Backend Developer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> CBC Digital Products is looking for a Backend Developer, Video Streaming to join our AV Platform team. Someone who wants to drive the development of our video streaming architecture. It is a highly collaborative, high exposure role with a chance to broaden your skills through professional development opportunities.</span></p>

Toronto, Ontario

CBC

<p>CBC Digital Operations is the country&rsquo;s biggest digital startup, taking on the challenges of innovating how media is made, sent and received. We are also part of Canada&rsquo;s oldest and truest broadcasting company. We are trying new things. We are growing. As an entity of our own. As a voice for our country. As a team.</p> <p>Digital is a part of our present and all of our future. CBC&rsquo;s strategy is focused on becoming a digital-first organization that provides a digital platform for storytellers. Our mission is to engage our audience with stories they care about.</p> http://www.cbc.ca

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Mid Level

Overview: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CBC Digital Products is the country&rsquo;s biggest digital startup, taking on the challenges of innovating how media is made, sent and received. We are also part of Canada&rsquo;s oldest and truest broadcasting company. We are trying new things. We are growing. As an entity of our own. As a voice for our country. As a team. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to enter the world of digital media and be part of the change, this is your chance. CBC Digital Products is looking for a Backend Developer, Video Streaming to join our AV Platform team. Someone who wants to drive the development of our video streaming architecture. It is a highly collaborative, high exposure role with a chance to broaden your skills through professional development opportunities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you're passionate about Canada and you love technology, learning and bringing out the best in others, you&rsquo;ll love working at CBC. </span></p> <p><strong>Who you are and where are you now? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You are a Backend Developer working with large enterprise systems building web applications, custom tools and leveraging APIs. You want to create an enhanced audio-video experience for our editors and our audience. You have a passion and the drive to quickly learn new tools and technologies. You want a chance to apply your expertise while learning-on-the-job, the intricacies of developing applications to support the distribution of live and on-demand audio and video content.</span></p> <p><strong>What&rsquo;s in it for you? </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>C</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">utting edge tech. You will provide backend technical expertise and apply it to online digital Audio/Video systems building, implementing and integrating multiple complex systems to ensure the successful delivery of A/V content. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>B</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">elonging. You will collaborate with our passionate and dedicated internal groups. You will work closely with Engineering, Media Presentation (Broadcasting), IT, Content Producers, Revenue, etc. to achieve integration. You want to make an impact bringing forward new tools and ideas that will meet the demand of a national audience and support the internal stakeholders&rsquo; need to digitally deliver as much content as we can efficiently. </span></li> </ul> <strong>C</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">areer growth. You will deepen your skills as you innovate solutions to the unique challenges we face as we strive to deliver content to millions of Canadians across the country. You will gain hands-on experience with cutting edge technology and be given the opportunity to further develop through internal and external learning opportunities.</span> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>Why join us? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CBC/Radio-Canada reflects the Canadian identity and promotes democracy. We strive to represent the voices of the country and support social and economic innovation. Our values - collaboration, learning and continuous improvement- embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer. We offer a rare-in-tech work-life balance with flexible schedules, an excellent benefits package and a pension plan noted as one of the best in the country; we want to ensure you are happy in and out of the office. </span></p> <br /> <p><strong>Collaboration. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">We follow lean startup principles and use an Agile approach. Our dedicated people managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and career progression. </span></p> <br /> <p><strong>Learning. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">From simply buying a book or recommending a course to one-on-ones, our leadership team is focused on creating an atmosphere where people feel fulfilled.Our team members are given opportunities to learn and work cross-functionally across multiple projects. </span></p> <br /><strong>Continuous improvement. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">What can you innovate in 8 hours a week? Our Digital department at CBC recognizes just how smart, creative and inventive our team members are. From prototyping new UI/UX to setting up dev environments to experiment on and learning new programming languages to creating improved search functions for our media. Wherever your interests lie, your 20% time is yours to allocate in a productive and professionally gratifying way. </span>
Requirements: <p><strong>What you bring:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The education. A Computer Science, Engineering degree or equivalent is preferred, but we know not everyone gains their programming skills this way.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The direct experience. You have three years experience in backend software development (Java, Python, PHP). You have a proven track record of working with complex enterprise systems. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The desire to learn with a focus on AV technologies.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>To apply:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Think this job is meant for you but worried you don&rsquo;t have it all? At CBC we know that not everyone takes the same path when it comes to building their skills. You can read about the various backgrounds the talented people that make up our team bring to us </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurisapse/detail/recent-activity/posts/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <br /> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hands-on experience, intelligence, innovation, a passion for learning and a team-focused approach can combine to form the best set of qualifications. If you feel you meet all or most of the qualifications we are seeking; and you are excited by the possibility of growing our company, take a chance and express your interest here: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2EPIDvH"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2EPIDvH</span></a></p> <br /> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In becoming the leader in expressing Canadian culture and enriching democratic life, we need to be as diverse in every way as the country we serve, both within our workforce and on air. As an employer, we value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada's public broadcaster. </span></p>