able to comprehend many services that are primarily, but not necessarily, authored in Perl. The candidate will be able to rapidly prototype, accurately and succinctly report on findings, and above all have a passion for learning and improvement.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
  • Degree in Computer Science, Math or related field or at least 5 years industry experience
  • Practical experience programming in Perl
  • Experience with developing software in a Linux/Unix environment
  • Experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgresSQL or Oracle
  • Demonstrated skill and passion for operational excellence
  • Excellent prioritization and analytical skills
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP and core Internet networking technologies
  • Experience with Apache
  • Experience with high traffic, distributed, real time systems and services

Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience with DNS, NFS and email systems
  • Experience in a 24/7 production environment
  • Experience with Selenium
  • Experience with large data warehouse environments
  • Familiarity with web services, virtual machines, SOAP, XML, LDAP, and object oriented methodologies

How to apply for this position:

Email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer (Quality Assurance) (Seattle, WA) #92231
Alternatively, apply to job #92231 at amazon.com/jobs
Applicants only: recruiters must not submit on behalf of other people through this link. Applications not submitted by candidates themselves are rejected.
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Software Developer (Los Angeles, 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.

How to apply for this position:

Email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Developer (Los Angeles, CA) #94213
Alternatively, apply to job #94213 at amazon.com/jobs
Applicants only: recruiters must not submit on behalf of other people through this link. Applications not submitted by candidates themselves are rejected.
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Software Manager (Seattle, WA)

IMDb is seeking an experienced software development manager to lead an application team for our consumer site.

As a technical team manager, you will part of a core technical management team responsible for every aspect of our consumer site: mobile presence, world-wide sites, personalization & recommendations, message boards, reputation systems, account management, movie and television information, online video, etc. You will collaborate with our partner and subsidiary sites, Amazon, Withoutabox, and Box Office Mojo.

You will be responsible for leading and growing our world-class set of engineering talent and manage of team of 6-15 software developers and team leads, and take primary responsibility for hiring in your area(s). You will provide ongoing leadership toward improvements in our development, quality, metrics, and operations of our products and systems.

Job Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in CS or advanced Degree in CS
  • 3+ years previous management experience of moderate to large software development teams under OO/Linux/Unix/SQL/n-tier environment(s)
  • Demonstrated previous skill in recruiting, retention, management of telecommuters, and performance management.

How to apply for this position:

Email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Software Manager (Seattle, WA) #109762
Alternatively, apply to job #109762 at amazon.com/jobs
Applicants only: recruiters must not submit on behalf of other people through this link. Applications not submitted by candidates themselves are rejected.
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Senior Software Engineer, IMDb Movies (Seattle, WA)

We design and implement innovative ways for movie enthusiasts to get their geek on. We're looking for builders to create and maintain IMDb's core software systems which power search, catalog, community, and video features. These systems operate in a distributed high-availability hardware environment at global scale. Component assemblers and consultants need not apply. We work in all layers of the application stack, from data persistence, to service APIs, to UI.

Daily responsibilities include:

  • Developing full-stack web and mobile applications based on a RESTful service architecture.
  • Active participation in product brainstorming sessions, tactical stand-ups, architecture/design reviews, code reviews .
  • Fixing bugs in production code, refactoring as you go to eliminate root cause.
  • Spelunking heterogeneous legacy systems to figure out how to vastly improve them.
  • Mentorship of junior engineers, and mentee-ship by Principal engineers.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

  • Palpable passion for building cool stuff that 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, Python, Ruby.
  • No fear of Perl.
  • Opinions about good UI/UX design.
  • Love movies and TV.

Millions of people use IMDb's website and mobile apps every day. We have terabytes of data, large-scale traffic, and a strong engineering team. The potential reach and impact of your creativity, experience, and hard work is enormous. Ready to take the red pill?

How to apply for this position:

Email: careers (at) imdb.com, with subject: Senior Software Engineer, IMDb Movies (Seattle, WA) #109589
Alternatively, apply to job #109589 at amazon.com/jobs
Applicants only: recruiters must not submit on behalf of other people through this link. Applications not submitted by candidates themselves are rejected.
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