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Tech Lead, Client Services - Audacy
Denver, Colorado
Posted: Mar 30, 2022 03:30

Job Description

Overview

The Client Services team at Audacy provides an integration layer between our client based user interface layer and backend services and audio streams. Everything we do in our team relates to our mission to deliver a world-class audio experience, which includes music, podcasts, sports, news, and so much more!

Our team is growing and looking for the right leaders to join us. We work together everyday to do things that matter, leave things better than when we started, and always keep our listener's experience in mind. You will have the opportunity to use your technical and leadership experience to manage mobile, web, smart speaker, and connected device apps along with the next generation of these experiences. Our remote team has an inclusive culture with a commitment to work life balance.

We are developers and we understand what developers need. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to new ideas, learn new technologies, and architect new features. Friendly code reviews make us all better and you get to be a part of that by both reviewing

code and having yours reviewed. We have fun doing what we do, and you will too!

The anticipated starting salary range for Colorado-based & remote individuals expressing interest in this position is $125,000-$150,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:

  • Servant leader who puts the team first to unblock, train, motivate, and create a positive team culture.

  • Grow your technical and people mentorship skills as we bring on new team members.

  • Own the software release process to respective stores.

  • Document processes and share with the team.

  • Ability to break technical concepts down and share with non-technical stakeholders.

  • Assess daily and weekly team objectives and monitor output.

  • Identify team bottlenecks in any area and work with the respective stakeholders to solve them.

  • Partner with all teams and create clear lines of communication.

  • Lead architecture and development decisions for our features.

  • Participate in tech spikes and feasibility studies to help flesh out new ideas and unknowns.

  • Work with Jira, our bug tracking and project management software.

  • Acquire new skills, broaden existing skills, and contribute to others through knowledge sharing and retrospectives - we are better together!

Qualifications

More About You:

Required:

  • Experience with modern front-end technologies: Javascript, Typescript, and audio streaming technologies.

  • Experience with audio streaming standards such as HLS and Icecast.

  • Experience consuming RESTful APIs.

  • Experience with Git source control.

  • Prior experience in unit testing and/or test-driven development is a plus.

  • Familiarity with native iOS and Android development is a plus.

  • Understanding of in-app advertising & analytics is a plus.

Preferred:

  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • Strong engineering fundamentals including data structures, OOP, time complexity analysis, and code refactoring/reusability.

  • 5+ years acting as a hands-on tech lead with a desire to grow your people management experience.

  • 5+ years experience in agile software project management.

  • Understanding of the entire software development life cycle.

Vaccination Requirements

To help promote and ensure the safety of all of our employees and the communities we serve, we require all incoming employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination, which will be kept confidential. If you are not vaccinated, or partially vaccinated currently, but willing to become fully vaccinated, we invite you to still apply.

Audacy is committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all and we recognize that some individuals may have a sincerely held religious belief as it pertains to the practice of immunization or a medical disability which may prevent them from becoming vaccinated. Individuals who cannot be fully vaccinated due to a sincere religious belief or medical disability may request an accommodation. We request that you refrain from discussing religious beliefs or medical conditions during the interview process. If you believe you need an accommodation, you will have an opportunity to submit your request during the interview process. All requests for accommodation will remain confidential and reviewed by selected individuals within the HR department. We cannot guarantee that all requests for accommodation will be granted. Please refer to our EEO policy and statement below.

About Us

Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) is a scaled, multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country's best radio broadcasting group, a leader in virtually every segment of audio, and America's #1 creator of original, premium audio. Audacy engages over 170 million consumers each month, bringing people together around the news, sports, podcasts and music that matter to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com , Facebook (Audacy Corp) and Twitter (@AudacyCorp).

EEO

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Job Locations USA-CO-Denver

ID 2022-4178

Category Information Technology

Type Regular



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Audacy

Denver, Colorado