Java Software Engineer for Major League Baseball Advanced Media
Job Label: MLBAM-JAVANY
MLB Advanced Media (yes, MLB as in Major League Baseball) is looking for talented Java developers. Our incredibly public website is very feature oriented, and we have plenty of exciting projects for you to take on. We’re a very collaborative, smart, and fun group of technologists, using the latest technologies and applying them in the real world. For the baseball fan, this is an opportunity to shape the industry in a big way; and even if baseball is not your passion, the visibility and exhilaration this role presents is hard to find elsewhere. This position presents you with not only the chance to work for a one-of-a-kind company, but also to participate in projects that will be used by millions of people around the globe.
MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) is the Internet and interactive media arm of Major League Baseball (MLB) and operates the league’s Web site, MLB.com. The site, which draws an audience of more than four million people each day, offers news, schedules, standings, and statistics from around the league as well as information on each of MLB’s 30 teams. The site also provides live audio and video game broadcasts for subscribers. In addition to subscription fees, MLBAM generates revenue through advertising and sponsorships, along with ticket sales through its Tickets.com subsidiary. The baseball league created MLBAM in 2000 through a unanimous vote of all 30 teams.
As a Java Engineer for MLB Advanced Media in our New York City office, your primary task will be to apply existing technologies to deliver new products and upgrades by creating scalable code that talks to different systems internally. Your ability to grasp requirements from multiple conversations and synthesize the pertinent information will assist you in bringing order to the process and advancing projects towards successful deployment. Most of the projects will have very short deployment cycles (a long cycle for us is two months), thereby keeping your work fresh and interesting. On top of your superior Java coding skills, experience and comfort with unit testing, debugging production issues, object/relational mapping (JDBC, Hibernate, etc.), Web services (REST, SOAP, etc.), and messaging middleware will afford you the foundation from which to establish yourself as a valuable resource. Your aptitude for doing more than simply coding (functioning at times as a BA and/or a PM), plus a knack for thinking outside of the box will enable you to properly view our technology and products and suggest further innovation. This is a singular opportunity to enhance the skills in your career portfolio in a dynamic, unique and collaborative working environment.
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