As a member of the Experience Delivery - Sports Distribution Team, you will build and support the tools services and distribution APIs that deliver sports data and content to all our products including the ESPN app, ESPN.com, ESPN Studio shows, among many others. We are looking for a passionate, impactful technologist who seeks to bring the best out in themselves and those around them. Someone who can provide a fresh perspective and innovative insight to our initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers in the design and implementation of systems delivering high throughput experiences
- Contribute to cross-team architecture discussions
- Analyze and resolve complex engineering problems involving high trafficked web and mobile application services and APIs
- Work with the team to iteratively improve development practices and processes
- Help with full-stack development when needed
- Research and experiment with the latest and greatest technologies to identify and apply them to current and future projects
- Work with the team to iteratively improve development practices and processes
- Contribute to code reviews
Skills Required
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience
- Some experience in developing high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems
- Experience with Java and open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Kafka, Elastic Search, etc.
- Exposure to cloud-based technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.
Preferred Skills
- Exposure to full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
- Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
- Strong analytical skills as well as solid capabilities for debugging and troubleshooting.
- Good communication skills and attention to detail
Education & Work Experience
- BA/BS Degree Comp Sci/IS or related field
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
