Senior Web Application Engineer, Ad Platform

Job Summary

Break Media is seeking a Senior Web Application Engineer to support and enhance our in-house Ad Platform application — Apex. This application is currently providing display and video ads services on Break Media’s network. You will have a chance to work on a challenging web application with cutting-edge technologies, and make significant contribution towards Break Media’s ad platform project.

Responsibilities:

Maintain and enhance the current Apex application for better usability and reliability

Participate in the definition, implementation, and deployment of viability and performance metrics around the infrastructure, platform, and software to monitor overall ad platform system health to prevent incidents through early intervention

Participate in the definition, implementation, and deployment of measures to prevent production-visible incidents.

Facilitate incident response activities to minimize production impact

Gather and analyze Apex bugs/issues and properly input into issue tracking system

Provide support to internal/external customers and perform timely follow up

Work with IT to evolve the ad platform environment for better performance

Experience / Qualifications:

Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience

Some experience in application quality, maintenance, and support

Proficient in application software development and deployment methodologies

Experience with the PHP and MySQL

Good understanding of LAMP environment, local and wide-area networks, and web services. Experience with SQL database and some knowledge of NoSQL technology

Familiar with quality improvement practices, QA and test methodologies

Willingness to participate in on-call preventive maintenance and unscheduled service events

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