About Moonbug Entertainment:
Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children's media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?
Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids' entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.
Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone's flagship private equity business.
The Software Engineer - Platforms Operations will develop products that focus on empowering a technical operations-heavy media (music, video, audio, mobile app) Platforms team. The Platforms and Music team manages content on YouTube, TikTok, Music Platforms and more and relies heavily on custom-built tools and technologies to manage their day-to-day workflows and to drive scale, efficiency and innovation.
You will develop products to suit their changing and dynamic needs. Working within a small team focused on product and business integration, you will be focused on the core development of these products and be the team's strong technical voice. The team focuses on addressing business needs and developing solutions that can create real business value instantly. The role operates in a dynamic and fast paced environment, and the successful candidate will love the thought that an idea had on Monday could be integrated to the business by Friday.
Responsibilities:
- Develop working technical solutions and products as defined by the team
- Integrate with APIs as required to connect internal infrastructure with external platforms
- Develop data and reporting pipelines, build dashboards and use Business Intelligence tools to support the development of reporting focused products
- Use existing and learn new coding skills - languages, frameworks, tools - in order to further both personal development and the outcomes for the Platforms team
- Be the "go to" technical expert within the team to evaluate feasibility and lead on technical implementation
- Work closely with the Moonbug Technology team to stay current with business technology policies, requirements and resources
Requirements
- Strong technical development knowledge building products from ideation to delivery
- Ability to develop working products in popular, relevant languages, frameworks and tools - eg. Python, Javascript, SQL, C/C#/C++, Django, Git, Shell scripting, etc.
- Ability to work across both back and front end development
- Ability to integrate with APIs and use SQL to manage and use databases
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform infrastructure and AWS
- Experience working with Google and its product APIs - particularly YouTube - is a plus
- Familiarity with the social media platforms and the entertainment industry a plus
- 2yrs+ experience working within a technical team writing, developing and maintaining code and creating technical tools to brief